Monday January 6, 2008
Today was met with some failure and some successes. We planned a hot air balloon trip; we had at 4:00 am to see if our flight was a go or not, and unfortunately for us the flight was cancelled. We rescheduled for tomorrow... The silver lining in this cloud was that were able to sleep in! Around 9am we all went to the botanical garden in Hagley Park across the street from our hotel. Very nice rose garden and water gardens. Thelma pushed her wheelchair all over the paths and got some good exercise. We did a bit of sightseeing downtown. The center of the city is a very nice stone cathedral and big square. We took another stroll and did a bit of punting on the Avon river-little flat bottom boats are sort of poled up and down the river by a guy in a straw hat. The fun part was getting Thelma out of the boat, but many amazing things have been accomplished on this trip.
For dinner we were on an old tram circling the city center. The tram goes down the track and the chef prepares a yummy meal while we waved at the people on the street. We all thought the tram dinner was a trip highlight.
Today was met with some failure and some successes. We planned a hot air balloon trip; we had at 4:00 am to see if our flight was a go or not, and unfortunately for us the flight was cancelled. We rescheduled for tomorrow... The silver lining in this cloud was that were able to sleep in! Around 9am we all went to the botanical garden in Hagley Park across the street from our hotel. Very nice rose garden and water gardens. Thelma pushed her wheelchair all over the paths and got some good exercise. We did a bit of sightseeing downtown. The center of the city is a very nice stone cathedral and big square. We took another stroll and did a bit of punting on the Avon river-little flat bottom boats are sort of poled up and down the river by a guy in a straw hat. The fun part was getting Thelma out of the boat, but many amazing things have been accomplished on this trip.
For dinner we were on an old tram circling the city center. The tram goes down the track and the chef prepares a yummy meal while we waved at the people on the street. We all thought the tram dinner was a trip highlight.
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