Definition of relief

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

Passports safely picked up!!!!
Not the best start to the morning!

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 ourLue lisää
Great day in Amsterdam

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 byLue lisää
Start of the Tour de France!!

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 byLue lisää
Finish of the Tour de France Day 1

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 andLue lisää
Tour de France Day 2- Team time trial

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!!
WorthLue lisää
Bookings and Belgian Waffles

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 8thLue lisää
Atomium and Plasticarium

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.
TheLue lisää
Design museum and videos from atomarium

We felt a bit guilty enjoying so much plastic!!
.... and the travel fun continues

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 theLue lisää
Copenhagen

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 boardedLue lisää
Copenhagen- full day

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’tLue lisää
10.50pm and it's still light- Hirtshals

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 sunsetLue lisää
Morning Medicine the Danish way

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 brewedLue lisää
Arrival into the Faroe Islands

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 atLue lisää
Torshavn and National Museum

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 weLue lisää
Driftwood

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 theseLue lisää
Not so easy to see Nolsoy

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 withLue lisää
Early beers back in Torshavn

Just some photos from our post Nólsoy walk around Tórshavn where we knew where we were!!!
Puffins 1-0 waterproof gear

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 cliffsLue lisää
Klaksvik to Hattarvik

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 theLue lisää
Last day in Faroes- Sandur and fish soup

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 theLue lisää
See u Faroe Islands- its been fab

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 rLue lisää
? Too old to be sleeping in airports!

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 aLue lisää
MatkaajaHappy 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.
MatkaajaA great start to a trip!
Wow not a great start.All good from now on.Have fun .x Val