Holly!

The Cheethams have a lovely chocolate lab called Holly, and she is lovely, but breathes very heavily, like she is panting, but that is because she has asthma. She is so sweet and was quite intrigued by my camera! In this photo she looks like she is really not pleased with me taking her photo! Ooops!

Ella and her cheesecake

Ella, the Cheethams youngest daughter, loves cheescake, and was very excited to go to the lovely bakery in Mons which did a very nice Cheesecake. It took us a while to find the place, but when we did, there was only one whole cheesecake left, and Ella was very concerned that the lady who was buying cake in front of us might buy it! In the end we decided Ella would have hit her so that she couldn't have the very last cheesecake! She was very pleased that the lady didn't buy it and protected the cake all the way home, so I snapped this photo of her looking pleased as punch!

A Park behind the Grand Place

Behind the Grand-Place there is a little area you can walk through to the park behind the main administration building. It has a name, but I've forgotten it! It was full of cute little fountains, and flowers, but I especially liked the wisteria which was growing all up along the back of the buildings, near to the lamps and I just loved it!

A lucky little Monkey

In Belgium, they have tons of town squares surrounded by buildings and are called the Grand-Place, and in the Grand-Place in Mons there is a little brass monkey whose head you are supposed to rub for good luck (with your left hand apparently!) It seemed a bit silly, but everyone was coming and doing it too, and they definitely weren't tourists! I got this photo of Becky (the Cheethams oldest daughter) rubbing the head of the monkey - we all agreed it was a silly photo but still, I needed to get evidence of us being non-touristy for once!

More of the Cathedral

These photos are from inside the Cathedral. They have a Saint buried there, which one, I do not know, but she is a big deal here, and every year there is a festival where they take her coffin carriage through the streets. Looked like fun actually, they showed it on a TV inside. There were lots of candles too!

Mons Cathedral, Belgium

In term break, we also had time to go visit the Cheethams, who are stationed in Mons, Belgium at the moment. I never got to visit them in Italy, so I was very excited I got to go visit them this time. After an evening of games, the next day we went into the city of Mons and walked around and visited the Cathedral, which the girls didn't like, but I really loved! I pretty much like all cathedrals, but this one was very lovely and very quiet!

Hotel Hopping 3 - The Grand Floridian

As we had been going along, I realised how much I loved the Polynesian, and what a fun place to stay at! But then we went farther along the monorail to the Disney Grand Floridian. I loved it even more! It is a lovely white, old fashioned style classical hotel, like the Grand Hotel in Mackinaw, but more tastefully decorated. It is the number one spot to get married at at Disney (they have a Wedding Pavillion) and I can see why. They have massive chandeliers, beautiful pianos, flowers everywhere, and cute little soap shops and places fit for a princess!

We also went out to the pool, which was lovely as well, and there were tons of glower gardens with fountains for people to sit and enjoy the place! It really was special, down to the staff with their waistcoats and boaters. It really was an all round great experience and definitely where I want to stay next time!