We woke bright and early and walked up the hallway to the restaurant for breakfast. Not a buffet here, you ordered and waited for it to come. My Full English was excellent, although the mushrooms were not up to the standard of Auckland. Neil had an omelette which he said…
It was so exciting to get on the road this morning, leaving the buzz of Auckland behind for our first proper road trip day. We just love the freedom of a road trip, and as we finally cleared the city’s southern suburbs, the landscape opened up into the green, hilly…
I’d set the alarm for 7 am as there was a lot on my sightseeing list for today. After the rain had stymied some of our plans for yesterday, I’d tacked a few extra items onto the list, so it was going to be a busy one! Luckily, we woke…
Here we are again, at the start of another big adventure! This time, we’ve swapped our original, complicated plans for a US trip for the relaxed and easy option of a four-week road trip around New Zealand. It’s been 25 years since we were last here with the kids, and…
As in all our trips in the last few years I booked our international flights using Qantas points, generally in Business class. Sometimes that means taking the “scenic route” home rather than the most direct. For our trip back home this time my only choice had been three legs, Paris…
We enjoyed the breakfast provided by Chateau des Arpentis on their terrace this morning on our wedding anniversary. In this photo you can see the building our apartment is in. I was sorry to check out, it’s been a lovely break here, however we had to head back closer to…
We had decided to cater for ourselves for breakfast this morning so we used our little oven to heat up croissants and enjoyed them with some lovel,y fruit we’d bought yesterday. The French supermarkets have such a wonderful variety of fresh fruits and some fabulous cheeses and deli items. Then…
When planning this trip I wanted us to stay somewhere a bit special for our last few days, over Neil’s birthday and our 42nd wedding anniversary. Our flight home was booked from Paris so a stay in a chateau in the Loire Valley (only a couple of hours drive from…
We changed our plans for today. Originally I’d planned to visit Blenheim palace before heading back to our hotel at Heathrow Airport. However when we thought about our priorities for what we’d like to see on our last day on probably our last visit to England we decided we’d prefer…
We had a longer driving day ahead of us today as we were heading to “The South”. We were amused that on the motorways they really do have signs directing you to “The South” or “The North”, almost as if they were two seperate parts of the country . In…
We’d had such a tasty dinner last night we went down to breakfast this morning with a feeling of anticipation, hoping for something special for breakfast. Neil was catching up on a little work so I went down first at our allotted time of 8 am (several hotels had asked…
And so we head south! It was only a 30 minute drive to the city of Durham where I was keen to see the cathedral. I’ve read it described as the finest and largest example of Norman architecture in England and anyone I know who has seen it has said…
