Our first European Summer Holiday

We decided to do what many Europeans do and take a cruise, on an enormous ship.

This thing was huge, and there were approx 2,000 passengers on board and on top of that, they had as many crew!!

OK, so the rooms weren't exactly spacious but they were well serviced.

There were little elves that came in whilst we were out and made up the beds etc.








We did manage to catch a photo of these elves - they looked like this.













We all had a great time on board - especially happy hour where the girls got right into it!








Oh, we did have time to go see some sights - here Sarah is trying on some new shoes. They just kept getting in everyone's way every time she walked.













And here is mum, Sarah and me relaxing on some steps just outside the white church looking back across the plaza. Guess where we are??!!





Oh, and this is what the White Church looks like from the road.

Pretty impressive huh?

Fete de Geneve!

Rides, rides and more rides!! The waterfront is littered with fairground rides and food stalls.

So we all had a great time on the various rides that were on offer.

There were children friendly ones that Catherine and Sarah really enjoyed.

Then Catherine got a bit braver and went on a faster swing with Dad.

Then even more braver and went on this one with mum, which went up and up and up...

... and swung around at 60 metres high!! I think Catherine was braver than mum on this ride!

And check out this ride - not for the faint-hearted - that basically swung people straight up and back down again.

Err... no, we didn't go on this ride, just watched the horror on people's faces and heard the screams...