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Where next?
Well this is it, time to think forward to the planning of the next big one. The bags are unpacked, washing all done, and it is basically back to normal life. A rude shock heading our way tomorrow as we … Continue reading
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Are we there yet?
and the answer is NOOOOOO! We boarded the plane in LA to then sit on the tarmac for over an hour, they said some guff about loading freight….. anyhow just added more time to the cramped conditions…. and that meant … Continue reading
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LAX
Hear the song, “LA International airport, where the big jet engines roar…..” well that is where we are now, in Qantas Club….blogging…cause we can! Flight an hour late leaving JFK but landed on time. Bit bumpy along the way, They … 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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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Yep, it is our last /travel day, although we don’t start flapping our wings till 7pm tonight. So a couple of hours this morning, thought we would go to Grand Central Railway Station, for the “train” part of the title, … Continue reading
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Oh What a Night!
What must one do whilst in New York? One must attend a show on Broadway. We did. Jersey Boys. Row E, 109 and 110. Five rows from the stage, right in the middle! So it cost a little, big deal … 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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Memorials-a-Million
WOW WOW WOW…another day of mind blowing American nostagia …where do I begin? Well, we woke up, showered, dressed, breakfast then boarded the bus for the city tour, local guide, we headed off to The White House, they had already … 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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Ding-a-ling time
Philadelphia is a lovely city, not too tall, and the architecture is superb. We travelled down from Boston . The morning was pretty wet but we were travelling along a highway, so little impact on us. We are amazed at … 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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Crush the Crustacean
Lobster dinner done …but the highlight was the Blueberry Pie ….yummo..reorganising bags to accommodate today’s purchases….tomorrow Boston bound …… there’s a bit of windy weather here in Bar Harbor….. inside the room! Thanks Wayne!
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They don’t spell it with a “U” !
Bar Harbor does not have a “u” in it, contrary to my earlier post, damn yanks 🙂 This has to be the prettiest place we’ve seen so far, and it’s one place we’d both love to come back to for … Continue reading
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Now it is Morning…here’s the more!!!
The views yesterday were sooooo good , you just have to keep using the same old words…spectacular, fantastic, sensational etc ….the Autumn colour went on and on, plains and hills after hills, reds, yellows, golds, tangerine, rust, claret, and sometimes speckled amongst, the … Continue reading
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Quebec – Bar Harbour
It’s 9.45pm here, there was a line up for dinner tonight. Lorraine is tired and is already asleep. I’ve downloaded the days photos and have been going through them. Yesterday was a tour around Quebec then some free time in … Continue reading
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Hang Fire
Sorry guys no internet, no blog …that just about sums it up ….we had no internet yesterday so we are currently downloading the photos in order to do the next blog…it will review yesterday and tell you about today’s GLORIOUS … 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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Not in the Mood
Well as you can see Mr Right was not in the mood to blog. Anyhow, our day wasn’t that boring …we did come back to the hotel early, by streetcar, and had a very restful afternoon. We watched “The Karate Kid”, in … 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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Out of Sync
Today my brain and feet are “out of sync” ….my brain says “you are only here once so make the most of it” whereas my feet are saying “enough is enough” …so we will meet halfway and call a truce … Continue reading
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Market Day
We are about to head to the ST Lawrence Markets and then the distillery district. Just checked the footy scores . a win to the Dragons (only just), woohoo Ian ..they are in the grand final ….bad luck David , … Continue reading
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Where is Dale?
Today we saw a chipmunk!!!! Even though it was at the zoo it was not in any of the enclosures ….it was in the wilderness part …he ran right across the road infront of us as we were walking. Tiny … 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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Harvest Moon
We arose this morning to a “Harvest Moon”…..very pretty sight outside the hotel window, according to the weather station “Fall” started last night at 11:o9 pm (they must set the seasons by the moon, not the date) so we are now … 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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Toilet Humour
That is one thing I’m impressed with Canada.. they know how to spell..humour, not humor. Anyhow , we have finished our first full day in Toronto and I have some realisations/discoveries to share . Firstly, the toilet, it has me totally … Continue reading
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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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Still don’t like McDonalds!
It is now Monday morning in McDonalds for breakfast….Today our holiday begins. Had a decent night’s rest and can now function. First impressions , they like big things, huge Hummers and Titan V8s. The city life doesn’t really start till … 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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Lorraine,Don’t Go…they said …
Here at Qantas Club ….The authorities did not want me to leave!!!! ….(that would be Bundy and Chardy of course) ….said our goodbyes (with tear in eye)….no doubt Georgia will be a cm taller and Bundy will be a kilo … Continue reading
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T’was the night before travel
Well, well, well ….I awoke this morning to a non melodious version of ..”24 Hours from (not Tulsa, but) Toronto”…and the usual “Leaving on a Jet Plane” .. and so the day has gone on ..Pam & Ted, Mum, Georgia, … 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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15 Days to Go!!!!
So it is early morning, Saturday and my biggest job this weekend is keeping Mr Right calm. It will be a quick trip to travel agent for remaining documents and then all about the preparations for Brisbane needs while we … 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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