Travelling Trundles World Trip 2000

This is a pictorial journal of the holiday that the Trundle Family took during the Sydney Olympics in the northern summer of 2000. We shot more than 550 chemical photos (not digital), however a much smaller set is shown here. We began in Paris after a brief stop in Singapore, but then drove into the country around Versailles, Mortagne au Perche, St Malo, Carnac, Tours. We eventually relocated to London, then hired another car and drove to Legoland, and caught up with relatives north of London. We also visited Stonehenge, Sherwood Forest, York, the Lakes, dodged a crippling petrol strike, wandered into Scotland, including Loch Lomond, the West Coast, Loch Ness, the Highlands (where we met friends). We drove around Ivan's old haunts in the Badenoch region, and visited Alexei's birthplace, Inverness. We sailed, played golf, rode horses, walked, and socialised. Flew back to London, and celebrated Ivan's birthday in both London and New York. New York was fabulous, and we enjoyed being tourists. We left New York for the West Coast and Anaheim (Disneyland and Universal Studios), staying in a luxury hotel in Los Angeles. What a great trip!

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439 As you can see, we are in New York - Chris in his element, making firewood	440 Rebecca, Anna and Alexei dusting and sorting	441 Pip and Ruth admiring Rebecca, Anna and Alexei's efforts at ordering the world	444 Off to see Ms Liberty - the boat in front is appropriately-named 'The Beast'
448 She appears to be wearing running shoes	449 Our tour guide anxiously confirming that the photographer has not fallen off the ramparts	450 All types of boat drift past the statue - from old schooners to ocean-going racers	452 A carefully composed shot highlighting the rigours of being a Sunday tourist in New York [bonus pic]
455 Battery Park spacemen abound on rainy days in New York	456 In the subway car, our guardian angel, Ms Liberty, takes care of two battle-scarred tourists	457 That's the Empire State Building soaring up into the fog	458 Pip in foreground attempting to emulate Flatiron Building in background - Ms Liberty observes
459 The Flatiron Building is very pointy, isn't it?	461 The small amount of rain that fell made the streets very scenic	462 No travel compilation would be complete without a picture of our hotel room...	464 ...nor without a picture of the magnificent Empire State Building
465 Looking for the Executive Pass entrance in a very impressive marble foyer of the Empire State Building	467 A view to the south, towards the twin towers of the World Trade Centre, and the financial district - Flatiron Building in foreground	471 Chris demonstrating to Pip that dropping film canisters from this height is illegal, and may hurt window cleaners	473 The Chrysler Building really shone
474 A very comfy chair in Grand Central Station	475 The others attempt to squeeze onto a comfy chair, whilst a reclining cow looks on	476 Looking to break the world record for comfy chair sitting	477 If you squint, you can just make out the constellations on the ceiling [fantastic QuickTime VR]
483 Loius Vuitton-modified BMW motorcycle near Rockefeller Center	485 Same treatment to a scooter - of all things	497 A walk in Central Park (Ivan was running at the time)	498 View from the hotel window - we loved the wooden water tanks
499 Hotel Beacon, Upper West Side	500 Museum of Natural History, only minutes from our hotel - worth a visit!	504 The dinosaurs were incredible, and thankfully dormant	507 This tree trunk was over 1260 years old
509 Across the other side of USA - the Sheraton Anaheim, Los Angeles	511 Disneyland's Splash Mountain was brilliant (Anna had five runs)	514 Anna was more apprehensive about the Temple of Doom... (Alexei has the big grin)	518 Drinks with the Birch family (Dave and Chris flew over from Brisbane just to join us) back at the Sheraton...
519 ...whilst the kids played in the Games Room	520 And later that evening we dined al fresco by the fountain	521 The Sheraton thoughtfully provided a children's table with slightly less wine	522 The obligatory bedroom scene - a huge room with oodles of space
523 Dave greeting Chris with a Romanian bear strangle. His method needs refinement, but the desired effect is realised.	524 Back to Disneyland yet again - we had a 3-day pass, which was ideal	527 We were dodging the water jets in the fountain that splurted overhead (barely visible here)	532 That's Anna on the left
533 The Disneyland train was more reliable than the monorail, and the concert (which was cancelled midway through!)	536 Anna with a platonic friend	537 Ivan, Anna and Alexei goofing around	539 Toon town ride - Alexei and Anna are waving their hands at the rear somewhere!
542 These carp were lounging in one of the pools at the Sheraton...	540 ..so we asked them to take our photo	543 We went to the Disney Parade	548 Mickey and the gang
549 Re-filling the steam train after the parade	551 At Universal Studios, where an earthquake has caused the roadway to collapse into our subway station. The tanker is about to burst into flames...	553 Since the subway was in New York, we were flooded immediately after the first catastrophe	555 What a way to finish!