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...
Day 10 – Lucerne to Innsbruck
On the road to Austria via Liechtenstein. Bern tells us that today is brought to us by the letter "S" .... Swarovski, Schnitzel , Strudel and Schapps 🙂 We drove through some stunning countryside with soaring mountains and rolling green hills before stopping at the...
Day 9 – Mountains, Lake and Bunkers
Breakfast this morning was a genuine "continental breakfast" of cold meats, cheese, croissants, cereal and coffee ( and tea ) We headed onto the bus and off to the alps. Sadly the weather gods were not with us and did could not see the view at all :(. We travelled to...
Day 8 – On to Switzerland
We had our first "gentle start" we did not have to be at breakfast until 7:15 and were on the road at 8:15 Down the hwy to the Black Forest!! (Hofgut Sternen) for CAKE. We stopped at an old coach inn, where the young Marie Antoinette's carriages stopped for the...
Day 7 – Amsterdam to Neustadt
A nice sleep in today (6:00) good buffet breakfast, and we were "wheels rolling"at 7:30 on our way to Germany. The motorway to Germany was not particularly interesting and Bern suggested that we would not be missing much if we had a nap. :). As we approached the...
Day 6 – London to Amsterdam
Today is the first day of my coach tour :). From now on this blog may seem a little disjointed as I will type in small bits throughout the day from the bus and then upload (hopefully) each night when I have wifi at hotels As mentioned already it was an early start....
Day 5 – A Quiet Last Day in London
Had a bit of a sleep in today and pottered round leisurely this morning. I over-did it a bit yesterday, so a slow day is definitely in order. I packed my case, had a long shower, made breakfast and checked out at 10:00 It was nice cool morning again (about 10...
Day 4 – More Sights
A big day of sightseeing today as today is my last day before I meet up with the Trafalgar tour people tomorrow afternoon.Hopping on the train I headed to Trafalgar Square. Unfortunately it was a bit grey and drizzly so the photos are not great :(. It...
Day 3 – London Sightseeing
Started the day with a breakfast of bacon and eggs cooked in the apartment I organized what train I needed to get to the first point of my day sightseeing - Big Ben Checking the weather app on my phone I was happy to see it was 4 degrees at 8:00am. So...
Day 2 – Arriving in London
This is a re-run of the entry that I stupidly deleted. How do you accidently delete an entry you may ask? well...I am using my phone camera for the photos in this blog, so I have the Travel Pod app on my phone as well as here on the ipad. When I take...
Day 1.. Bon Voyage -Bound for London
Today stated with an early wake up to get ready to go. A quick breakfast and Mick drove me to Bill and Joy's place where my Limo Transfer was to collect me at 9:00. The Etihad transfer has a 60km radius from Brisbane airport and outside of that there is an added cost....
Packing Light
Just over a week now until I go, and I am going to pack this weekend For some time I have been practicing "Travelling Light" While not always sticking to carry on only, I do like to have a small case that is not too heavy..After all, I am the one who has to lug that...
European Cavalcade – October 2014
Not long to go now until I head off on my Europe trip. I leave on the 3rd of October and head to London for 3 days before joining a bus tour for 18 days.See the tour here....European Cavalcade I have been saving for ages for this trip to treat myself for my 50th...
Checkout and Home 🙁
Our weekend away has sadly come to an end :(. We have packed up and just enjoying one last cuppa before we head back north. We are stopping off at the family for a Fathers Day lunch and then back to reality 🙁 We have enjoyed our stay here at the Mouses House Watch...
Things To Do
Arising from a great nights sleep, we made breakfast and headed out to look at the surrounding national park. Following the visitors guide, we visited a number of lovely lookouts and waterfalls We finished up at Puddle Ducks Cafe for a really nice pizza for lunch....
Mouse House – Springbrook September 2014
We are off on a much needed break for the weekend. Our lovely friends John and Lois gave us two nights at the Mouses House Rainforest Retreat as a birthday gift. We left home just before lunch for the 2.5 hr trip to the Gold Coast hinterland, and checked into...
Heading Home 🙁
After a quiet relaxing day yesterday, we had an early night with the alarm set for 5:00am We planned on getting to the airport early for our 11:00 flight. We were a little worried that we may have fairly heavy Sydney traffic around the airport , hence the early start....
