Europe

I was back on a double decker heading for Bristol airport. We were off to Amsterdam for a couple of days. Lots of people were dressed up boarding the plane ready to celebrate the New Year. Some of the men looked really strange! Our hotel was really nice and the staff were so friendly - it was a training hotel. It was really cold so we set off to find me some snow mittens and to explore the side streets. We passed people ice skating and there were huge queues outside the museums mummy and daddy thought we might go to but it was too cold to line up for hours. We had lots of fun just wandering around, going into shops and having big breakfasts. Mummy says the photos mysteriously disappeared on the camera so you won't see the photos from Amsterdam I'm afraid. The next part of my adventure was the overnight train to Zurich. The cabin was tiny and there were 3 single beds on top of each other. We all didn't sleep very well as it was noisy but we saw lots of fireworks out the window. We all loved Zurich. Now it was time for daddy's big surprise - 4 days in the snow in St Mortiz. This was part of his birthday present from mummy and me. It was amazing. The day we arrived was sunny and we got in the furnicular to take us up to our hotel. The views from the top were fantastic. I absolutely loved the 4 kms sled rides with daddy. You can see a video mummy took of us sledding from the funicular. Sometimes it was scary as we were going really fast down the mountain. We went down 5 times. That was the most fun I've had on this big trip. On the first morning, I woke up and it was snowing. There was snow piled up on our terrace. It snowed for 2 days but on our last day, it was sunny again so I played for a long time in the playground. We were all sad to leave as it had been amazing and we promised ourselves to return one day. Then it was off to Paris. I wasn't going to eat snails that was for sure. I did though eat loads of croissants. I had my portrait done in Montmatre.  I was so excited about going to disneyland. I went on the carousel 3 times, and on many other rides. I also got to meet Arial in the Princess Pavilion. We saw our good friend Jonathan and met his new wife Anne. Our fin

On the train in Switzerland

Sledding was SO much fun

Daddy and me made a great team

Our hotel in St Moritz

Snow outside our room

Mummy and me in the powder snow

Carousel in Disney

Mad Hatters tea cup ride

Arial at the Princess Pavilion

Eiffel Tower

Sacre Coeur - Montmatre

al stop was Brussels. We stayed with our friends Steve and Maria Grazia and their 2 sons Daniel and Paul. They have this amazing 6 storey house. I got to play the grand piano and sit next to Maria Grazia as she played some beautiful music. I think I'd like to learn to play the piano when I'm older. We spent the day at the European Parliament (where our friends work) and I got to chair a meeting. Our final stop to end this big adventure was where it had all started
London......

Chairing a meeting at the European Parliament!

Dinner in Brussels with friends

Xmas in England

We arrived back in England for the month of December. Our first destination was Bristol for 2 weeks. Mummy thought our flat was very stylish and it was in a place called Clifton, very close to where our friends  Celia, Joe and Alison live. We saw them quite a few times which was lots of fun - we went to their place, then to a really fun indoor play centre and also to a famous cemetary where Joe and I got to run around and explore. Mummy sprained her ankle quite badly so daddy took me to see Frozen at the cinema and to Bristol zoo. The man who owned the flat delivered a real Xmas tree and asked me to decorate it. We then went back to Bath and I saw my friend Ettie again. There were Xmas lights and decorations everywhere. I was so excited about Xmas. Most of daddy's family arrived on the 22nd and we spent Xmas together. I couldn't wait for Xmas morning. I put carrots out for the reindeers and a mince pie for Santa. I was the first up. Santa gave me the doll I'd asked for that cries real tears and you can brush her blonde hair. I got so many lovely presents. A teddy with lots of different outfits, a new dress, a leap frog tablet, a chef game, some books, and lots of little treats in my stocking. I helped give out all the presents and we had our Xmas lunch with crackers and poppers.  I played a lot with my big cousins and we went ice skating together. Claire and Ellie are both really good so they helped me as it was my first time. Even daddy braved the ice. We also went to a safari park and I saw lots of animals up close to the car. So many monkeys jumped on the roof! I was so excited about going on the santa train and meeting santa at his grotto. He gave me a winged barbie which I really loved. I was a bit sick over the week so didn't eat that much but it was so much fun being with all my cousins.

Bristol park - note blue skies in Dec!

Bristol zoo

With Ellie, Xmas Day

Ice skating with Claire

Daddy and me ice skating in Bath

Safari Park - Longleat 

Santas Grotto - Longleat

Santa train

Meeting santa

My present from Santa

With grandad, Xmas Day

Xmas Day celebrations

With Aunty Cecily and Uncle David

The Xmas tree I decorated

With Claire, Xmas Day

The Clarke clan, Xmas lunch

Rhodes, Greece

The night before we were going on a big Greek ferry, there was a huge storm so we didn't know until the next day if the ferry would be going. Luckily, it was as the storm disappeared so we boarded the huge ferry for our trip to Rhodes, a 3 and a half hour trip from Meis just near Kas. I played hide and seek with Alice. She's been my special friend for the whole big trip. When we arrived in Rhodes, the man who ran the pension where we were staying picked us up. We had to walk down old cobbled streets to get there and we were the only ones staying. In the morning, we had a yummy breakfast in the courtyard and I helped John put everything away. Then it was time to walk through the old town and find the bus to take us to Lindos. I was really excited about going on a donkey ride but then I was so upset cause the donkeys were having a long rest and I didn't get my ride up to the acropolis. I cried a lot. Mummy and daddy said they'd buy me something special to help me feel better so we went in to a jewellery story near our pension run by a lady who had 3 cats running all around the shop. I chose a necklace with a star and the lady told me all about her cats and gave us some Greek food to try. I didn't like the look of those stuffed cabbages so mummy ate them. We spent a lot of time wandering around the old streets and seeing some famous sights but lucky for me, I discovered a great playground close by with rides and a flying fox. We ate lots of yummy Greek food. My favourite was the deep fried small fish. After a few days, it was time to board the catamaran back to Turkey. We arrived early but everyone was rushing to get on. It was leaving an hour earlier so we just made it.  I was excited about seeing Pearl again.

Acropolis at Lindos

Palace of the Grand Masters

Greek Orthodox Church

Flying fox

Medieval towers

Old Town

Our pansion courtyard