Tag Archives: Train travel

Arigatou Japan

Posted on June 22, 2020 by

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 →

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Konnichiwa Japan!

Posted on June 15, 2020 by

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 →

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4,500 kms of Canadian beauty

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

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 →

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There’s no place like home

Posted on September 8, 2013 by

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 →

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Safe landings

Posted on April 1, 2012 by

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 →

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Up down and all around Hong Kong

Posted on January 13, 2012 by

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 →

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Back to blogging

Posted on December 25, 2011 by

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 →

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Krazy KL

Posted on November 6, 2011 by

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 →

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Ah, Paris!

Posted on July 1, 2011 by

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 →

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Arrival

Posted on April 3, 2011 by

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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