Category:Holiday

7.05am: Morning All! Happy Saturday!! 😎☀️👍 Missed one of these Holiday Posts?Try clicking HERE👍☀️😎 Day 11 – Where are we? (Saturday, 9th November) 9.12am: Today, we’re planning a trip to the coastal town of Russell, north-east from our base here in Paihia. Historically, Russell was originally known as the ‘Hellhole of the Pacific’ and you …
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07.00am: Morning Readers! Thanks for all the likes and comments – and your continued readership! It’s very much appreciated👍😁 It’s slightly cooler this morning, but 20℃ will do us nicely! 😎😎 Missed a Post?Scroll to the foot of this page Day 10 – Where are we? (Friday, 8th November) 11.15am: A later start to the …
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6.05am: Morning all! Well, we’ve now travelled on planes and trains (as well as boats and buses), and so, today, we try to complete the set – and hire a car. At least they drive on the ‘proper’ side of the road here, and it’ll be interesting to experience New Zealand roads and their road-users …
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07.00am: Hello Readers and hello to New Zealand! We’re finally here in Auckland! 😁 We arrived around 7pm last night, so it was really too late to soak up the sights. With only today and tomorrow here, we aim to remedy that today! 👍👍. And in other news, we both had a GREAT night’s sleep …
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05.00am: Morning loyal Reader! We’re almost in New Zealand! 🙃. It was another night where I didn’t sleep well – maybe I should try reading my Blog! 😉 But at least getting up at ‘silly o’clock’ meant we had plenty of time to get packed – as we’re leaving Australia today. Day 7 – Where …
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06.00am: G’day Cobbers!! We were up early (again!) – Ann slept well, but I didn’t! 😫 Actually, Monday’s early start was to work in our favour for what we had in mind… Weather – The Gold Coast & Surfer’s Paradise Day 6 – Where are we? (Monday, 4th November) Missed any of the previous Posts?Scroll …
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06.00am: G’day Readers! We were both up at ‘silly o’clock’, having not slept very well! I guess that’ll be the jet-lag then!? 🤪 Missed a Post? Scroll to the foot of this page Still, Oz waits for no-one – especially us, and so it’s another day of exploration around Brisbane – specifically, we’re going to …
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07.03am: Good morning Bruce, good morning Sheila! Guess where we are? 🦘🦘😉. No, it’s not New Zealand, just yet… read on… Missed a Post..?Day 1 – TravelDay 2 – Singapore SleepoverDay 3 – Brisbane Bound …or scroll to foot of this Post Day 4 – Where are we? (Saturday, 2nd November) We arrived last night …
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Good morning all! 👍😉. After our recent long-distance travel from home, plus a sleepover at the Crowne Plaza Hotel at Changi Airport in Singapore, we’re now both a bit more ‘with it’. Missed a Post?Day 1 – HEREDay 2 – HERE or scroll to the foot of this Post Day 3 – Where are we? …
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Evening all! 😵‍💫😵‍💫 Day 2 – Where are we? (Thursday, 31st October) This is the briefest of stopovers in Singapore before we grab the plane tomorrow taking us to Australia. We’re also returning to Singapore at the other end of this holiday – Day 31 – where we’ll have a few days to properly soak …
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Today, the news in the UK was dominated by the ‘doom, doom and even more doom’ of the Labour Government’s first budget since April 2010. With all the negativity, this could be a great opportunity to leave the country for a big holiday! So we did! 😉. Let’s hope they don’t end up taxing ‘number …
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Friday, 29thDay 8 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week that incorporated my Birthday celebrations a few days ago! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial …
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Thursday, 28thDay 7 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (read more…) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations (a couple of days ago)! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and …
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Wednesday, 27thDay 6 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click here for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week (incorporating my Birthday celebrations, yesterday) 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre, …
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Monday, 23rdDay 4 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (read more…) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre, and a …
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Sunday, 24thDay 3 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too (in a few days)! 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is also Greece’s second major economic, industrial, …
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Saturday, 23rdDay 2 (of 8) Why Thessaloniki? (click for more) We’re in Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too (in a few days!) 👍. The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is also Greece’s second major economic, industrial, …
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Friday, 22nd – Day 1 (of 8) We’re off to Thessaloniki, Greece for a week, incorporating my Birthday celebrations too! 👍 The location is also known as Thessalonica and is the second-largest city in Greece, with just over one million inhabitants. It is also Greece’s second major economic, industrial, commercial and political centre together with …
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