To follow on from last time, we thoroughly enjoyed Wurzburg - a good sized town - about 130,000 people, as with all the other, beautifully situation on than river and very pretty.   The town is dominated by The Residence - the former home of the Prince Bishops, and ever so big, grand and opulent.  The high point of the day was getting Barry some new glasses - old lenses in new frames and 100% successful.  In the afternoon I took the opportunity to go to Rothenberg on an optional tour - only 50 kms away and I wanted to visit for old time's sake, having visited two or thre

It has taken me so long to get the time needed to send a proper note, not to mention an efficient internet connection. Have been having so much trouble with that. More than one week into the trip, and I have to say it's going at a cracking pace. The days are just flying by. Back to the beginning:

I must set the scene by saying that today is our 9th utterly perfect day - weather wise. Until today we had not seen a cloud of any kind. Today, there are a few fluffy whites in the sky.

So tired tonight!!!!!

It is actually very sticky and humid - too cold with the air-con on and too hot with it off.  In typical Asian fashion the unit is of a size suited to a room many times larger than this one.  This afternoon there was the mother of all thunderstorms so I instantly had to black out my room .   I am terrified of thunder, so that was a very unpleasant part of the day for me.  it is now pouring rain.  Might clear the air a little, though unlikely at this time of year.

So nice to have nice flowers in the room - they are bright an

Footnote from last evening (Wednesday):

My "diamond day" continued when, as well as the usual swill for dinner - which I declined in favour of instant noodles (beef flavour), there were newspapers to choose from!!!!  English and Chinese.  Those of you who know me well, know of my newspaper addiction, and my little copy of Shanghai Daily (read from cover to cover in less than 10 minutes mark you!) was my most treasured possession for a while.

Today began like all the others - bright daylight at 4.00am, and up at 6.00am - a sleep-in.  I am lucky to be sleeping r

Much shorter report on yesterday's activities - or lack of.  You can expect these to get shorter as the days go by I think.

Hi everyone,   

Am sitting here working away and trying to look out the window but can't see a thing - sand storms!    

Trip over was long but OK - the 3am departure meant I slept soundly for the first 6 hours, then I played at work on the laptop till the battery went flat, then I watched Confessions of a Shopaholic!