Rome - 12th June

Harry better today - still sore but up for a big day of exploring Rome.


- Visited the Colosseum

                          The Roman Forum -




- The Piazza Navona

 
     
   
    The Bocca de Verita (Mouth of Truth) -



- & the cat sanctuary amongst the ruins in the site where Julius Caesar was assassinated.

Rome - 11th June

First injury of the holiday today with Harry twisting his ankle badly...

Good news for the rest of us though as now we can keep up with him. As a result we changed our plans for today from visiting the Colosseum and Roman Forum to going to the Time Elevator - a 4D cinema journey through the history of Rome.




The boys also managed some souvenir shopping and there was time to visit the Pantheon and Victor Emmanuel monument. We avoided walking as much as possible and Harry's ankle was better by the end of the day but not 100%.

Rome - 10th June

Left Pompeii today for Rome via Naples on the train. Navigated without any problems even with our limited Italian language and arrived in Rome in time for gelati!

Vesuvius - 9th June

Climbed Mt Vesuvius today! No earthquakes along the way and the boys worked up a good appetite for pasta!

Pompeii - 8th June

We have arrived safely in Italy now and spent today exploring the ruins at Pompeii.


Hot weather over here so we have all been enjoying some gelati already!







- The Odeon


 Tarsha in the Bakers shop -





- One of the poor victims of the Vesuvius eruption in 79 AD

Travels from Weybridge - 4th & 5th June

Spent the last couple of days touring a few local sites from our base in Weybridge including a visit to one of our old veterinary practice towns - Guildford in Surrey.



- Waverley Abbey

             Arundel Castle -

- The white cliffs of the southern coast of England on a typical English summer day.

Queen's Jubilee Flotilla - 3rd June

The Queen's Jubilee Flotilla in London - we joined one million others to celebrate the Queen's diamond jubilee, 60 years after her coronation in 1952.





We got a great viewing spot and some awesome photos!







The kiwi Commonwealth representatives even joined in singing "God Save the Queen" and "Rule Brittania" !!!