Europe 23

September - October 2023

A 30-day adventure by Lisa & Paul Read more

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- Sep 16, 2023, 9:59am
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- New Zealand Canterbury Christchurch City Burnside Christchurch International Airport -43.488516, 172.53951443°29’19” S 172°32’22” E
Day 1
HERE WE GO ..
September 16, 2023 in New Zealand ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Amelia's in heaven and we've only arrived in CHCH Duty Free 🤣
First leg to Brisbane
Traveler Thought of you about 6pm last night when you would have been in the air on the first leg of your journey. Happy travels
9/16/23Reply
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- Sep 17, 2023, 5:53am
- 🌙 31 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- United Arab Emirates Dubai AL Twar Second Dubai International Airport 25.251565, 55.3560725°15’6” N 55°21’22” E
Day 2
Quick stop in Dubai
September 17, 2023 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ 🌙 31 °C
Stopover in Dubai after a 14-hour flight from Brisbane. 7 Hours to go to Nice!
Traveler Yay! Hang in there, not long to go now.
9/17/23Reply
Traveler Caught up with Charlie, caught sight of Luna, and Archie popped in to say hello too - bribed Charlie to stay out of the lounge with treats, and Archie likes me as gave him some too, lol. All well over there. Our new owners measuring up for curtains, so very reassuring. xxx
9/17/23Reply
Traveler Do you still have a watch showing NZ time. It’s 2am Monday 18th here. Just wondering when your "7 hours to Nice" will be up. It will be nice in Nice xx
9/17/23Reply
Traveler Yes Marg, my home screen on my phone shows current time and time at home. Just arrived in Antibes. 😊🫠
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- Sep 17, 2023, 6:00pm
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Antibes Juan-les-Pins Couvent des Bernadines d'Antibes 43.581323, 7.12518543°34’53” N 7°7’31” E
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Day 2
Antibes
September 17, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We're here!! Got an Uber from Nice airport, it was a black Tesla. Navigated through the streets of Antibes using google maps to find our little alleyway apartment. First challenge was getting our cases up the spiral staircase to the second floor. Cute little apartment and obviously they have tried to use every space available. Interesting kitchen design.
We went our for an explore and had dinner at '32 Pizza & Bar'. Amelia and I watched the sole 'chef with attitude' cook pizza's.
Went back to the apartment and all fell asleep and apart from an hour or so awake during the night, we all had a great sleep.Read more
Traveler Could they have put the microwave any higher?
9/18/23Reply
Traveler I’ve never seen drawers at the bottom of overhead cupboards before - I teresting
9/18/23Reply
Traveler Good morning exercise running up and down the steps
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- Sep 18, 2023, 11:56am
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Antibes La Fontonne Antibes Harbor 43.585192, 7.13021443°35’7” N 7°7’49” E
Day 3
Mingling with the rich in Antibes
September 18, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Must remember that Lotto ticket...
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- Sep 18, 2023, 12:04pm
- ☁️ 24 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Antibes Juan-les-Pins Plage de la Gravette 43.584977, 7.13076243°35’6” N 7°7’51” E
Day 3
Old Antibes
September 18, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 24 °C
Traveler Amazing sculpture!
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- Sep 18, 2023, 1:00pm
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Antibes Juan-les-Pins Couvent des Bernadines d'Antibes 43.581677, 7.12548443°34’54” N 7°7’32” E
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Day 3
Exploring Antibes
September 18, 2023 in France ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We only have one day in Antibes so set out this morning to explore. We started down at the Mariner to check out the mega rich people's toys. Their 'crews' were out scrubbing the decks and polishing everything else. We wandered the streets, took a few wrong turns in the maze of little streets and alleyways. Managed to find our way back and came across a great place for a late lunch, Amelia tried 'Moules Frite' mussels and chips. The day wouldn't be complete without a gelato (check out the pic!) and of course Amelia had macarons.Read more
Traveler Fabulous adventures
9/18/23Reply
Traveler Yum looks amazing
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Traveler love this shot!
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- Sep 19, 2023, 8:16am
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Antibes La Fontonne Antibes Railway Station 43.586591, 7.11907143°35’12” N 7°7’9” E
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Day 4
Sophia Antipolis
September 19, 2023 in France ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Up at the crack of dawn to walk to the bus station, hauling luggage along cobbled streets for 30 mins was definitely challenging. We're on the move today to Sophia Antipolis where Paul has a few days of meetings. Time for Amelia & I to put our feet up and relax. I thought it was going to be a great opportunity for us to chill & get over jet lag but we seem to be fine. Kind of a remote location so enjoyed the day in the courtyard catching up on a bit of reading.
We're staying at the Novatel and its very nice. Paul and his 'friends' sat at the table next to us for lunch, that felt a bit weird.
Beautiful day of 27deg.Read more
Traveler Were you both on your phones or were you talking to no-one, Lisa. Lol
9/19/23Reply
Traveler Amelia had headphones in and was reading
9/19/23Reply
Traveler Looks nice - was it yummy?
9/19/23Reply
Traveler Was very nice 👌🏻
9/19/23Reply
Did you manage a dip. Looks inviting [Alison]
9/20/23Reply
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- Sep 20, 2023, 12:31pm
- ☁️ 23 °C
- Altitude: 121 m
- France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Valbonne Sophia Antipolis 43.616063, 7.06587943°36’58” N 7°3’57” E
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Day 5
Just chilling
September 20, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Paul's day two of meetings.
Good start, after showering, I took my bottle of perfume out of my toilet bag with slippery hands and dropped it on the tiled bathroom floor. The room smells AMAZING and will for some time.
We all had breakfast together before he left for his meeting. Amelia and I walked to St Philippe to get out for a bit and also pick up some bug spray and after bite relief from a Pharmacy. We went early because it is supposed to rain today.
Shared a bowl of fries at lunch time and a sneaky dessert. We were about to look at the dessert menu when the waiter brought over a complimentary dessert from himself.
Paul went out with colleagues for dinner so Amelia and I had bolognese in the hotel dining room.
Getting ready for bed I put my PJ's on and was reminded that they were on the bathroom floor when I dropped the perfume!Read more
Traveler Must be the jet lag finally
9/24/23Reply
Traveler Lovely. Nice colours
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Traveler Hope she’s got another book!
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- Sep 22, 2023, 9:34am
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
- France Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur Saint-Laurent-du-Var St-Laurent du Var Railway Station 43.662356, 7.19452843°39’44” N 7°11’40” E
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Day 7
Enroute to Venice...
September 22, 2023 in France ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Left hotel @ 9am cutting it very fine for the train @ 9:35. Uber got us there in time and we then relaxed and were very relieved. Next minute the train arrived and we couldn't get on with all of our bags because there were so many ppl standing. Couldn't believe it. Got the next train at 10:06 still so many ppl that we had to stand most of the way to Ventimiglia. We had to buy a new ticket once we got to Italy 🇮🇹 because we missed our next leg.
Left Ventimiglia at 11:57 for Savona, relaxing trip with seats available, then onto Milan. Had 6 minutes to get to the platform to catch connecting train to Verona, 4 flights of stairs with all of our luggage, made it! No seats available so had to stand for the majority of the trip
Train was late so now 2 mins once in Verona to get from platform 3 to platform 10 to make it onto the train to Venice, more stairs and also made it!
Finally arrived in Venice at 8:37pm.
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Traveler That sounds hellish, glad you got there in the end 😅
9/23/23Reply
Traveler Very relieved to make it!
9/23/23Reply
Traveler Pensive look
9/24/23Reply
Traveler No wonder Amelia is getting tired. What a rigmarole. Wouldn’t be so bad if you didn’t have all that luggage
9/24/23Reply
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- Sep 23, 2023, 10:44am
- ☁️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 8 m
- Italy Veneto Venice Piazzale Roma Rio Novo 45.435984, 12.32020145°26’10” N 12°19’13” E
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Day 8
A day in Venice
September 23, 2023 in Italy ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
Considering there were supposed to be thunderstorms from lunchtime, we had an awesome day discovering Venice.
Caught the bus this morning, bought the ticket via WhatsApp?? Took a while to figure that out! Venetian masks and beautiful Murano glass galore.
The canals busy with traffic, boat taxi's & gondolas. Even had the boat Police race by with sirens and flashing lights.
Finished off the day with a Carbonara (large) and walked back to our room in the rain.Read more
Traveler Looks amazing. Thanks for taking me there.
9/24/23Reply
Traveler It was amazing Marg. Starting the exciting part of the trip now that Paul's meetings are done. Off to Florence today for a few days x
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Traveler That’s so cool.
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Traveler Your house-boat?
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