Have had a quiet time since arriving back from London- gearing up for the final foray of luggage etc.Caught up on washing and general posting back of excess goods as we don't want to lug everything around Italy on trains etc. so we are down to the bare minimum.Books are my weakness-15kg luggage limits are difficult for long trips. Coming back to Oz should not be too bad as we have a 20kg limit on hold luggage and hand luggage as well.
Went to a village called Eye yesterday- flint and brick houses and lovely out of the way place with good antique shops and one of the few churches in England left with some original screens and statuary after the Puritans and Reformation had been through- noone really knows why it was left intact- good to see though. Dominating the village is an original keep of a Norman castle built 1 yr after William the Conquereor came- Australian European history is so short comparatively.We must conserve what is left if we can.Thatched cottages and windmills are rare up here and we saw both on our trip. carol was after some fabric in Eye as there is a good shop there run by an eccentric.
Loking forward to some good Italian food and hope the weather is fine at Como our first stop.
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