just a few pics of the last 53 days..

 Just some interesting pics from the trip to Europe....153m long, 11.5 m wide is just about standard for the river boats, as they have to fit into the lock system....67 locks between Budapest and Amsterdam, some raise/lower you only a couple of feet, but biggest was 75 feet change..

 Castles about every corner in the rivers..all date back hundreds of years..

 interesting...as you can see, it looks, and is the start grid for a street circuit in Germany....but the construction behind was built so Adolf Hitler could address all his troops..mammoth area behind me..

 all the little towns had unique areas like this one..

 structured gardens in castles, dating back hundreds of years..

 narrow roads and cobblestones are everywhere

 lock system...two rivers, linked by a man made canal now lets you go from the Caspian or Black sea to the North Atlantic

 aussies died for our freedom...we passed dozens of cemetries devoted to allied troops

 and this is the most famous..Villers Bretonix

 Anita and Cols dad flew a Spitfire in WW@..Col jumped the rope for this pic..

 our people mover in England...way to big for their narrow roads, but we managed

 The Ford in Ireland was better....

 yep..dont drive off the wharf..

 an impressive set of chimneys...there wer two more of these on the same house.....???

 Greece/Olimpia was fascinating..history laying around for all to see..

 Santorini Greece was nice....but hilly!

The Pathenon in Athens..spectacular

 another ship next to ours...

 feet cleaning fish..

 tickles!

 narrow lanes and houses..

 unusual houses..

 build up to the rock wall...

 dozens of car and trauin tunnels in Europe

 mammoth wealth in the churches

 check the clearance...plenty at the moment

 getting closer...

 had a foot to spare!

 see....

 more castle wealth..staggering...gold everywhere..

 another tunnel, and brave bus driver, going around in a curve!

 it fits..

 more castles..

 more wealth..

 intersting buildings, hanging over the water..

 Ford factory in Germany..

 containers loaded up, big time, on a small river...

 this is a museum, in Amsterdam.

 canal traffic was bedlam..

 our walking tour thru the red light district..

 yep...everywhere I go..

 even on the buses..

 check this small car..weird!

 France..

 Get an eye full of this..

 went to Moulin-Rouge

 more war graves..

 aussies, canadians, Kiwis, Sth Africans, Indians...and more..

 canal boats in England..

 for you, Malcolm..

 yep...please explain

 been a long way..

 Ireland was beautiful..castles and greenery..

 stunning..

 Cliffs of Moher

 Nth Ireland, back to mph, and Pounds..Ireland, euros and klm..

 Giants Causeway

 hexagon rocks

 look how the ships tower over Venice..

 long way up..14 floors on our ship

thats it, a brief run down of a fantastic trip..