Category: Europe 2023/2024
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Hong Kong
18 January 2024 We land in Hong Kong at about 10:30 am, four hours later than scheduled. The airport is an absolute breeze, Shanghai could learn something from Hong Kong! We have a mare trying to get tickets for the train into the city. We buy an octopus card which is meant to work everywhere…
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Strasbourg
16 January 2024 We had a traditional French breakfast with a croissant and hot drink. Lisa’s desire for this breakfast was the major reason for us coming to Strasbourg. And it lived up to expectations! We had a walking tour with our guide Eric. The rest of our group was made up of young employees…
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Munich
11 January 2024 We had a bit of a lie in after the late night but had to get up for our Third Reich walking tour. Before leaving we layered up as much as possible as the temperature was negative seven and the projected high negative two – it was going to be a cold…
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Zurich
9 January 2024 Up early (hopefully for the last time in this trip) for our flight to Zurich. The airport was strangely quiet and we breezed through check in with no queuing. We did have an annoying wait for a bus to the airplane, again – what is up with not using air bridges! Flight…
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Madrid
5 January 2024 After getting some advice (thanks Steph!) I tried some sleeping tablets and had a much better sleep. It was a quick pack up before collecting Lisa. It was a three hour high speed train trip to Madrid which was very smooth. I love train travel – so much nicer than air travel!…
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Seville
3 January 2024 Another poor night of sleeping despite some melatonin supplements and trying all my sleep tricks. Thankfully, it was better than the previous night and I got at least a few hours of shut eye. After packing up and checking out we ubered to the airport. It was a bit of a rush…
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Lisbon
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…
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Shanghai
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…
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Whakatane
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…
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