Pre trip thoughts.

Final planning has been done. Our bikes have actually reached the Port of Felixtowe in England so we have our final few days before leaving for Melbourne Airport. Our first stop will be Paris where I have the last of my mothers relatives living. In fact her 1st cousin Gilbert, his wife Betty and daughter Sophie live there. Gilbert is the younger son of Hinda, my mother's aunt. Hinda moved to France with her husband in 1927 from Poland. Hinda's daughter, Gilbert's older sister was captured by the French Police in Paris who handed her over to the nazis. She was transported to Auschwitz along with thousands of French Jews and she was murdered there along with untold numbers of others who suffered a similar fate.
Our plan was to arrive in Paris, spend a few days there, take the train to London and then to Felixtowe to pick up the bikes to begin our journey.