Family Over the past two days, Sarah and I caught up with family. We tried on Saturday morning to see my nan who is in her 80's - I thought we'd have a fair chance of findng her at home - nope, she popped up to the shops for a browse and to get a few bits! By the time she got home and found our note, we had just returned to the hotel. Plans were made to catch up before we left. Saturday afternoon we caught up with my aunt Chrissie and popped around to see my...

The Wizard of Oz This little piece isn't worth a whole blog entry but Sarah and I took in a West end show last night. We saw The Wizard of Oz which had some amazing visual effects along with the expected brilliant actors and singers. We saw the show at the world famous London Palladium and were surprised to see that Toto was a real dog, and a Westie no less. It was well fed with treats provided from all the actors throughout and certainly stole the show for...

Greenwich & The Tower Greenwich is the centre of time. It is where you will find the international date line where you can stand across two days and where the atomic clock lives. Don't look at the blog photos though; both places were shut in preparation for the Olympics! Not to be deterred though we still enjoyed a lovely boat ride along the Thames from Tower Pier, very close to our new hotel. The tour guide was very informative and explained the hist...

London - the apartment, the mouse and the first thirteenth birthday In keeping with tradition, Venice airport provided a bit of drama with me being taken from the customs queue and asked if I was a diabetic. With a puzzled look I said I wasn't and he asked to search my bag! Turn out the torch we bought from the street seller in Piazza Navona is a laser pointer, after the customs officer blinded his boss, we were waved on our way with the torch giggling like ...

London - Sarah's first 13th birthday Those familiar with the blob will know that Sarah's 13th birthday didn't quite turn out as planned, before it all turned to crap, we did take some nice pictures and have a good wander round. Shortly after these pictures were taken (and in some cases during these shots) things went a bit pear shaped for Sarah. I carried on taking photos regardless; this (unsurprisingly) did not make me a very popular mum! We started the ...