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Tag Archives: Luggage
Nothing to lose?
One of the stops on our Mediterranean cruise in 2012 was Malta, and we enjoyed it so much that we vowed to return there one day. When we learned that relatives shared our hankering to visit Malta, it made perfect sense to organise a … Continue reading
Posted in France, Travel
Tagged A20, Airport parking, Argenton-sur-Creuse, Internet booking, Luggage, Malta, Missed flights, Toulouse, Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, Traffic
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Travel ready
One thing about travelling overseas every year (as well as packing up to move from house to house when housesitting or houseswapping) is that I’m getting quite adept at packing. Also, over a period of time, I have been streamlining … Continue reading
Posted in Travel
Tagged Airport security, Clothing, Luggage, Packing, Stationery, Toiletries
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Safe landings
We handled the 2 flights to Paris well. Maybe it helped that we had a very short stop at Changi Singapore – so short in fact that after a toilet stop and a coffee we arrived at the gate at “last call”! (That grand piano … Continue reading
Posted in France, Travel, Travel in France
Tagged Air travel, CDG, Changi, Escalators, Luggage, Metro, Public Transport, RER, SNCF, Train travel
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Weigh too much luggage
Ok, so we brought too much luggage to France – again! We have vowed that it is the last time (haven’t we said that before? Probably, but it’s more believable now – there’s nothing left in Australia that we need to … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, World travel
Tagged Air travel, Carry on baggage, Check-in, Domestic flight, International flight, Luggage, Personal items, Qantas
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Lugging luggage
So how do you pack for 12 months away? With much difficulty I can tell you! My method was to keep halving everything I really would have liked to pack (although agonising over every little thing… this Tshirt or that … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, World travel
Tagged Air travel, Baggage allowance, Luggage, Packing
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Arrival
It has been a week since we flew from Melbourne to Singapore (7 hours), spent 2 hours at Changi airport, then the long haul – 13 hours to Paris. Pity that Air France plane had hard seats! Our luggage took … Continue reading
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