After our previous early morning train dilemmas we decided to order our taxi 45 minutes before our train left. Stocked up on some goodies for the train, and chance to catch up again on some work, which includes Issue 26 of the NZ Photographer magazine. A relatively quick trip given Nice is at the very south of France, it is crazy how fast these bullet trains get up to! About 300km/hr. Is a great feeling… Read more »
Tag: Europe Trip 2012
CategoriesBringing out the big kid in me… Disneyland Paris!
Another early morning start! Can’t wait to get to England in a few weeks time, where we will be staying with family, and get some nice sleep-ins for awhile! Our lovely host Anne dropped us off at the Epernay train station, where we had problems printing our ticket we had bought online. The credit card I had purchased them with didn’t work in the automatic ticket machine, and our train arrived before we could get… Read more »
Champagning in Champagne
A wake up call of a bacon, ham, and mushroom omelet with a side of cocopops… a breakfast fit for kings! With our bags packed the night before, we quickly enjoyed breakfast, before heading downstairs to our waiting taxi to take us to Gare d’lest (East Train Station). Unfortunately today was Victoire 1945 in France (celebrating the end of hostilities in Europe in World War II), and the taxi driver seemed to take the longest… Read more »
Waking up in the city of love
Wow. It’s amazing what difference and amazing bed can make to a nights sleep. We were lucky enough to have a super king in our room, and we could almost starfish without touching each other! If you’re ever staying in Paris and want a fine hotel, look no further that Hotel de Sers. I can highly recommend every aspect of the hotel, and made our visit to Paris so much more enjoyable. After… Read more »
Bonjour Paris
Another full on day. Oooosh. I’m sure our bodies will eventually give up, hopefully that’s on the flight home in 6 weeks time! As I said in my last blog, I had Richard & Laura’s wedding yesterday in a tiny village called St. Michael. I haven’t seen two people so in love with each other for so long, and was beautiful to see them both enjoying each others… Read more »
Adios London, but before we go…
Our third and final day in London. Another early start… 7am and we were out the door! A quick tube ride across to ‘Bank’, which is where all the major bank HQ’s are. Another good hearty breakfast at a little place not far from the station. We decided to shop around this time, after a bad experience on our first day where we spend NZD$55 on two coffees and two slices of cake! We forgot that… Read more »
London Round Two
Well we are more than over our jetlag now, but these super long days are bloody tiring! Today was no different, as I write this it’s 11:28pm, we’ve just got home after we left at 9am this morning. Nothing like a good hardy breakfast to get you through the day, we noticed this nice looking place outside Waterloo station yesterday. NZD$15-ish for a full english breakfast with tea or coffee. Can’t go wrong with that!… Read more »
London Day One
The day started much earlier than it would usually otherwise. We left my cousin Ben’s place in Elephant & Castle nice and early at 7:30am. We arrived into Waterloo Train Station where I introduced Emma to Cornish Pasties & Walkers Crisps. Yum! We headed straight for the London Eye, but after we discovered it didn’t open till 10am, we walked over the Westminster Bridge and down along the Thames River and just went exploring. … Read more »
Emirates A380 and Dubai Airport
Arrived in Sydney with no drama. A quick run through security and we were in the departure lounge to get back on the same plane. First leg to Sydney was short (3hrs) but the next leg through to Dubai was 13hrs, which went remarkably fast. Also meant when we came to leave Dubai only had 7 more hours till we were in London, which I personally thought was a bit better than the 50/50 split going via… Read more »
Goodbye New Zealand
We made it! Waiting in the departure lounge at Auckland International Airport. Flew up from Wellington last night and snapped this out the plane window using some clever photostiching. After touching down in Auckland we were greeted by our close friends Matt & Rach who put us up for the night, so we headed out to Mexican Cafe to catch up and thank them for having us! If you haven’t indulged in Auckland’s Mexican Cafe yet,… Read more »
The final countdown
Well the day is finally here! In exactly 12 hours time we will be falling into our seats en route to Auckland for the first, of many, legs of our trip. I’ve been very good to not spill the beans on the trip. But can tell you this – we’re away for 7 weeks, visiting 12 different countries, and as I write this I am currently removing every single file from my MacBookPro (250gb) and… Read more »
Europe Trip
Well the flights are booked but little else, as we get down to the 1 month countdown before we set sail and head to Europe. That does mean that between now and the 29th April it will be anything BUT a holiday. Head down, bum up, long hours, sleepless nights. Ticking everything off my mile long list of things to do before I leave will be make falling into that seat aboard Emirates new A380 that much… Read more »