Great Britain

We flew to Manchester to spend a week with Dan's family. Highlights included the Lake Country, a Gypsy horse show, the Black Country Living Museum, Pistyll Rhaeadr waterfall in Wales & Juni's first birthday party.

 Boat ride on Lake Windemere

Apple by Horse (Gypsy) show

 I guess no well dressed house would be without one of these!

Black Country Living Museum

 Cabin inside canal boat. two adults & 2 children lived inside this cabin ( size is the Thos Clayton sign)

Day 20 - Kinderdijk

We had a leisurely morning cruising the Rhine. After lunch we visited Kinderdijk, a site where there are 16 windmills. They were used to pump water from the polders into reservoirs to keep the polders from flooding. About half of the Netherlands is reclaimed land and much is below sea level.

 We saw this replica of Noah's Ark while cruising this morning.

Day 19 - Cologne

The most famous attraction in Cologne is the Kolner Dom, Germany's largest cathedral which took over 600 years to construct. It survived WWII as it served as point of reference for Allied bombers. There are Roman walls, baths and remnants of Roman sewer system.

Clock on Rathaus

Floor of  Roman bath, discovered in the 1940s

 The Dom was built to hold the relics of the three wise men.