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- Day 1
- Tuesday, July 2, 2019 at 12:44 PM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 11 m
New ZealandWellington International Airport41°19’43” S 174°48’40” E
Definition of relief
July 2, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 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.
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- Day 1
- Tuesday, July 2, 2019
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 7 m
- New ZealandWellington International Airport41°19’33” S 174°48’36” E
Wellington
July 2, 2019 in New Zealand ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Passports safely picked up!!!!
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- Day 2
- Wednesday, July 3, 2019 at 8:23 AM
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 16 m
AustraliaBrisbane Airport27°24’20” S 153°6’32” E
Not the best start to the morning!
July 3, 2019 in Australia ⋅ ⛅ 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 ourRead more
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- Day 3
- Thursday, July 4, 2019
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
NetherlandsTorensluis52°22’29” N 4°53’22” E
Great day in Amsterdam
July 4, 2019 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 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 byRead more
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- Day 5
- Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 1:44 PM
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Altitude: 65 m
BelgiumSablon area50°50’32” N 4°21’35” E
Start of the Tour de France!!
July 6, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 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 byRead more
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- Day 5
- Saturday, July 6, 2019 at 9:04 PM
- ⛅ 18 °C
- Altitude: 26 m
- BelgiumLaken50°52’40” N 4°21’23” E
Finish of the Tour de France Day 1
July 6, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 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 andRead more
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- Day 6
- Sunday, July 7, 2019 at 4:05 PM UTC
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- BelgiumEuropean district50°50’35” N 4°21’55” E
Tour de France Day 2- Team time trial
July 7, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 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!!
WorthRead more
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- Day 7
- Monday, July 8, 2019 at 7:38 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 29 m
- BelgiumMaison Communale50°50’47” N 4°21’11” E
Bookings and Belgian Waffles
July 8, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 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 8thRead more
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 2:46 PM
- ☀️ 19 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- Belgiumfair Brussels50°53’49” N 4°20’23” E
Atomium and Plasticarium
July 9, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 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.
TheRead more
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- Day 8
- Tuesday, July 9, 2019 at 2:56 PM
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Altitude: 55 m
- Belgiumfair Brussels50°53’52” N 4°20’27” E
Design museum and videos from atomarium
July 9, 2019 in Belgium ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
We felt a bit guilty enjoying so much plastic!!
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 2:13 PM
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
GermanyCentral Station Hamburg53°33’11” N 10°0’29” E
.... and the travel fun continues
July 10, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 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 theRead more
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- Day 9
- Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 10:31 PM
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 23 m
DenmarkRound tower55°40’51” N 12°34’36” E
Copenhagen
July 10, 2019 in Denmark ⋅ ☁️ 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 boardedRead more
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- Day 10
- Thursday, July 11, 2019 at 10:29 PM
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- DenmarkNyhavn55°40’48” N 12°35’23” E
Copenhagen- full day
July 11, 2019 in Denmark ⋅ ⛅ 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’tRead more
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- Day 11
- Friday, July 12, 2019 at 10:53 PM
- 🌙 15 °C
- Altitude: 9 m
- DenmarkHirtshals57°35’16” N 9°56’40” E
10.50pm and it's still light- Hirtshals
July 12, 2019 in Denmark ⋅ 🌙 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.
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- Day 12
- Saturday, July 13, 2019 at 2:00 PM UTC
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
North Sea60°26’34” N 0°32’15” E
Morning Medicine the Danish way
July 13, 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 brewedRead more
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- Day 13
- Sunday, July 14, 2019 at 11:49 PM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
Faroe IslandsBorðan61°57’9” N 6°39’52” W
Arrival into the Faroe Islands
July 14, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ☁️ 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 atRead more
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- Day 14
- Monday, July 15, 2019 at 6:02 PM
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Faroe IslandsHoydalsá62°0’31” N 6°46’17” W
Torshavn and National Museum
July 15, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ⛅ 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 weRead more
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- Day 14
- Monday, July 15, 2019
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 59 m
- Faroe IslandsTórsbreyt62°1’12” N 6°46’57” W
Driftwood
July 15, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ☁️ 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 theseRead more
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- Day 15
- Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 4:30 PM
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Altitude: 251 m
- Faroe IslandsKagið61°59’2” N 6°39’0” W
Not so easy to see Nolsoy
July 16, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ☁️ 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 withRead more
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- Day 15
- Tuesday, July 16, 2019 at 4:45 PM
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Faroe IslandsMullers pakkhús62°0’27” N 6°46’36” W
Early beers back in Torshavn
July 16, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Just some photos from our post Nólsoy walk around Tórshavn where we knew where we were!!!
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- Day 16
- Wednesday, July 17, 2019 at 2:30 PM
- 🌧 10 °C
- Altitude: Sea level
- Faroe IslandsLeitistangi62°5’34” N 7°36’43” W
Puffins 1-0 waterproof gear
July 17, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ 🌧 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 cliffsRead more
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- Day 17
- Thursday, July 18, 2019 at 10:12 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 61 m
- Faroe IslandsTórsbreyt62°1’12” N 6°46’56” W
Klaksvik to Hattarvik
July 18, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ⛅ 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 theRead more
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- Day 18
- Friday, July 19, 2019 at 4:40 PM
- ⛅ 12 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- Faroe IslandsRoyðragjógv61°49’47” N 6°48’36” W
Last day in Faroes- Sandur and fish soup
July 19, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ⛅ 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 theRead more
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- Day 18
- Friday, July 19, 2019 at 8:08 PM
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Faroe IslandsRoyðragjógv61°49’51” N 6°48’38” W
See u Faroe Islands- its been fab
July 19, 2019 in Faroe Islands ⋅ ⛅ 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 rRead more
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- Day 19
- Saturday, July 20, 2019 at 10:30 AM
- 🌙 21 °C
- Altitude: 6 m
- DenmarkCopenhagen Airport55°37’46” N 12°38’58” E
? Too old to be sleeping in airports!
July 20, 2019 in Denmark ⋅ 🌙 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 aRead more
TravelerHappy 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.
TravelerA great start to a trip!
Wow not a great start.All good from now on.Have fun .x Val