It's goodbye from Ann

Well..... after starting and ending in the UAE with 18 countries in between, thousands of ks flown and driven, trains, ferries, some 8000 photos taken and some 116 blogs written, Ann and Gary's adventure has finally come to an end. This will be my final blog - hope you all have enjoyed following it as much as I have enjoyed writing it. What a fantastic time we have had since we left on April 4 - what a ride - from Broadway's Lion King to Buble on the ipod in the motorhome, the world's tallest building in Dubai to Turkey's 7th century BC underground city, Oslo's ice bar to Reykjavik's thermal Blue Lagoon, friendly local Irish pubs to high tea at the Burj, immense fjords of Norway to Croatia's tiny coastal coves, chaos and noise of Istanbul to quaint French and Italian villages and of course our many gastronomic highlights - NYC Oyster Bar, Dubai's heavenly high tea, Iceland's local delicacies, succulent seafood chowders in Ireland, fabulous french pastries, superb spaghetti (with clams) in Italy and Croatia and of course I have to mention our many gelato whatever the time of day - pistachio my favourite.  

What are our favourites? - Venice, Cinque Terre, Rome's Trevi Fountain - just as good the second time - the Flam Rail trip in Norway and the time we spent in Flam and Belestrand - Tallinn was beautiful, Ireland was gorgeous, Slovenia  and Croatia were real  highlights, especially Plitvice Lakes and Dubrovnik - our 6 days there were pure magic, Cappadocia in Turkey,  stunning Lake Maggiore and picturesque hilltop towns in Italy, Carcassonne and Avignon in France - the list goes on and on. We have enjoyed the mix of hire car and B&Bs, independent travel and hotels, motorhome and organised tours. 

So until our next adventure this just about sums it up.................

Ann

(and Gary)