Category: travel

The family history trail – Part 2 Gillingham, United Kingdom Gillingham, United Kingdom I mentioned that our Dad served in the Royal Engineers a few years after the end of World War II. His father had also served with them and had been posted overseas during the war. One...

A right royal day out London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom ‘When’s the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace?’ asked Lil Sis on the day we arrived in London. It turns out this happens every second day during autumn and winter, and this matched up nicely with our...

The family history trail begins Salisbury, United Kingdom Salisbury, United Kingdom The main reason for our trip is to visit our Auntie R, our late father’s only sister. She lives in East Sussex, and we’ve only met her once – almost 20 years ago when she visited Australia with...

I love Paris in the, er, autumn Paris, France Paris, France (or I crossed a road in Paris and didn’t die) The original trip wasn’t going to include Paris, but Lil Sis saw a ‘Luxury Paris Day Tour’ in the material from the travel agent and suggested it. It...

Hop on Hop off London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Our first full day in London. I woke up feeling relatively normal, which was a relief. Breakfast was included in our hotel rate, so we didn’t have to go anywhere. S peaking of the hotel, you’d think our room...

We made it London, United Kingdom London, United Kingdom Remember that sleep I was going to get on the flight from Dubai to London? Hahahahaha! We left Dubai at about 2am Dubai time (11pm UK time), with a revised ETA into Heathrow of 6.45am, apparently due to strong headwinds....

The long walk to nowhere Dubai, United Arab Emirates Dubai, United Arab Emirates We arrived at Dubai International Airport around midnight on Monday, after a 7.5 hour flight from Brunei. I tried to sleep but plane seats really aren’t, that comfortable. Every time I found myself drifting off to...

First stop: Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei If you’re flying with Royal Brunei Airlines, obviously you’re going to spend some time in Brunei Darussalam International Airport. We had a two and a half hour stopover scheduled on the way, which turned into a three and...

And off we go! Tullamarine, Australia Tullamarine, Australia (Written somewhere over the Banda Sea, Indonesia. I’ll update with photos later.) Fortunately we had a 7am flight rather than 6 am, so we could sleep in until 5am. Yep. Of course my body clock decided 4.40 was a better time to...

Departure minus 8 hours or so Hobart, Australia Hobart, Australia It’s almost time! What I thought would be a relaxing day at home casually ticking off the last few things to do before I left was anything but. First up today I’d promised Juniordwarf I’d watch a movie with...