Breakfast was another relaxed affair on the terrace, but today under slightly cloudy skies. The lake takes on a dreamy look in the soft, filtered light. The plan for today included some scenic driving – firstly the spectacular Strada Della Forra, best known as “The James Bond Road” ! It’s…
We both woke so early this morning that I could capture the view of the pre sunrise light coming over the mountains. We had plenty of time for a relaxed breakfast on the terrace, another excellent buffet with some amazing looking cakes and pastries. At 9 am we met Jo…
We had a relaxed start in the morning as we didn’t need to check out till 10.45. We had originally planned to go to see The Last Supper for the opening viewing of the day , before coming back to the hotel for a late breakfast. My lousy night ruled…
We were both so tired last night we were asleep by 8.30pm! The hotel is in a surprisingly quiet spot for its location so close to the Duomo so we both slept fairly well, my only problem that the alarm on my fancy new sleep earbus was still on Tokyo…
We had a very late night! The plane didn’t leave til 11.05 pm and after the welcome drink ( I tried Finnair’s signature Blueberry juice) there was then a delay with the dinner service due to turbulence – I dind’t settle down to sleep until 2.15am Tokyo time . However,…
Well here we go again! Because the first flight of the trip was an early one we, once again, decided to spend the night at the airport, to lessen the pain in the morning. However, instead of the Rydges, we were booked in to the Mantra Sydney Airport which is…
Our flight doesn’t leave until 4.40 pm so we had time today to see a little more of Christchurch before heading to the airport. It was only a few minutes drive from the hotel to the Quake City Museum. Like all the others we’ve visited here, it was excellent .…
I’m afraid neither of us slept well last night, these colds are nasty! We slept in a bit this morning to compensate and went down to breakfast feeling a bit bleary. Breakfast helped and we set off shortly afterwards to drive to Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula. Akaroa is an…
Well the weather report was right, it was bucketing down this morning! We had to put our raincoats on to get to breakfast and the view from the restaurant was much greyer than yesterday. Driving down the coast was very wet and when we turned inland to start the climb…
They say that sharing is caring… so I guess I should be flattered that Neil has caringly shared his cold with me! I’m feeling pretty blah, so the blog posts for the next few days may be a bit sparse on detail and have an excess of spelling mistakes. When…
Well, the weather report was right! When we examined the Metservice website ( the NZ equivalent of BOM) , it said the rain would be constant and at times heavy through the morning bit should clear somewhat in the afternoon. We took our time over breakfast in the restaurant ,…
The workers arrived bright and early this morning to start work on the building site next door, but we’re early risers so it wasn’t a problem for us. We finished off our breakfast supplies which included leftover pate and cheese on toast, then packed up and hit the road. As…