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 rather long driving day today but turned out as a good day after 2 or 3 small stops then travelled off the Hume Highway and out to Beechworth – a gem in the wilderness! Lots of ‘kitchy’ and gift shops all wide open to the Sunday browsing public but …
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 …
Early morning start for our flight to Melbourne, a wait in Melbourne then on to Launceston. Oops – didn’t quite turn out that way – flew to Launceston alright but the airport was fogged in so aircraft came straight back to Melbourne. We had already waited around for that flight …
France May 2014 – summary. Brilliant, and one to tick off my bucket list. A few days in Paris – blustery and cold but just gorgeous – loaded with cafes, old buildings, history, markets, breads, cheeses, patisseries, chocolates and more….. a must to stay close to the heart of the …
Have had a brilliant day today touring the French Champagne region and learning so much (besides drinking so much!!!) beautiful lunch included but then nothing could beat touring through Moët and Chandon cellars. 28km of tunnels on 3 levels below the complex and no-one really knows how many bottles of …
We have been having a wonderful time over the last couple of days here in the Burgundy region (Boourgogne) in France in absolute awe of the beauty of the vineyards and the surroundings we are in. The weather has been perfect and as such, this whole ‘wine trail’ region is …
Had a leisurely breakfast this morning with those remaining at the hotel from our tour group, each discussing where we were off to next. Checked out of the hotel and got a cab to the Europcar Rental car desk a short distance away and went throug the rigmarole of paperwork, …
Another gorgeous weather day for what was a typical ‘Sunday’ drive’ around the area known as The Luberon. This area is one of village towns, cafe’s, tiny shops, lavender, soaps and all in all a real tourist area. It would have been fabulous to see thgouh had all the lavender …
