We had a walking tour booked for today which would have been perfect had the temperature not expected to get to 38 degrees. Fortunately the guide contacted me overnight and we decided to do the walking bit first thing in the morning and then do have a car drive us to other key locations in the afternoon. We started at the Volksgarten park which is … Continue reading Day 7 – Kings (& Queens) and Palaces
We landed in Vienna at about 5.30 in the morning and everyone was immediately surprised with how bright the sun already was – it felt like it should be about 9.30 in the morning instead. There is a severe heat warning in place as the temperatures are expected to get up to 34 degrees today. We had been worried about the new immigration system in … Continue reading Day 6 – Arrival into Vienna
Our guide met us at our hotel bright and early at 9 this morning. Our itinerary for today is to visit the train markets followed by the floating markets. I hadn’t realised that the Maeklong train markets were over an hour away from where we are staying. Fortunately we were in a private Toyota van which was all decked out for a party. The kids … Continue reading Day 3 – Trains, Boats and Elephant Rides
We all seemed to have slept quite well and no one got up too early in the morning. Hopefully keeping everyone awake till a normal bedtime last night helped us acclimatize to the change in time zones. We headed down to breakfast and were suitably impressed by the expansive buffet. I couldn’t go past a Masala Dosa followed by dumplings, while the kids tried a … Continue reading Day 2 – The Ancient City
And just like that it’s the final day of our holidays. The morning was spent making sure everything was packed across both the rooms. One of the advantages in the US is that normal checkout at hotels is quite late in the morning, and in this case we didn’t need to leave till nearly 11. We decided to spend the day at the Vancouver Aquarium … Continue reading Goodbye Vancouver
Today we had two tours booked that I have been looking forward to the most on this trip. In the morning we visited the Boeing Factory for a tour. Unfortunately they didn’t allow any cameras on the tour so we don’t have any photos of the actual workshop. The factory/assembly line floor is the largest single building in the world. Once inside you can see … Continue reading High Above and Down Below
For once we didn’t have an early start and everyone slept in. I went to a local shop to get more milk for breakfast and even snuck in a gym session. Ben and I then had a cup of coffee at the hotel foyer while the rest of the family roused. It’s the first time this holiday that Emily and Thomas have had time to … Continue reading Down in the Pits
The first thing Thomas said when he bounded out of bed this morning was “When are we going to Science City?” – so to say that he was excited would be an understatement. I came across the review I wrote for Science City when we last visited 12 years ago and it wasn’t pleasant reading and all I could hope for was that it had … Continue reading Science City
For the first time this week the weather was cloudy and it looked like rain. We left our hotel at 8 and spent a couple of hours driving to Koka Ninja Village. It was a mini “theme park” that was located in a town that used to be inhabited by Ninjas. They had a house that used to be resided in by ninja, equipped with … Continue reading Day 4 – Ninjas, Towers and Rain
It was a public holiday in Alice Springs today for the Alice Springs Show. We went for a drive in the morning but most of the shops and museums were closed for the public holiday. One of the museums that was open was the Kookaburra Wreckage Museum. The Kookaburra was a flight manned by Bob Hitchcock and Keith Anderson who flew from Sydney via Adelaide … Continue reading The Alice Show
So we finally made it to Alice and as a bonus the person who was meant to have the window seat never showed. Matthew and I had the entire row to ourselves and allowed us to spread out a bit. A unique sight at Alice Springs airport is the parking lot of planes that are not being used. During COVID lockdowns airlines had to decommission … Continue reading Fawning over Megafauna
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