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Friday 6th June - The Final Chapter ......for now

Saturday, 7 Jun 2008 | Views [77] | Comments [3]

We had kept in touch with Valda via email since meeting her on our train journey from San Francisco to Los Angeles, promising that we owed her a meal for her taxi service from LA Union Station to our hotel in Beverly Hills. Our chance to repay this ... Read more >


The Journey Ends Friday 9th May Charlotte to Saturday 10th May Martlesham Heath

Sunday, 11 May 2008 | Views [161] | Comments [8]

Our flight from Charlotte to O’Hare airport in Chicago left on time. We were in a fantastic jet aircraft called an Embraer Regional Jet operated by American Eagle, part of American Airlines. It was like a little rocket and seemed to go so fast through ... Read more >


Friday 9th May Charlotte Airport

Friday, 9 May 2008 | Views [73] | Comments [2]

Just a quick note to let you all know that we have arrived safely at Charlotte Airport after a 4 hour, very safely driven by John, car journey. We stopped for a meal at Cracker Barrell which was very good. It was very sad to leave Joe and Carolyn. They ... Read more >


Thursday 8th May Tennessee

Thursday, 8 May 2008 | Views [93] | Comments [3]

We awoke to an empty house this morning as Joe and Carolyn had an early meeting with the estate managers and John took Sam to the Leisure Centre opposite for a game of ping pong/table tennis. When everyone eventually arrived home, Paul cooked breakfast ... Read more >


Wednesday 7th May Tennessee

Wednesday, 7 May 2008 | Views [98] | Comments [4]

We were up early on Wednesday morning as we were going out for the day with John. Sam stayed with Carolyn and Joe as we set off just after 8.00am towards Biltmore in North Carolina. We traveled for about an hour before we stopped for a Denny’s Breakfast, ... Read more >


Tuesday 6th May Atlanta to Smoky Mountains Tennessee

Tuesday, 6 May 2008 | Views [84]

Tuesday morning began with us opening our bedroom doors overlooking the lake to find it like a millpond, another beautiful morning. John then arrived with the laptop, on which he had both our daughters on Skype. It was good to talk to Lucy and Ethan, ... Read more >


Monday 5th May Atlanta

Monday, 5 May 2008 | Views [100] | Comments [4]

We woke up again to a lovely sunny day and again we threw open the doors from our bedroom to admire the wonderful view of the lake from our bed. It is such a joy to be here in Villa Rica. We had a great breakfast of eggs, bacon and toast prepared ... Read more >


Sunday 4th May Atlanta

Sunday, 4 May 2008 | Views [76]

We awoke to a beautiful morning. We opened the doors leading from our bedroom to our deck, and laid in bed and watched the lake rippling as the morning sun was rising. We decided to make use of the Jacuzzi which was fantastic. Carolyn produced a breakfast ... Read more >


Saturday 3rd May Atlanta

Saturday, 3 May 2008 | Views [98]

We had a good continental breakfast at the hotel and then prepared to leave for a day out in Atlanta. We decided that a City Pass would be a good idea for us all as we wanted to visit four of the six places which this pass serves. Our first visit ... Read more >


Friday 2nd May Charlotte to Atlanta

Friday, 2 May 2008 | Views [77]

We were up in good time this morning, had our breakfast and packed our cases, which were loaded into the car together with Carolyn and Joe's, ready for our trip to Atlanta. We said goodbye to Bridget the dog and left on our journey. After about an hour ... Read more >


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