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Post -holiday Blues
Feel utterly exhausted after our three week holiday. No sympathy? Jet lag, two ten hour night flights separated by a 10 hour stopover (i.e. very little sleep), back to work the day after we came back and now I have a cold. Yet I find myself dreaming about another holiday! In part I fantasise about…
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Back in Australia
It hardly seems like three weeks, but we are back in Australia. Actually, we arrived many hours but many of those have been spent sleeping! Our last stop in Europe was Amsterdam after a very bumpy ride with Air France. Sadly, we didn’t get a chance to cruise on the very attractice canals. We did…
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Au Revoir Paris
It’s sad to say goodbye to Paris again. I feel I could spend a year here at the very least. A perfect day yesterday. Perfect weather lead to us spending a lot of time just walking around the place. Found some reasonable shops in the St Lazare area, then completed our Paris Galleries tour with…
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Geneva – Paris
Back in Paris almost 3 years after our honeymoon here. Did pretty much the same thing as our first day. Walked up to the Montmarte, unsuccessfully shopped for curtain fabric, then shopped ("looked") at Galeries Lafayette and Printemps as they were open until late today. The previous day’s Golden Panorama ride was wonderfully scenic. Lakes,…
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Lucerne
Switzerland`s scenery is stunning. Had a beautiful train ride from Milan to Lucerne. Unfortunately, the train was late from Florence to Milan and we missed our original connection. First time. Lucerne is so beautiful, but the food is expensive. Had fondue last night. Very cheesy (naturally). Cheese overload actually. Forgot my reservation for the Golden…
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Tuscany
Today was a tour around the Tuscan/Chianti region of Italy. we joined a couch tour, departing Florence through the gate which is a remnant of the old city walls. First stop was Siena, a medieval banking and university town (you can combine the two with a degree in "Banking Science") and rival of Florence. The…
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