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Well quite a bit has gone on since Copenhagen but i’ll keep this fairly brief:

Soph, Mark & baby Thomas were in London for six weeks and are back in Melbourne again. It was great to finally meet Thomas after watching him grow for months! We had a few goes in the park, dinners out in Kilburn and a couple of days on the Isle of Wight together.

Amanda & Simon (from Canberra) travelled around Spain and Portugal for a month, so I met them in Madrid for a few days in mid August – thanks again Mandy B for booking an apartment with a pool! We enjoyed Toledo (about half hour train ride from Madrid) which is a mediaeval walled town and historically tolerant of Catholics, Jews and Muslims all living together. It was also very hot at 41C at 5pm! We went to the Prado which houses amazing paintings by Goya, wandered around the old parts of town and stumbled across a little street festival in a neighbouring barrio, lavapies, on my last night. Fantastico!

Last weekend was another visit to sussex for Amanda & Brian’s silver wedding anniversary. Lovely tea party in Rushlake Green with a fly over, Warbleton Brass Band, and lots of sandwiches and cake! On Sunday we had another relaxing day at Hever Castle. Brian and the band were playing there. The weather held out for us too and so we had a very pleasant time enjoying the music in the forecourt of the castle.

Coming up is a week off at the end of September – Fiona and Guy get married in a fortnight and then head out to the UK & Europe for their honeymoon! Will see them for an England celebration before they head off to somewhere sunny. When back in the UK again, Guy heads home for the footy grand final weekend and Fiona and I will head up to the Peaks District with her parents for a few days. Lots of walking and photography to come.

New photos in “Spring/Summer 2010” and “Madrid”.

Hope everyone is well
Liz xx

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