Dad writes: Well, I hope that yesterday may turn out to represent a bit of a low ebb in the ups and downs of this trip. It certainly wasn't all bad, but honestly I did feel so rough with this cold, and jetlag or something caught up with Chloe so she was virtually out on her feet all day. And it was pouring with rain all day, and Judy was giving us a series of very gloomy bulletins about the state of her mother's health, and, well, everything really. On the up...

Dad writes: A pretty subdued day so far, with me really suffering from the cold I brought out here with me and Chloe strangely tired. As a result, spent quite a lot of time in our capacious accommodations (see sitting room in pic), but also took in enjoyable outing to Folk Art museum and somewhat outfacing "light" lunch at Serendipity (see pic of famously paradoxical "frozen hot chocolate"). Out with my work colleague and his 20-year old d...

29.03.11 Dad writes I suppose the flight out was what they call "uneventful," although the first two or three hours while we were being bumped anxiously up and down felt quite eventful enough to me. As you can see from the photo, en route we enjoyed impressive views of wide open spaces, both outside the plane and indeed inside it. Sorry, but the last bit to the hotel was uneventful too, which isn't really what you want as a blogger. We'll add some ...