The Novotel at CDG airport was a good find. We slept well, ate a good breakfast and it was very easy to transfer in the monorail back to terminal 2f to collect our rental car for this part of the trip. The Europcar counter had an efficient registrations login PC…
This trip has crept up on me a bit, I suppose because we usually travel in September , not June. Neil’s been working lots of late nights to catch up on Tax lodgements before we go, he would never choose to travel in June normally but unfortunately the Allied leaders…
Monday 25 September We had seen the road system that allows for long queues down to the ferry so we set our alarm for a reasonably early start . When we drove away from the hotel ( which I had booked because it was close to the ferry) we realised…
Saturday 23 September Well the weather luck has turned its back on us now! We woke to grey skies that gave was to drizzle and as we headed out of Jasper the rain started to come down with enthusiasm ! We had planned to stop at Mt Robson Provincial park…
Friday 22 September We needed to drive 17 km southwest of Jasper for our first sight for the day . I’d read that Mt Edith Cavell and the Angel Glacier were a prime place to visit in Jasper National Park and that you need to get there early as the…
We were sad to checkout and leave beautiful Lake Louise but also keen to drive the Icefields Parkway . It’s known as one of the most scenic drives in the world so we’d really been looking forward to it. I’d read a number of guides and had picked out several…
Tuesday 9 September This morning we’d had to adjust our plans because we’d been advised we could switch our car over to one that dind’t need an oil change. So after breakfast we drive about 30 mins drive north towards lake Louise, but only as far as Johnstone Canyon. There…
Sunday 13 September When we arrived at the Dining Room we were advised there would be a wait for a table this morning so we decided to have a light breakfast from the small cafe – coffee and cinammon rolls, we were keen to get out and back on the…
Friday 15 September Easy breakfast in the room this morning , muffins fruit and coffee! We set off around 9am but not far down the road we lost an hour when we slipped over into the next time zone. We had quite a long drive today along BC Highway 3…
Thursday September 14 We breakfasted on our back deck, again enjoying the view over the bubbling river before checking out and hitting the road. The scenery for the next hour or so was very in keeping with the “Old West” feel of Winthrop. There were rolling grassy hills and some…
Tuesday 12 September Today was one of those rather tedious travel days that happen sometimes on a trip. We were booked on a 2pm flight to Seattle but needed to return our rental car to Anchorage Airport by 11am. We had a leisurely breakfast and checked out by 10.45. I…
Sunday 10 September We woke this morning to some wonderful news! Simon and Tracey have been travelling in Iceland and Simon had chosen a beautiful location there to propose to Tracey – and she said Yes! We are so happy and absolutely delighted, so once we’d woken up properly and…