Matt and Lisa's Adventures

31 December 2023 We flew to Abu Dhabi and then onto Lisbon flying Etihad airlines. I’m not sure what was going on but both flights were very empty and so we were each able to get a row of seats to ourselves. This enabled us to lie close to flat which assisted in getting a…

28 December 2023 Our arrival into Shanghai was a little complicated. First up was we had to use the self service machine to capture our fingerprints. This worked for me but Lisa had all sorts of problems with the machines not picking up her prints. I had to push on her fingers to help. Eventually…

27 December 2023 We travelled up to Whakatane on the 22nd of December after finishing work the previous day. We had a fantastic Christmas time with all of the family. Especially our nieces and nephews who are fun and hilarious. Christmas Day was delightful with church then food and drink all day long. (Note: Lisa…

19 January 2023 Short day today, only 17 rather than 24 hours as we were in transit from Paris to Singapore.  After arriving in Singapore we grabbed a ride share to the hotel. No Uber in Singapore so had to use the local Grab app instead. Hotel is nice and room is a surprisingly decent…

13 January 2023 Up early for the flight to Paris. We caught the metro to Termini and then caught the Leonardo express train to the airport. We were on the budget airline and had to catch the bus out to our aircraft. Flight was fine and we decided to Uber to the hotel as it…

9 January 2023 Back to having an early start in order to catch the train to Rome. We arrived at Roma Termini and headed to the hotel however we were a bit confused as the sign said it was a luxury hotel, but we don’t book places like that. Turns out we were in the…