England

We couldn't go all the way to Europe and not see some of our English relatives, could we?

The journey got off to a dreary start, with a long wait in Auckland for a flight that was then delayed, making it an even longer wait. However, we arrived in Kuala Lumpur in good enough time to make our connection and arrived at Heathrow roughly on time.

My brother Nigel generously acted as a personal chauffeur service. He not only met us at the airport and drove us to his house in Shaftesbury where we were most comfortably accommodated, but taxied us to:

1. my 90-year-old uncle Norman in Bournemouth. Unfortunately Auntie Chick was in hospital;
2. Somerset, taking the scenic route to (a) Marks & Spencer for replenishment of vital underwear supplies and (b) on to meet our friend Viv Winterburn.

Then, scorning our request for a lift to the station, he drove us all the way to Tamworth so that we could spend a night with Eve's brother Geoff and his wife, Stephanie.

So we talked almost incessantly for 4 days, catching up with special people.

Geoff and Stephanie continued the transport generosity and drove us to Birmingham Airport for our flight to Berlin.

Eve, Uncle Norman Heritage, Bill

Brother Nigel Heritage

Oops.  I forgot to take a photo of Geoff and Stephanie.