Christmas “Roadtrip” 2019 – 2020
!! Updated to include costs !!Scroll to the bottom of this post This year we are road tripping through QLD/NSW country. We are travelling down to see family outside of family Wollongong for Christmas Day, And to avoid the coastal crowds, where accommodation costs...
Last day 🙁 Heading home
Our last day today.We had booked the 10:00am ferry back to River Heads. We packed our bags and had breakfast then put our bags in the luggage room ready to go on the luggage truck for the ferry. We went down to the Jetty and had a walk along the beach and waited for...
Beauty Spots 4WD Tour
Today we are off on our 4WD adventure with a full day tour called the Beauty Spots tour. We went to the breakfast buffet for an early breakfast, as we have to meet the 4WD coach at 7:50 in the village square. We packed a small back pack with a change of...
A Quiet Lazy Day
With absolutely NOTHING planned today we had a super lazy day just hanging about the resort. Breakfast, a swim, a nap, lunch, another dip in the pool, and another nap was about the extent of the day 🙂 Tonight we had our included sunset prawn platter and a bottle of...
Kingfisher Bay – Fraser Island – Jan 2015
A long weekend away.... We are off early this morning heading to Hervey Bay to catch a 9:00 ferry to Fraser Island for a long weekend at the Kingfisher Bay Resort. I managed to get a good deal through one of the daily deals sites...
Home
As much as I thoroughly enjoyed my time away, I t is great to be home again. A few days after we left the lovely Bern in Paris, she sent us an email with the contact details of all our touring mates. It will be great to keep in tough with a few.In the email, Bern also...
Day 24 – Last day in London and Heading Home
I checked out the hotel after having the included buffet breakfast. The hotel stored my bags while I headed out to have one last look at London. I had found that the Old Spitalsfield Markets were within walking distance from the hotel, so I set off to explore.I found...
Day 23 – Paris to London
Early start this morning for our final day. Quite a few people are staying on in Paris and a number were flying out of Paris. So we said our farewells and 11 of us headed off to meet another tour group. Then we split up, some of the new group joined Bern and Mario to...
Day 22 – Paris
We started the day with a sightseeing tour on the coach, stopping a number of times for photos. We then picked up Patrick ( our guide from Versailles) and had a walking tour around the historic centre of the Latin Quarter. While we were out and about, we stopped at a...
Day 21 – Lyon – Paris via Versailles
6:45 bags and breakfast and we were on our way to Paris at 7:30 A misty morning greeted us as we headed down the highway, we made a short comfort stop at 10:00 and made it to Versailles at about 1:00 The palace that Louis the 14th built is stunning. The surrounding...
Day 20 – Nice -Avignon -Lyon
On the bus at 7:45 we made our way along the Promenade and bid farewell to Nice. The sun was riding over the bay as the view was just gorgeous. We had a comfort stop at a small services that had a lovely surprise. There was whole model display of medieval Provence...
Day 19 – Nice
A free morning today, so a group of us headed out shopping. Bern gave us details instructions on how to catch the Metro and navigate to the shopping centre in the middle of Nice. Well the budget took a hit today with shopping 🙂 my suitcase is definitely coming home...
Day 18 – Florence to Nice via Pisa
Another early morning (6:45 bags and breakfast) then off to Pisa. The leaning tower was built as the bell tower for the church in the "Square of Miracles" in 1134 The builder had decided to show off and built the tower with shallow foundations. Obviously it did not...
Day 17 – Florence
We woke to a misty morning and about 15 degrees Yay to some cooler weather. The weather report says it will fine up and be around 24 today. After breakfast we headed into Florence to meet our local guide, Patrizia showed us around this important city which dates back...
Day 16 – Sorrento to Florence
Pompeii ...After a good breakfast, quite a few of us went to the pool deck to take photos of Sorrento with Mt Vesuvius in the background We boarded the coach at 8:00 and made the short 30min drive to Pompeii The ruins of Pompeii were fascinating. To think we...
Day 15 – Sorrento, Positano & the Amalfi Coast
Arrivederci Roma 7:00 bags and breakfast this morning and we are on our way to Naples While we were in Rome, Bern had set us some "homework" on any public buildings ( ancient and modern) we would see the letters SPQR. Our task was to find out what it meant.We...
Day 14 -The Vatican & the Colosseum -Rome
We boarded the coach and walked straight passed the lines and entered the museum just on 8:00 We passed through the antiquity halls and saw the many amazing statues, paintings, mosaics and tapestries. Then we came to the Sistene Chapel. I know I have used words like ,...
Day 13 – Venice to Rome
We had an early start today, ready for a long road trip day today. Leaving the hotel at 7:30 we are driving through the Italian countryside and will reach Rome at appprox 3:00 this afternoon. It is a good day to be on the coach today, as our grey skies are back. The...
Day 12 – Venice
Another glorious day in the beautiful Venice. 🙂 we have a strange phenomenon today... There is a big shiny ball in the sky that has turned the sky blue instead of grey .... yay we have SUNSHINE 🙂 8:30 on the coach and then boat back to the island. The boat took us...
Day 11 – Venice
7:00 bags and breakfast then off to Verona.A pleasant drive down the motorway we passed through the Dolomite mountains and gorgeous Italian country side. We saw many fortresses along the river which were built to protect the river from invaders, often there was a...
