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New Years 2006 – 2007

Loads of fun is how I’d describe our New Years for 2006 – 2007.  Karl and Sarah joined us as we travelled to the Celtic Manor in Newport, Wales on Dec 31st 2006.  The guys headed out into the rain for golf while Sarah and I accumulated a few...

Site-seeing in Berlin

We woke to a rainy Sunday and took an early morning walk up the Kurfurstendamm. At the far end of the street is a steeple of a church, which was bombed in the war. It has been left as a memorial. The jagged edge really brought it home to me that this is recent...

Ladies German Tennis Open

Our trip to Berlin was primarily for the Ladies German Tennis Open. Originally I had hoped to see Justine Henin, but she pulled out before the tournament due to a virus. Then during the week Kim Clijsters retired from a wrist injury. So there was only a few top names...

Leaving Cephalonia

On Sunday we had to be out of our room by 10am, so we had breakfast by the pool and stayed there until 12.30 when the coach came to take us to the airport. It was the hottest day yet so we were envious of our new friends who were on a later flight. I spent some time...

Pool Day again

Saturday was our last full day and we had use of the car until 5pm, so we went back to Argostoli for breakfast. We ended up going to a bakery and then walking along the harbour; it was so hot though the getting into the air-conditioned car seemed like a better option...