The Brady's do Europe

Ireland

bradybunch — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:08:00 GMT

There are no words to describe our experiences in this beautiful country.

Our first Irish breakfast cooked by lovely Nora in DUBLIN WAS FANTASTIC

Each and everyone of us has been changed by this trip, we have discovered a family full of love and caring for each and everyone of us.

Highlights have been our first meeting with Aunty Anna ,we took turns for cuddles and the warmth and love that radiated from her was unbelievable.

We took her everywhere we could and she took us to Corfree a place our father loved and showed us all the meaningfull family Places, we were fed and cared for like royalty nothing was too much trouble.

County Cavan, Longford,Gowna,St Patricks W

ell, a ride on Padars tractor to the top of the hills,a ride in the bingo bus,dream moments for all of us.

Last Saturday we went to Carrick Shannon, lovely shops and a ride on the boat down the Shannon river,with Irish music playing, it was very moving and was our lovely Rosies favourite day.

Sunday a very memorable family BBQ with all of our Irish cousins and then all of us trying to say goodbye on Monday to our treasured Aunty Anna.

Stay tuned for leg 3 -England

Dream Moment

bradybunch — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:48:00 GMT

Well we did it , we arrived in Dublin last night well this morning at 2 am greek time (12 pm Dublin time ) and 8 am Sydney time , the flight was great , 10 of us all together , there was a slight problem with the luggage , which the greek connection fixed ,lol , someone (Penny) had 7 kilos extra in her big bag and only god knows what her on board bag weighed lol , but Pauline was able to sweet talk the man at the counter and we were all ok in the end as some of us were just over and others a lot (Penny) but Pauline got us through.

The flight was great 4 hours and it flew , we chatted and laughed and got excited about landing in Ireland , as we landed Pauline said to Fiona, this is a Dream moment Fi and then this music started over the airplane speaker and I was gone lol , it was such a special moment , one I wont forget

We are off this morning to have breakfast at Nora,s house , she is our cousing Micks wife (he died 10 years ago) and shew is excited tobe having us and making us a big Irish breakfast , there better be black pudding

Will write abut meeting Anna when it happens

Cannot wait , I know it will be emotional

love you all

The Bradys in Ireland

Gallery: Corfu

bradybunch — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 08:03:00 GMT

Corfu is for Sue (lol) and Penny Fi and of course P and all the kids

bradybunch — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:28:00 GMT

Wow and I thought mainland Greece was beautiful , Corfu has just become one of my top 10 favs , lol , honestly its that beautiful here , there are too many favs , the ferry ride was smooth as , Fi was a little funny in the tummy so spent the trip up on top deck , and it helped , I was fine and so was Penny and Pauline , spent the hour trip over admiring the view and videoing and playing Fish with Pauline and Anna (game I taught them and now they are addicted) pulled into the dock and it is awesome , so pretty , saw a few of the sights while trying to locate our hotel , took a little longer than expected , but was worth the getting lost seeing the sights , Ben Liz Suz and Tam are off doing all the activities tomorrow , or should I say today as its 1 am and we have just finished shopping (yes this is heaven to me , shops are open till the tourists stop shopping) lol , Steven and I have come up to the bar to get online , all the rest went to bed ( we did sneak away) and we are having a bourbon (well 2 so far ) overlooking the Island , we are up from the beach and the view is awesome. We have spent the days laughing our heads off and having the best times, I cannot wait to come back , (2 years is the target) , we spent the arvo in the pool all mucking about with the view of the mountain above us , you cant imagine how imposing and stunning that is , pics to come of course , the weather again today was 40 lol sorry Sydney siders 15 is your max at the moment lol not missing that, its after 1am and 26 degrees wooot wooott

Lozzy that was not a walk up the mountain , it was a drive , we made a Blair witch video warning all future Bradys about it lol , I mearly wet my pants while we made that drive , we laughed so hard

We really do miss you all , but this is wonderful as well , we are sitting in the Lobby on the verandah and its all backlite and very romantic , look out Steven , lol

Here is where we are staying on Corfu

www.pantokratorhotel.com

click facilities and second pic is where Steve and I are sitting

Its a fantastic Brady Holiday

xoxoxooxooxoxoxoxoxooxoxoxoxoxox

Sleep is needed

bradybunch — Tue, 8 Jul 2008 21:29:00 GMT

Hello

We are absolutely loving it here , we are having a ball , we arew off to Corfu tomorrow , it has been such a full on time. We dont get to sleep till 2am and then up again early and the whole day is spent sightseeing or catching up with family , I cannot believe the time we are having, the weather is perfect , a little hot for Steven but I love it , the food is great , the people are so friendly , my greek is improving and it is light until 9pm at least , its incredible , the little nieces here are so cute , I cannot believe it , I am already upset about having to leave then , Steve is loving the food , and so is Ben , Fi is recovering , she is a little jet lagged , but Penny and the Casements didnt get jet lag ,

We are missing everyone but having the time of our lives , absolutely, I have so much stuff to remember I hope I do , we went out to a beach near E and Yourgos parents beach house and it had the hugest rock in the middle of the deep water and I swam out and after at least 20 minutes of coaxing jumped off it , Steve waited in the water lol if I needed him and then I was addicted , you couldnt stop me . the water here is crystal clear , its so very beautiful , we went into the mountains and the video from that is going to be hilarious , absolutely , I was screaming the whole way , the cliff are so high , and no guard rails and we rolled backwards on 3 occasions, I was petrified , I ended upi wrapping tissues around my glasses so I could no see th cliffs, and then there are little boxes everywhere , and I mean all over the place where people have died , its so scarey in a km drive you might see 5 , it is very scarey ,

I am missing you all

Its very hard to get to a computer here , and when you do , they are all in Greek , so I apologise for not writing more often

We are loving it

Brady Bunch xoxoxoxoxoxoxoox

WOW

bradybunch — Sat, 5 Jul 2008 01:40:00 GMT

Hello everyone , Really sorry that we have not been online , its a little bit to get used to with the time differences and the fact that we are awake 18 hours at least a day , we are having the most wonderful time , you just cannot believe how very beautiful this place is , its amazing , the time is not going fast at all like I thought it was going to. We wake up about 7 am and go walking every morning and most mornings swimming as well , we have found a dog that likes to come with us every day (we have named him Trouble) as no one likes dogs here and he always gets someone yelling at us (lucky we cannot understand them ), we got here from Athens a lot quicker than we thought and Steven has taken to driving on the wrong side of the road and like a Greek very well (as I knew he would, he drives fast and overtakes fast ususally) lol

We were supposed to ring Pauline to come and get us at the local BP but as Steve had been conversing with Pauline regular on google maps , her foind her place and we arrived un announced and she dived in the shower and came down 10 minutes later ready to see us lol ,

Its been fantastic , we awake early , go down hell hill ( named by Pamela) and then walk along the bay and then maybe an expresso then we go past the local bakery ( a friend of Pauine) and collect bread rolls for breakfast then up hell hill and we have a big family breakfast on the balcony overlooking Menidi Beach , it could not be nicer

our days are spent doing things all day , I have taken 230 pictures as of day 3 lol and they are awesome , my greek is improving and the people are mostly lovely , Part 2 later xoxoxoxoxoxoxo missing you all

Penny sets off security shakedown in Bangkok

bradybunch — Wed, 2 Jul 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Bangkok airport was on high alert due to Pennys belt which set off the security alarm. News from Greece is that Big sister was caught on the hop when the aussie visitors arrived and ran for the shower. Apparently Greek BO is pretty deadly.....................

Rose arrives in greece shortly and will need the hair straightener after a couple of nights in the attic with the Brady girls

Fifi and lil Su are the stragglers and leave for Athens on saturday.

Aussies arrive in Greece safely

bradybunch — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:48:00 GMT

Very happy to get a text from Miss Lizzie this morning at 4.40am australian time to say that they had all arrived at Big sisters safely.

Penny a bit worse for wear but wow what a big trip for first time travellers, hope it doesnt take too long to recover from the jetlag,

Send Off Sunday 29th June

bradybunch — Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:42:00 GMT

Lovely family send off for our travellers , no problems with the extra 4 kilos in their luggage.

A few tears on the way through the departure gates.

Look forward to hearing from you all.

One Down Eight To Come

bradybunch — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:17:00 GMT

Hi everyone
am having a ball so far...waiting for the rest of you to arrive....saturday night we went to philipa's for dinner...he made an amazing barbq, jim and carmel, stavros and chrristina and andrea(escort)...it was great...we ate too much...

Dee Arrives safely in Athens with an Escort ....

bradybunch — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:49:00 GMT

Dee left on 17th June

She set off through the airport gates giving us "the royal wave" Those of us who were concerned about Dees marathon trip to Athens (48 hours via Bejing) need not have worried as she bumped into the mayor of Marrickville's brother in Bejing and was accompanied by same on the bus to Arta.

We waiting for Dee to give us an update....

Liz proves herself a true Brady

bradybunch — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 21:01:00 GMT

Miss Elizabeth Jean Hammell earns herself a place of pride in our journal with her call home on 20/6 with a cry for help as she has run out of money and doesnt know what happened to it all but she does have lots of souveniers!!!!

Liz only has 5 weeks left of her trip!!!!

The Trip of a Lifetime for a bunch of the Brady family

bradybunch — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:53:00 GMT

The Trip of a Lifetime for a bunch of the Brady family.
Ten of us together in Europe.
Itinerary:

Departures from Australia :
Elizabeth 4th June 2008 to do a Contiki tour of Europe,meeting up with the rest of the bunch in Athens.
Dee (princess) 17th June to Athens
Suzy (Peaches) ,Steve, Ben, Tamara, Penny (Precious) 27th June (via Dubai, to Athens )look out shops!!!
Fi,(petals) & Lil Suzy 5th July via Osaka to Athens
All enroute to Athens to visit Big sister.
14th July the 10 of us depart Athens to Dublin to meet up with the Irish side of the Brady bunch.(upteen cousins and tears and Aunty Anna)
21st July Suzy,Steve,Ben Tamara,Penny depart Dublin for Aus
22nd July Big sister,Dee and Fi sail to England, first time back home back for Big sister since she left in 1962.
28th July Big sister and Dee depart Birmingham for Dusseldorf and the trade fair, then back to greece
29th July Fi Liz and Suzy depart London for Aus

28th Aug Dee departs Athens for Aus

Gallery: Travel Buddies

bradybunch — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 20:17:00 GMT

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