Turkey Day!

Breakfast in paradise We fell asleep last night to the sound of the wind wailing and whistling past the window. We woke suddenly at midnight when the alarm by the bed went off with a shrill buzz…courtesy of the previous guest maybe? We woke again at 12.09am when the alarm…

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All’s Well That Starts Badly and Ends Well

Aloha! There were several times last night that I was wondering …. WHY did I think that flying long haul for a holiday was a good idea…but fortunately the end of the day reminded us just why it really WAS a good idea. Unlike the last couple of trips, we…

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Hit the Road! Coast to Coast America

This is another “blast from the past” post , remembering one of our trips to my favourite travel destination – the USA. At the end of a previous post I  mentioned that our earlier travels in America had given birth to a Grand Bucket List Plan. That plan… to visit…

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Loving the Land of the Free

2005 was a huge year for us, travel-wise. In early January we took off for our first family holiday to the U.S.A.  and it was the start of a love affair (with a country) that shows no signs of ending for Neil and I. On that trip we trod the…

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