July 2023 (London, Santorini and Naxos)
We have been lucky enough to be travelling in Europe all month! At the beginning of July, our elder daughter (L who is 22) joined us for two weeks so we were a party of five for a while and then the three “kids” went back to Melbourne to uni and work and Andrew and I were “Darby and Joan” again! Euro Adventure Chapter 3 – London: Rewind to the end of June/beginning of July and we ticked off a bucket list item together being attending the second Ashes (cricket) Test at Lord’s. Andrew remembers growing up as a kid in Glen Waverley (I grew up there too!), going to bed with a transistor radio and tuning into a faraway place called England to listen to the Ashes. He also vividly remembers hearing ““Welcome to Lord’s where the covers are on. It’s raining and the start of play will be delayed.” To actually be at Lord’s for the Ashes is a dream come true for him. A dream I actually made come true four years ago when I insisted that he take our sons (all three are cricket tragics!). Our so...