Yes, Mike turned 60! 😮 This past weekend was a very busy one for us as we prepared to celebrate 6 decades of Mike’s life! I thought I may as well blog about it for those of you who would like to see the photos, but aren’t on Facebook. Mike decided to have a Parisian…
Now that we’re home: My top 10 travel tips!
Having eaten satay in Singapore, pizza in Italy, apfelstrudel in Austria, wiener schnitzel in Germany, stroopwafels in Holland, croissants in Paris and, of course, tea and scones at Kensington Palace 🙂 I thought I’d compile some tips in case someone finds it helpful! I’ve told a few people about how I didn’t suffer from jet lag and…
The best thing about the USA: friends!
Today was going to be a very special day, we were catching up with dear friends from our time in Washington DC! I had been really looking forward to this! 🙂 The day dawned beautiful and clear, with the promise of blue skies all day long; perfect! The view from our hotel window was lovely,…
Seeing San Francisco
We enjoyed exploring San Francisco once again, the old trams are so cool! It’s so good that they’ve kept these old streetcars and haven’t replaced them. We walked down Market Street to the waterfront. Then we went out on a small boat for a short cruise around the harbour, but before going out into the harbour we…
“Welcome to the USA!” NOT.
We left Paris early in the morning and headed to Charles de Gaulle airport. I snapped a few last shots as we walked. We got to the airport in plenty of time, and it was an interesting airport. It had these tubes for “feeding” passengers to the right departure lounges throughout the airport. We had…
Our last day in Paris
The day dawned bright and beautiful! We began the day with a lovely Parisian breakfast in our apartment. It was a stunningly beautiful day, blue skies and no clouds. It was perfect weather to go and see something important that I hadn’t yet seen. So when I got there, I took lots of photos of it….
Versailles? OH MY!!!
We had made plans the night before to meet Brian and Kakki at the Metro at 8am to get the train out of Paris to Versailles (pronounced Ver-sigh). Interestingly, the dawn and dusk in Europe are much longer than in NZ. It literally takes hours to get dark, and hours to get light again! From the…
Glimpses of Paris
A new day dawned in fair Paris and we were off to the Louvre, just on the other side of the river from where we were staying. This old palace of the royal family dates back to the twelfth century, and was just massive. It used to have a moat around it: This is just one…
A tête-à -tête with friends in Paris
On our last morning in London we made our way to the International train station and boarded the Eurostar for a fairly fast trip to Paris. We arrived at our Airbnb accommodation in Paris where Mike looked at the 3 flights of stairs in horror! There was  no elevator. Nuff said. 😉 Personally, I thought the…
With family in Buckingham Palace
Well, in the stables of Her Majesty’s palace anyway. 😉 Shelly, Simon, Alyssa, Jessica and Mark travelled from the Isle of Wight to join us for the day in London. It was wonderful to see them all again, especially Alyssa who we hadn’t seen for ages! We met them at Victoria Station then walked to the Buckingham…