
After Toulouse, we took the train north and headed for the Ardennes with Belgium and the Netherlands to follow. Once we hit Paris again the temperature plummeted and we were once again battling rain and wind with intermittent very hot days of 30 degrees plus. I have been staggered how changeable the weather is from […]

Here is our video from Hawaii: Helmets are optional for all two wheeled vehicles … bicycles, mopeds and motorcycles. There were also an awful lot of mobility vehicles about … you can even rent them for your stay. I suggested that the Husband and I rented a couple just for the full Hawaiian experience but […]
19th March More luck this morning with finding cycle infrastructure in Sydney. We found separated cycleways on 3 different streets but for some reason, they stopped short of the main drag. They were very nice protected cycleways and far superior than what I’ve seen on-road in Auckland. BUT (there had to be a ‘but’) I’m […]

17th March, 2014 Our first stop on the trip was staying with friends in Melbourne because I anticipated that I, at least, would need some space to recover from getting away from NZ with the Husband and luggage intact and the apartment and Daughters correctly set up. I was not wrong! The last few days […]