Oh the freedom! With hire car to hand there’s no keeping us in. Setting out in the morning feels reminiscent of escaping lockdown – everything is fresh and new again. First stop is the garage where […]
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2024 Day 19 Segur-le-Chateau
We leave the peaceful nook of Saint Martin de Fressengeas this morning. Himself has a plan to fill a 40 litre water tank as a back up – we’ve found the odd Aire with taps […]
2024 Days 17 – 18 Saint-Jean-de-Cole
It’s all coming back to us now, village hopping through France is a gentle way to travel. Not to mention the plethora of boulangeries and cheese that happily pave the way. Even the most basic […]
2024 Day 16 – Creatures and Mortemart
Much excitement as we prepare to visit our first South Western Les Plus Beaux (most beautiful) French village of Mortemart, so named for the ‘dead sea’, aka marshes on which it once it stood. It’s […]
2024 – Days 14 -15 But wait, there’s more
The morning sees us up and packed ready to depart Honfleur. If we haven’t a final destination in mind, we’ve settled on a direction. Logic dictates that we travel South, to ally the cool of […]
2019 Day 143 – Yum cha, then home
In John Denver’s immortal words, our bags are packed, we’re ready to go… but there’s a very important task to do before we leave…yum cha! For all of its woes, social media is a wonderful […]
2019 Day 142 – Hong Kong, the Peak
We’ve been waiting for a clear day to tackle The Peak and *little dance of joy* here it is! Actual blue sky and visibility for miles. Our morning view offers up this! We have local […]
2019 Day 141 – Hong Kong, lunch with a view
Now, one of the things I’ve been looking forward to in Hong Kong is yum cha. Back home, with our large Chinese population, Melbourne yum cha is widely available, its quality, excellent. I had fondly […]
2019 Day 140 – Hong Kong, first impressions
It take a while, to orient ourselves, first thing come morning – Himself booked our accommodation months ago and looks at me blankly when I ask him where we are. It’s not until we plug […]
2019 Day 139 – Farewell England, Hong Kong’s calling
Now normally, today would be the day we drive to Heathrow, homeward bound. But there’s a twist to this year’s trip – a side trip to Hong Kong on the way home. Neither of us […]
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