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Pension Nossek
What a great place to stay! Mrs Always Right (or Herself) stayed here about 17 years ago. When we started planning this trip, I said I’d like to spend time in Vienna, as Lorraine had always waxed lyrical about how … Continue reading
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Wien = Vienna, Day 1 Exploring HoHo
Vienna (Wien locally) is beautiful. We started the day off with a European breakfast in Pension Nossek, lovely fresh baked rolls and a selection of cheese and meats. We had a couple of hours to kill, so we walked around … Continue reading
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Flight Fatigue Forces Frivolities in 47 J&K
So after a 4 hour stay over in Dubai International Airport where we wandered the shopping precinct and relaxed in the Emirates Business Lounge we boarded our final leg flight to Vienna. We amused ourselves for a bit experimenting with … Continue reading
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A New Beginning …. er, begins!
It’s almost time to leave! In the early hours of Saturday we’re heading off for about a month’s worth of travel and adventure. Some thing a bit different this time, it’ll be planes, trains, automobiles, boats, buses and maybe camels. … Continue reading
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On the First Day, they scurried forth and …
Relaxed. Did nothing more strenuous than reading and wandering around. Well, so far that is. It’s only 9.36am after all. We’ve had breakfast, I was going to be good until I saw the potato gems 🙂 Pow! Good intentions out … Continue reading
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Kitava Island
Is like a little jewel in the ocean. We lined up early to get our tender boarding passes and we were in the first boatload ashore. The trick in these places is to get ashore early, explore, then get back … Continue reading
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Land Ahoy!
Atolua, our first land since leaving Brisbane. And it’s hot, damn hot! We walked from the port into the township, quick look around then fled back to the relative cool of the ship. Phew! Culturally, not too much to see, … Continue reading
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A stern Fat Yak .. and a sav-blanc, and a cc …
Friday morning: sunny and starting to feel the heat of the tropics, noice! Yesterday was a total relax and indulge day, hence the title. Drinking started with a Fat Yak on the back deck, The Oasis and just went on from … Continue reading
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First day .. first impressions
It’s just after 8am on the first full day of the cruise. We left at 2pm, sailing down the Brisbane River and out into Morton Bay. The run across to Tangalooma and then up the coast past Caloundra was windy … Continue reading
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A new journey is about to begin …
In a first for P&O Cruises, Papua New Guinea will feature in two dedicated itineraries, with Pacific Dawn sailing from Brisbane to the turquoise waters of Milne Bay, where it will visit the local capital Alotau as well as the … Continue reading
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Until next time … be dee be-deep :)
Hmmm, that title was meant to sound like the road runner, in reference to Herself’s last post 🙂 It was a great time, with great company. Special thanks, huge thanks go to Jenny for house sitting and minding our furry … Continue reading
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Mare Island
Mare, last of the islands we’ll visit this trip. A bit overcast when we landed, but there was still an island band playing gospel music. The only instruments they had was a guitar and two cardboard boxes, plus their own … Continue reading
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Sister to The Gold Coast and Nice
No, not nice, Nice, in France 🙂 Noumea! Favourite liberty port of the PT-73 and today’s port. No tenders today, pulled right up to the wharf by Lil Toot and Grandfather Toot and walked off onto to the Port of … Continue reading
Loyal, lovely, luscious Lifou
Lifou, formerly Loyalty Isle. Our second island, second chance to break out the flippers and snorkel gear. Early morning tender across and then about a fifteen minute walk through steamy jungles, populated by mysterious monsters and giant pigs! Well, a … Continue reading
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Pining away ..
The Isle of Pines, our first landfall on the cruise. Wow. Early (oh dark hundred) this morning we awoke to see lights off the port bow, land! The ship slid through the passage between the islands on its way to … Continue reading
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Wet T-Shirt contest!!
Um .. no. Instead, they had a “hairiest chest” contest! Men’s chests that is. Lorraine and Tash snorted, giggled, and drank their way through the contest, their comments getting louder and more pointed with each cocktail – served in a … Continue reading
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A new comedian is born!
Well .. a four year old telling a “knock knock” joke 🙂 Ian and Tash went out for dinner tonight, so we got the kids (yay us! no hardship at all <g>). There was a Family Comedy Night on so … Continue reading
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The lullaby of the Sea … and the next morning .. day .. afternoon!
We love the cabin! Deck 7, so we’re nice and high, and a balcony 🙂 Last night we occy-strapped the balcony door open and slept with the sound of the waves interspersed with the regular thudding of the massive diesels. … Continue reading
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Sydney Harbour at its best!
Just some shots from earlier this evening. Fantastic day, nice and sunny and warm.
Aallll Aboarrrrd!
Yes, we’re on the ship and ready to head out onto the deep blue sea. Vicki came down to see us off, great to see you fresh from your cruise Vicki 🙂 Settling in, unpacking and building up a thirst. … Continue reading
Time to fire up the blog!!
Yep, we’re off again 🙂 This time a restful 10 day cruise around the South Pacific with Carnival Cruises. Ian, Tash, Georgia, and Oliver will be going as well; thanks to Ian and Tash’s TrendWest Holiday membership we’re getting a … Continue reading
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Tomorrow
will be lost to us, forever. We leave today, Wednesday, and arrive in Sydney on Friday morning. Where did Thursday go? It disappears as we cross that imaginary line, the International Date Line. “Tomorrow” was also the title of the … Continue reading
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Lullaby of Broadway
Well, here we go… Mr Right is again too tired to report the day’s activities, just quietly , we have walked a million miles the last few days. There is just so much to do in NY. Our new friends, … Continue reading
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It’s after midnight, sore feet and empty wallet
Biiig day (again). After this morning’s wallet/credit card beating, we resumed our walking exercises. By 2pm we were tired, so back to the hotel for a reviving (read- numbing of feet) Canadian Club or three. We met some friends at … Continue reading
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5th Avenue
Just got back from shopping on 5th Avenue New York, Lacoste…$, Tommy Hilfinger, Sony….$ , Gucci, Pravda, Mikimoto, Chanel, Bvlgari and a few others. Then while we were standing on the corner of 5th and 57th, eating a bagel and drinking a … Continue reading
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Times Square is …..
Amazing, exciting, electrifying, weird, busy, fun … and very crowded! After dinner we (Lorraine and I, plus another 2 couples) went wandering down to Times Square. Our hotel is in a brilliant location, West 53rd St and 7th Ave! It’s … Continue reading
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Goodbye, Farewell and Amen.
End tour. Finis. Tours like this are made even better by the people you meet. We have made a number of new friends and enjoyed ourselves tremendously. The Tour Director, Jason Pawchuk, was an organisere par excellence; anticipating problems and … Continue reading
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Start Spreading the News …..
….I want to be a part of it New York, New York. Yes we are in the Big Apple, travelled from Washington DC today, stopped off at a park with a great view of NY and had photo time in … Continue reading
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Stars and Stripes
Today I think I felt “something” like what it is like to be an American. We started the day visiting the National Constitution Center ((er not re) just beside the Liberty Bell) and watched a very moving presentation, with live narration, about the history … Continue reading
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Philly bound!
Misty morning, packed and ready to go to Philly. It’s not really raining, more like a falling mist … sounds like rain doesn’t it 🙂 Brekkie in about 20 minutes, here’s Mrs. Always Right to say a few words. Himself … Continue reading
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Boston Cream Pie, isn’t !
It’s actually two layers of sponge with cream in the middle 🙂 We found that out this evening as we tucked into a three course dinner at the Parker House (our hotel); french onion soup, sirloin and then dessert, yum! … Continue reading
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Teaser …..
Back from a full day out, we’re now much more edumacated and poorer! Dinner now, update soon 🙂 Ooroo!
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Crooked Little man in a crooked little…..
Remember the old nursery rhyme…a crooked little man is replaced by a crooked little couple and the crooked little house is replaced by a crooked little hotel room in the oldest continuously operating hotel in America, The Omni (hotel chain, not … Continue reading
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Borston … Boooston
They speak funny here 🙂 We’ve *just* arrived in Boston and are heading out the door for a walking tour that includes a drink in the Cheers Bar (remember the TV series?). I’ll report in more detail soon. Oh, herself … Continue reading
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Montreal – Quebec
Woke to another grey, rainy day. And the problem is? Nothing! We’re still having a fantastic time, this morning it was off to the Montreal Museum for breakfast. Cereal and fruit (wait for it … I ate mine! The fruit … Continue reading
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The Royal Mountain.
Yep, we’re in Montreal. We started in Ottawa at 8am, drove up to Parliament and looked around at the old buildings, statues and assorted histerical historical monuments. Bloody cold wind blowing! Some of the statues were quite interesting: the Queen … Continue reading
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Toronto – Kingston – Ottawa
Phew, what a long day! We’ve only just got into our room, 9pm is a late finish, but again, we had fun 🙂 Nice breakfast, then onto the bus and fought our way through Toronto’s morning traffic snarls. Along the … Continue reading
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So long and thanks for all the fish.
This post is farewell to Toronto and the great 9 days we spent in and around the city. When you include Niagra in the mix, that time doesn’t seem enough. Totally, thoroughly recommend Toronto to anyone thinking of starting a … Continue reading
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Misty Monday
Big day!! Up early and downstairs for the first hotel brekkie since we’ve been here. It was nice just to have cereal and toast and a cuppa. First stop: CN Tower. Great ride up and great view … then it was … Continue reading
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Sunday is washing day …
Last day before the tour itself starts. Up early and watched the start of the Toronto Waterfront Marathon – from our window! Packed all the dirty clothes into a couple of bags and headed off along Queens St West to … Continue reading
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Back bacon, brined and coated in fine cornmeal
is called peameal bacon. We had chunks of that on fresh rolls for brekkie this morning, at the markets. Nice … not what I’d like everyday, but nice different, if you know what I mean. From there to the Distillery … Continue reading
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Record High Temperature in Toronto.
Yes, the day we decided to go to the zoo and have a nice, easy day wandering around looking at the world’s #2 zoo … became a 31 degree, 80 kmh winds, sunny day. Early start, walked up Queen St … Continue reading
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Blue Jays v Mariners
Another great day, started off with a harbour cruise to the Toronto Islands and finished with a ballgame. The first ballgame I saw was in Seattle during the MCM course at Microsoft, coincidently the second also involved the Mariners. The … Continue reading
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Embarrassing accident in the spa!
We were soaking in a beautifully hot spa downstairs in the Hilton when …. more on that later! Today was really fun; we discovered the PATH! No, we haven’t shaved our heads and put on saffron robes, we found a … Continue reading
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Never, never, never, never coming back here!
Heh 🙂 No, we haven’t had a bad day, in fact (especially after finding Capt. Kirk’s grundies on the footpath) we had a great, but exhausting, day. After brekkie at Tim Hortons (the coffee always seems weak, even Starbucks, plus … Continue reading
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Panting along King St West
This is for Kyle and Margit, and Ian and Tash (we play Trivia most Wednesdays at the 4 Mile Creek pub).
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Zombie squirrels!
Not really, but the eyes in the photo certainly look a bit spooky! First full day of our holidays and we’re trying to get our body clocks synchronised with Canadian time 🙂 For those in Oz, subtract 2 hours and … Continue reading
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It was only … 21 hours to Toronto …
Phew! Finally here … long haul flights aren’t fun (shoosh Kyle!) Lorraine had the windows (36A) I took the middle .. and a coughing, hacking, snuffling bloody albatross sat on the aisle!! Fair dinkum, this bloke sat with both arms … Continue reading
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Where will we be going?
I’m suffering from information bloat: post here? Post on Facebook? Post on http://www.murrumba.net/canada? Well … in all those places 🙂 I thought I’d add a map of where we’re going to this blog as well as giving a link to … Continue reading
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How easy is it to see these photos?
I just want to test uploading some photos, these are old ones from our Italy trip back in 2007.
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Getting ready to pack …
17 days until we fly out! We’ll be pulling the suitcases out this weekend and putting them in the front room. Then, it’s time to start sorting, packing and organising what we are going to take overseas. We’ll be in … Continue reading
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