Into the New York subway today and down to visit to the 9/11 Memorial. The new One World Trade Center building is enormous – 104 stories high and the tallest skyscraper in the western hemisphere – but I have to ask myself, why would they build another one? The final …
A big day today even though not picked up till 1pm as we were 3 hours ahead of LA time so didn’t get up till about 10.00am. Took approx 2 hours by the time we finally arrived in Niagara after a gorgeous drive along the Niagara River on the way …
It was an early morning start out of Toronto this smorning with a 3am wake-up call! A 30 min traffic free run to the airport had us arrive along with many others arrive about an hour before the immigration gates opened for entry into the US. Roll on 4.30am and …
A full-on travel day today. By the time we arrived into Toronto it was nearly 7pm so it was straight out to dinner, then back in so little to report from today.
Ahhh… what a day – and yet I didn’t buy a thing a Rodeo Drive!! Great afternoon with our tour guide Adrain and his minivan. Did al the things I wanted to see here in Los Angeles – the Hollywood Sign, Rodeo Drive, Sundet Strip, hig profile actors homes, the …
Full day out today at Universal Studios. Might only be a 10 minute walk to the park entrance from the hotel but there’s also the regular shuttle service so hopped on that – mustn’t overdo things too much or walk too far!!! Headed first up to the ‘Studio Tour’ service …
Left Brisbane on Virgin and headed first up to Nandi in Fiji. Stayed at the Tanoa International Hotel only a few minutes from the airport so the hotel had transfer available for us. I first stayed at this hotel when I was about 13 on a school trip from NZ, …
A long 10 and a half hour overnight flight from Nandi to Los Angeles, neither of us had much sleep but such is life! Arrived in LAX and eventually found our pre-arranged ground transportation which got us to the Universal City Hilton, high up on the hill in Hollywood right …
A very cool climate alpine region so lots of changing weather – one minute the sky was blue then a few minutes later it was cold and drizzly. Drove down to the visitor centre and purchased a National parks pass then took the free shuttle bus about 20 minutes down …
Made it! Got the 8.40am flight out of Melbourne, arrived in Launceston, collected the hire car and headed up to the Tamar Valley where we were staying. Tamar Valley Retreat is located right on the Tamar River and has 2 lovely cottages, fully self contained of course. It was unfortunate …
