We flew into Heathrow Airport outside London on July 12th. On the way back we had a daylong bus tour to Stratford-upon-Avon and Warwick Castle and flew back to Vancouver on August 15.
These photos start in France. We took the Hovercraft ferry across the Channel and then a train to Paris. The photos are scanned from Polaroid prints and I suspect that I gave many of the best ones away during the trip.
We arrived the night before Bastille Day and got up early for the mass crowd scene at the Champs-Élysées military parade.
We visited the Louvre and Versaille Palace.

This was the summer we learned to have fun. We drank mass quantities of wine and danced. The day when we travelled back from Chartres we sang a masterful version of Those Were The Days while the bus ran through heavy rain. It was definately one of the best days of my life.

We visited the château of Chenonceaux, Azay-le-Rideau, Blois and Amboise in the Loire Valley.

Nights were spent in school dormitories or hostels. Days were spent sightseeing in places like the Pope's Palace in Avignon or the Roman Amphitheatre in Arles.