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What an amazing weekend!

Mike had arranged our hotel as a surprise and it turned out to be the very same one that brokendownangel stayed at earlier this Summer (thanks for the tip sweetie!)

So, here's our hotel, the amazing Hotel de la Minerve

It's a truly beautiful hotel in a fantastic location, in fact from our hotel window we could see the edge of this... the Pantheon!

During our crazily busy weekend we also visited the Trevi fountain...

... the Vatican...

... the Spanish steps...

... the Colosseum...

... and lots and lots of other things!

And, most importantly, we went to Tiffany's and bought my ring *bling, bling*

What an amazing weekend.

We got back from Rome last night, it was amazing! I got gazillions of photos to work through before I go into more detail... I also have a tan mark from my camera strap, Mike finds that very amusing

Went back into school this morning for a staff meeting, lots of changes again. A few things that I'll save for private posts methinks.

Got some excellent news from a friend this afternoon, I can't tell anyone what the news was but I was so thrilled for her that I nearly cried

Anyway, this afternoon is supposed to be spent getting on with planning, not messing around on here / Facebook / Flicr etc *snigger*

Toodles

'Cos look at the forecast for Rome this weekend - clicky here

Best pack a big hat and lots of sunscreen!

It's been a busy week and we're only on Wednesday!

Molty went home on Monday morning, we had a fantastic weekend with him and really enjoyed doing loads of touristy stuff together. You've already seen the piccies from Friday, on Saturday we went across Lake Geneva on a boat (where I took my new header / background picture) and then into Geneva itself on Sunday. It was lovely to spend time with him again, he's a real gentleman

Monday afternoon we went to have a BBQ with Mike's sister and her family who were visiting from Ireland. More time with our icklest niece was fantastic

Yesterday I dragged the kids into school to start sorting out the classroom. I'll be in all next week but there will be lots of meetings and a whole day of training and I won't have too much time in the classroom. Anyway, I got lots of stuff unpacked and feel like I've made a good start to the new term.

Today will be spent getting the last few bits that the kids need for school as we'll be driving them to my in-laws' house in central France this evening and won't get them back until a week on Friday! Amazing grandparents!

And then tomorrow *deep breath* we'll be flying to Rome *squeals with excitement* Expect many, many, many photos when we return

Don't worry, we're taking good care of him

We had a fantastic time in the UK this weekend. It was nice to have enough time in my hometown to see lots of friends

We arrived Thursday, did some shopping, ran through yet another thunderstorm and settled in chez mes parents.

Friday morning we went to meet up with 4 of my school friends. Getting all of our kids together was fun but completely manic!

Friday afternoon I took the kids for a mooch around my hometown. I swear I've fallen for the place all over again, so much history, so many special people

Friday evening I went to another friend's house for dinner.

Saturday was our big day out in that there London. We visited the British Museum in the morning - notice the kids' enthusiasm for History

We then wandered around London for a bit on our way to the London Eye

Before queueing for an hour to get onto the Eye itself... it was worth it though!

Sunday we went to Mum and Dad's Church where we saw some more friends. That afternoon was spent with family which was lovely.

Monday was another shopping day and then back to the airport to get back again rather late last night

Now I have a lot of cleaning and tidying to do to get the flat ready for the Royal visit of Sir Molt on Thursday