Catchup Friday!

November 21 - We are at the Hotel Mardaga in As. I left you in Chester  and we had hired a cab to drive us around for an hour. Like everything else on this trip, it was fast. We saw the Roman walls, the gates, St. Mary's Without the Walls (my christening below),





 Lots of lovely building and the chimneys.

There will be more photos but that gives you a taste of Chester, the city. It really is quite charming.

Then we went to Blossoms for supper to celebrate Mom and Dad's wedding supper which they had on March 6, 1940 with Grandpa Rannie and the Pickmeres. The place was quite lovely, the food was great and we were the only ones there. Here is Weese checking out the menu.

 

We had a great visit with the owner, Chris Caunce, of 12 and 13 Deva Terrace and his wife Maria. They were so welcoming and so interested in the story of our family and the story of Belle and Fanny Grey. We were staying in the Greys home and as a way of thanking Chris, I gave him one of Fanny's watercolours of the River Dee with rowers. And here we are.

 Please be gentle when you look at this photo. We didn't sleep on the plane (redeye) and this was around 9 at night and we were just wickedly tired.

The next morning we flew to Brussels and I'll tell you all about that next time. We have to get ready for dinner with our Opglabbeek friends here at the Hotel Mardaga with Dad's plaque in the lobby and two pieces of his plane wall-mounted.

Later.