This morning saw us arriving into Auckland Airport at the ungodly hour of 04.45. This meant a wait of over 3 and a half hours before our connecting flight to Rotorua. A glorious sunny day awaited us here and it was wonderful to be met by and catch up with…
I am sure we mentioned that we were heading for the sun and sea for a few days. Nowhere was more appealing than somewhere in France. I guess you could say we have developed a bit of an obsession with the country. We flew into Nice a couple of days…
The Land Rover has arrived in South Korea and is now in Busan. According to the tracker, it is due to set sail for Vancouver tomorrow morning and to arrive there on October, 21st. We have booked our flights from the UK to Vancouver for the 23rd October, so hopefully…
It’s a very different life now, living in a place that is not mobile. However that is how it’s going to be for the next month. We are back in Blighty while the Land Rover is on it’s way to Vancouver, Canada. The estimated arrival date for it is 18th…
A soggy day in Moscow. Very different to the lovely day we experienced yesterday. Setting off from our hotel, it was just starting to rain, a bit. We were heading for the nearest metro station to have a look at some of the metro network. Very different to the London…
We are up early this morning so we can be at the Bolshoi Theatre for an 11am Walking Tour. It’s a 40min walk from our hotel but when we arrive, in plenty of time for the tour, there is nobody with the ‘Say Hi! To Russia’, T Shirt, at the…
It’s a lovely mild day in Moscow and it’s great to be out of the 2m x 2.5m ‘tomb’ that we have been almost confined to for the last 6 days and 7 nights. Was the Trans-Siberian Train ride ‘worth it’? Would we recommend you do it? Only if it…
Well the blog will continue today, I hope you will be pleased to hear. A fascinating day here in Vladivostok. Sunny and warm for a change, too. At 0900 our shipping agent, Yuri’s man, was at the hotel on the dot to take us to the “washing place” where the…
Nelson = One eye, one arm and one leg. Deemed unlucky..:) Today is an auspicious day. Today we celebrate the day Jen was born ….mumble… years ago… 49 to be nearly precise…:) Happy Birthday Jen. You are amazing! A thought for Jen’s Mum today. Jen’s her first child. She’ll remember…
Fortuitously the morning dawned fine and the dreadful winds of yesterday have abated. It is overcast and very soggy, though, with water running everywhere as the roads are so steep they have turned into rivers. Our hotel room looks like a Chinese Laundry with wet clothes hanging everywhere. Not drying…