UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 | Views [150] | Comments [4]
On Tuesday afternoon, after we picked up Paul's custom made shirt from Sam the Tailor, we cooled off with another swim in the roof top, pool at our hotel. The outside temperature there was 28C and the pool temperature was 26C. For our evening ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 14 Apr 2009 | Views [123] | Comments [2]
Last night we had a swim in the roof top swimming pool at our hotel which was very refreshing. We felt that, while we are here, we really should try one of the local restaurants. So it was with a bit of fear and trepidation that we entered unchartered ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 13 Apr 2009 | Views [127] | Comments [1]
Having completed our journal and our ice cream yesterday we went and found Sam the shirtmaker who carefully measured Paul for a custom made shirt. This was an interesting experience and we learnt very quickly that there are many carefully disguised con ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 12 Apr 2009 | Views [120] | Comments [1]
We left Sydney on time on our Virgin Atlantic Airbus A340-600(for the plane spotters) and 9 hours and 4,009 miles later arrived in Hong Kong for our first ever visit to Asia. We were met at the very modern airport by our courier service and transported ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 11 Apr 2009 | Views [124] | Comments [2]
We have now said goodbye to our fabulous room at the Medina Grand Hotel in Sydney and are at the airport awaiting our onward flight.
Paul cooked a fabulous Shepherd's Pie last night which we ate ravenously as we were both hungry and tired after our ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 10 Apr 2009 | Views [129] | Comments [1]
Thursday evening we had another swim in the hotel swimming pool and a 'Paul special' meal in, followed by a short walk. Friday morning we were up early for our 7.50am pick up as we were spending the day in The Blue Mountains. (They get their blue ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 9 Apr 2009 | Views [178] | Comments [4]
Having completed our journal yesterday, we returned to our hotel and went for a swim in the hotel swimming pool which was very refreshing. After that we had a welcome shower to get ourselves ready for our evening out with Peter and Laura. Peter is ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 8 Apr 2009 | Views [154] | Comments [2]
Paul cooked fabulous sausages and mash for supper last night and we sat at our dining room table, watching television, eating our meal. We were both so full that a walk along Darling Harbour was called for. It was interesting to see so many restaurants ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 7 Apr 2009 | Views [215] | Comments [5]
Having completed our journal on Sunday, we called in at the Casino (housed in a building that used to be The Treasury, but now makes more revenue for the council than it did before!) Unfortunately we have contributed to their coffers as we lost $1 ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 5 Apr 2009 | Views [145] | Comments [2]
We returned to the City Centre for a very good meal and bottle of wine at Jimmy's Restaurant on Saturday evening. Sunday morning again the sun was shining, but we were sorry to hear that Ipswich Town lost their Saturday Football match away to Sheffield ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Saturday, 4 Apr 2009 | Views [115] | Comments [1]
We had another excellent meal at the Treetops Hotel on Friday evening before retiring to bed. Unfortunately we were awoken very early with some very sad news that a very dear friend of ours back home, David Goldsmith, had died. He had been very ill and ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 3 Apr 2009 | Views [129] | Comments [2]
We had a super meal last night with Janette and Steve at The Hog's Breath at Port Douglas Marina. Steve knows Ipswich well as he imports fancy goods from Hong Kong, through Felixstowe and among the companies he supplies is The Wharf in Ipswich. Up early ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 2 Apr 2009 | Views [109] | Comments [1]
After our report yesterday, we returned to the Hotel via the little bus which runs in and out of Port Douglas every 10 minutes. We then went off in search of the beach, which is very nearby. It stretches for miles and miles and has golden sand and blue, ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 1 Apr 2009 | Views [134] | Comments [3]
Having completed our journal yesterday, we then walked into the Sky Tower in Auckland and thought we were back in Las Vegas, but in a much nicer way - no strange men with beer bottles, thank goodness. We were in an enormous casino, loads of gaming tables ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 31 Mar 2009 | Views [116] | Comments [3]
Sunday evening we had another meal at the Wellington Harbourside, a giant platter for two, which we ate most of but took some home in a doggy bag for the next day. Monday was a very long day. We were up at 5.45am for a short walk to the railway station ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 29 Mar 2009 | Views [134] | Comments [5]
Friday evening we went to Coyote in Christchurch for a very enjoyable meal in a good vibrant restaurant. Our alarm went off at 5.30am on Saturday morning as our transport to Christchurch Station arrived to pick us up at 6.30am for our train leaving ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 27 Mar 2009 | Views [129] | Comments [3]
When we returned to our studio on Thursday afternoon, we went for another walk on the beach in the evening sunshine and watched the sun setting over the Tasman Sea. We met the couple in the studio next to ours and discovered that he had friends in Great ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 26 Mar 2009 | Views [93]
We left Fox Glacier early on Thursday morning, heading north towards Hokitika - not such a long journey as yesterday and not so many WOWs. But it was a very picturesque journey through forests of trees and across very flat plains. We passed more herds ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 25 Mar 2009 | Views [107] | Comments [3]
We were sorry to leave Queenstown where the sun had shone the whole time we were there and it was T shirts all day long. We had another good meal out on Tuesday evening and began our journey early on Wednesday morning as we knew we had a long way to ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 24 Mar 2009 | Views [113] | Comments [5]
Queenstown is nestled on the shores of Lake Wakatipu, overlooked by the majestic 'Remarkables' (one of two mountain ranges running north to south in the world, the other one being The Rockies). The town was named because "it was fit for Queen Victoria"... Read more >
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