Definition of relief
2. Juli 2019 in Neuseeland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
This is what relief looks like!!.... passports in hand and all checked in on way to Brisbane. Sad to say goodbye to NZ but excited for next few months.
Wellington
2. Juli 2019 in Neuseeland ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Passports safely picked up!!!!
Not the best start to the morning!
3. Juli 2019 in Australien ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Thank god for a morning full bladder despite a planned sleep in.
Kate checked email.... and found out Brisbane to HongKong flight was cancelled!
Luckily the travel agent (who we had to use after ourWeiterlesen
Great day in Amsterdam
4. Juli 2019 in den Niederlanden ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Had a v successful day in beautiful Amsterdam. Landed at 8am after long flights from Brisbane.
Got to accomm and then managed to get to city. Found ourselves with food canalside in the sun byWeiterlesen
Start of the Tour de France!!
6. Juli 2019 in Belgien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
Great morning!! Positioned right at the front of the podium for the riders sign in..... little did we realise it was 11am not 9am! Got a great view of the actual yellow jersey.
Won ugly hats byWeiterlesen
Finish of the Tour de France Day 1
6. Juli 2019 in Belgien ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
Sadly didn’t make it to the finish line of the TDF as just too many people deep to be able to get a good view so settled for a great spot just before the 1kms to go banner.
Cheered everyone in andWeiterlesen
Tour de France Day 2- Team time trial
7. Juli 2019 in Belgien ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Another cracking day stood at the start of the Team Time Trial where the teams race over 27,6kms reaching speeds of 64kms!!!
The winning team contained George Bennett our NZ rider from Nelson!!
WorthWeiterlesen
Bookings and Belgian Waffles
8. Juli 2019 in Belgien ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today didn’t go quite as planned as we checked out of our Grand Place apartment and into a hastily booked new apartment...... only to find T had not realised the booking made last night was for 8thWeiterlesen
Atomium and Plasticarium
9. Juli 2019 in Belgien ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
Amazing morning at the Atomarium built for the 1958 World Expo.
Mind blowing visual exhibition inside called “ A circular journey”- could have spent hours watching.
Beat any expectations.
TheWeiterlesen
Design museum and videos from atomarium
9. Juli 2019 in Belgien ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We felt a bit guilty enjoying so much plastic!!
.... and the travel fun continues
10. Juli 2019 in Deutschland ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
The joys of travelling- 05.45am start. First train was all on time from Brussels to Cologne. Cologne to Hamburg train was 35 mins late so we missed our connecting train.
Now have a ticket for theWeiterlesen
Copenhagen
10. Juli 2019 in Dänemark ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
15 hours later we arrive in Copenhagen!! The highlight of the day was when the train drove into the ferry, we had to disembark up to the ferry deck and then after 45 mins of sailing we all re boardedWeiterlesen
Copenhagen- full day
11. Juli 2019 in Dänemark ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
5 hours at the National Museum learning about Viking history and also Ghengis Khan and Mongolia (a little research for later in the trip!). The museum had so many excellent exhibits we just didn’tWeiterlesen
10.50pm and it's still light- Hirtshals
12. Juli 2019 in Dänemark ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Started the day in Copenhagen with a visit to the Design Museum. Followed this with a 7 hour bus trip to Hirtshals for the sunset... and preparation for our ferry trip north tomorrow.
Amazing sunsetWeiterlesen
Morning Medicine the Danish way
13. Juli 2019, North Sea ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
So the warning came true- we were met with the most amazing breakfast buffet.... and small glasses of Danish rocket fuel! Apparently it was made with yellow snare, Heather and dune rose.... and brewedWeiterlesen
Arrival into the Faroe Islands
14. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
After a lecture on the Faroese Language and also learning that Faroese DNA resulted in males being mainly Norwegian but female DNA were surprisingly Scottish and Irish, we sailed into Tórshavn atWeiterlesen
Torshavn and National Museum
15. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Had a pretty relaxed day today orientating ourselves around Tórshavn using the free local buses.
Parliament is in grass roofed buildings in the historic area- v nice place to work.
Several times weWeiterlesen
Driftwood
15. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
So whilst visiting the open air farmhouse museum yesterday I was admiring the beautiful wooden ceiling beams and the crafted walls.
I asked the person in attendance “ why type of wood are theseWeiterlesen
Not so easy to see Nolsoy
16. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Well today we headed out early for an easy 6 hour walk in the eastern island of Nólsoy.
We got off the ferry to fog which was expected and managed to pick up a Danish student who wanted to walk withWeiterlesen
Early beers back in Torshavn
16. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Just some photos from our post Nólsoy walk around Tórshavn where we knew where we were!!!
Puffins 1-0 waterproof gear
17. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ 🌧 10 °C
Writing this sitting in a downstairs cellar with 30 other dripping wet people all waiting 3 hours for the ferry from Mykines to Sørvágor.
Had a fabulous ferry trip passing the impressive sea cliffsWeiterlesen
Klaksvik to Hattarvik
18. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
A very relaxed day after getting 4 buses and a return ferry trip to the far north east islands.
Started the day off in the town of Klaksvík before sailing for 2 hours puffin spotting and enjoying theWeiterlesen
Last day in Faroes- Sandur and fish soup
19. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C
Cracking last day on 4 buses and 2 ferries to Sandur and back.
Sandur is a v historic village where legend says there lived 2 witches. Anyway for some reason the locals have covered a huge rock in theWeiterlesen
See u Faroe Islands- its been fab
19. Juli 2019 in Färöer ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Few last bits and pieces we have missed
- they grow a lot of rhubarb
-puffins are not designed for flying
- faroe’s has 2 of the most amazing undersea tunnels which cost 4 billion krona
- they rWeiterlesen
? Too old to be sleeping in airports!
20. Juli 2019 in Dänemark ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
After a foggy farewell to the Faroes we had a v comfy flight back to Copenhagen with Atlantic Airlines.
Sadly the Faroes were so blanketed in fog we didn’t get an aerial view which was aWeiterlesen































































































































































































ReisenderHappy travels!x
Glad you got your passports but can't find the silverware...Enjoy and thank you for the card - assuming beautiful photo is yours Kate.
ReisenderA great start to a trip!
Wow not a great start.All good from now on.Have fun .x Val