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Arigatou Japan
A few days in Tokyo, and the end of our trip to Japan in 2017, was a chance to sample some more great food to fuel our final round of sightseeing. Each morning I started the day with the standard … Continue reading
Konnichiwa Japan!
On our round-the-world air ticket in 2017 (after hopping from Australia to North America before our usual European sojourn), now homeward-bound, we arrived at our final stop: Japan – both to visit Tony’s son, teaching English there, and to explore … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travel, World travel
Tagged Gardens, Japan, Karaoke, Murakami, Murakami Castle, Niigata, Photography, Shibata Castle, Train travel
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4,500 kms of Canadian beauty
Last Easter, after a fabulous week up at Whistler, BC, Canada, it was time to head off on our next adventure, catching our pre-booked coach for the scenic ride back down the mountain to Vancouver. The coach drop-off location at … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, World travel
Tagged Canada, Photography, Scenic view, The Canadian, Toronto, Train travel, Vancouver
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There’s no place like home
Even though we only live part-time in France it is, for us, “home”. What I like to say is that we work in Australia but we live in France. After all, when you are working full-time there is precious little … Continue reading
Posted in France, Travel, Travel in France, World travel
Tagged Argenton-sur-Creuse, Booking flights, Bordeaux, Car, central France, Creuse River, Italy, Lyon, Paris, Photography, SNCF, Spain, Toulouse, Tours, Train travel
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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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Up down and all around Hong Kong
We loved exploring hilly Hong Kong: Day 1: Rode the 800m Mid-Levels escalators – built to help move the 7 million people who live in this high-density city Meandered through the Zoo and Botanic Gardens (for free) which has been … Continue reading
Posted in Travel, World travel
Tagged Hong Kong, Kowloon, Markets, Ming Court Kowloon, Peak Tram, Photography, Public Transport, Train travel
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Back to blogging
As the craziness of Christmas settles down I can finally get back to blogging. How is it that Christmas and the end of the year is always such a deadline for us? Somehow wanting to squeeze in everything that we should … Continue reading
Posted in Cooking, Food, France, Living in France, Travel, Travel in France
Tagged Argenton-sur-Creuse, Australian lamb, Christmas, Photography, Train travel, Weather in France
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Krazy KL
Smack bang in the middle of Kuala Lumpur is the KL Plaza Suites where we stayed for our first week in Malaysia. Rather a comedown from our beautiful hotel in Bangkok… the building was under renovation (and obviously needed it!) but location, … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Travel, World travel
Tagged Fountain, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Markets, Photography, Train travel
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Ah, Paris!
There’s just something about Paris isn’t there? There must be, after all, 42 million tourists visit there every year! A pleasant 2 1/2 hour journey from Argenton sur Creuse (or a bit longer if you have to change trains at Chateauroux) and you arrive at … Continue reading
Posted in France, Living in France, Travel, Travel in France
Tagged Argenton-sur-Creuse, Chateauroux, Eiffel Tower, Gare d'Austerlitz, Paris, Public Transport, Train travel
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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