Kay/Les on the move

Our mansion in Ljubljana. Great home away from home.

Ljubljana Castle

This guy is playing four instruments. He has two strings tied to his toes for the drum and the chimes

BBQ time with the Aussies and the Italians

The boys in training

Lazing out in the Kays hotel in Lyon before doing battle with the Easyjet staff to fly to Venice and in Venice get to the train station to head to Ljubljana


The mint Hotel Mercure next to Gare de Lyon train station. Certainly an oasis in Paris


The invisible swimming pool. At high tide it is completely covered with seawater. Great idea. Should have one in Tga

Our lovely hosts in Britainy. Brigette, Jon and lovely daughter. We had fabulous crepes at this tradition restuarant.

Jean, Bridgitte and their beautiful daughter

Jon's project to renovate this lovely family beach bach. We guess it will be a 10plus year project and will follow up on it when we are next in the area

The lovely Britainy coast line

After leaving our oasis at the B & B and our lovely french lady we headed for Brittany to catch up with our slalom judging friends and visit a part of the world we have not been to before. We were amazed at how similar the scenery is compared to NZ except for the houses. We had a lovely time seeing this part of the world with friends Jean and Brigitte and seeing how life is in Brittany. Plenty of time talking , walking, sightseeing ,and especially eating the french cuisine. The scallop kebabs, cheeses and french red wine were all delicious. Also the day at the beach and the french crepes which were totally out of this world. if only we could make them like the French

Their family beach bach originally built in the 1800s to be renovated will be a vocation of passion for you Jean. We will be back to check on progress. Thanks for an awesome time and spoiling us totally next time our turn in NZ

We were amazed at the invisible swimming pool on the coast. At high tide it is totally covered by the water except for the diving platform. At low tide it is a swimming pool full of salt water. Cleaned every 12 hours by the tide. No need for chloride or scrubbing.

Left Brittany, a beautiful part of the world and headed back to the rat race of Paris and the return of the rental car at Gare de Lyon train station. Thanks again to Aveen, Pascal and Ciaran for the use of the GPS. We would have been terribly lost many a time without it. Perhaps even divorced!!!

Decided to lash out and stay at the Mercure next to the station. Kay managed to negotiate a mean deal with them then we were upgraded to 'privileged' including free drinks from the fridge. We were living in style as we caught the 1st class TVG train to Lyon at a cost of only 30 Euro each. It was 80 euro for the trip to Paris on the slow train.

Kay and I parted in Lyon, with Kay returning to NZ and me Easyjetting to Venice and then the sleeper train to Ljubljana arriving 2.00am to be met by Mike. I had worried that if Mike was not there I would be sleeping in the train station or on the streets with the other homeless people. Thanks Mike.

I arrived early Monday morning and am now staying in this mint house in the outskirts of town with the slalom crew of Mike, Johan, Brent, Louise, Thomas. Plenty of space and just very very relaxing.

Having been videoing the slalom training and helping when required. Managed one day of sightseeing by bike. Thanks Lou for scoring me a bike. Biked into town about half an hour and walked around. Managed to bike up the hill to the Ljubljana castle and along the river passed all the cafes bars and restaurants. Very good but a little hot. Had a mean BBQ last night at the house with the Italians and Aussies. Plenty of food vino and good company.