2013 ITINERARY

Tues 11 June depart 3.45pm on Lufthansa for Frankfurt

Wed 12 June lazing in country German hotel

Thurs 13 June to Stansted

13-15 June at Suffolk and Aldeburgh Festival

16-23 June to Scotland with Penny MacKay

24-26 June in Yorkshire with Chris and Stu Marston

Thurs 27 June to Berlin

27-30 June living it up in Berlin

1-8 July Christine at international deacons' conference at Evangelisches Johannestift in Spandau

1-4 July John in Krakow

5-8 July John in Dresden

Tues 9 July John and Christine to Dortmund

Wed 10 July Christine's birthday at Dortmund with Flick and the family

Tues 16 July to Paris

16-20 July being immersed in Paris

Sat 20 July to Frankfurt to fly home

Mon 22 July arrive 6.45am back in reality

TASMANIAN ITINERARY

MONDAY 2 JULY
7.30pm depart on Spirit of Tasmania

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY 3-4 JULY
Clarion Hotel City Park Grand
Launceston

THURSDAY/FRIDAY 5-6 JULY
Swansea on the Beach Motor Inn

SATURDAY/SUNDAY 7-8 JULY
Leisure Inn Hobart Macquarie
Hobart

MONDAY 9 JULY
Blakes Manor
Deloraine

TUESDAY/WEDNESDAY 10-11 JULY
Cradle Mountain Chateau

THURSDAY 12 JULY
7.30pm depart on Spirit of Tasmania

FRIDAY 13 JULY
6.00am arrive at Port Melbourne

LAST DAY IN NEW YORK

We came to the NY Public Library to find a loo, so thought we may as well "do" a final report as well. We had a sunny day in Nashville and spent most of it at the Belle Meade Plantation (Christine ripping down the curtains and doing a Scarlett). We returned the hire car at the airport without any scratches (a miracle after 1000 miles of driving on the wrong side of the road), boarded the plane to Philadelphia (ndirect flight to NY), then had a two hour delay for the 30 minute connection to NY, which ended up being on a propellored plane! With a booking for a 7.00pm performance at Lincoln Centre, the prospects looked grim, but a WILD drive by a crazy mini-bus driver made it possible to throw our luggage in the hotel and be in our theatre seats by 6.55pm. It was worth it, as "War Horse" was a spectacular production.

Our final day has taken us to the Museum of Modern Art where we naievely thought we could walk in to a major exhibition of de Koonig(?), but the crowds were too great, so we're enjoying walking around before heading off to JFK at midday.

See you all soon.

FINE AMERICAN CUISINE

This was a case of taking a photo rather than a bite!

MEMORIES OF THE CATSKILLS

Here's Liz and Joe's mountain retreat at Roxbury

GOODBYE TO SEWANEE

Here is Barbara and Bill's lovely house to which we must say goodbye.

LAST WEEKEND

We're trying not to do a countdown, but just enjoy our last few days in Nashville and New York before boarding the plane on Wednesday afternoon. We'll have no Thursday and be home on Friday.