And away we go!
May 21 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 21 °C
Goodbye Brisbane! Look out Brussels!
And we're flying Premium Economy. Pretty posh, eh?
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Brussels
May 23 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
And our first stop is Brussels in Belgium. A lovely town with beutiful architecture. We loved the gold leaf applied to the front of the buildings.
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Bruges
May 24 in Belgium ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Took a day trip to the town of Bruges. It's a lovely little town with lots of canals and beer. Just like all the other Belgian towns I guess... 🤔
Ghent
May 25 in Belgium ⋅ 🌬 18 °C
Another day trip to another beautiful Belgian town. Ghent has a lot of lovely architecture and history. Oh, and canals and beer 😁
Antwerp
May 27 in Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Next stop is Antwerp. Most impressed with the train station Antwerpen Centraal... Trains coming and going on 3 different levels.
Rotterdam
May 28 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
We start our Netherlands tour at Rotterdam. It's a fair sized city, but has some interesting places to visit and serves well as a central point to explore the region.
Delft & Leiden
May 30 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
We jumped on the train for a day trip to the towns of Delft and Leiden.
Delft is a gorgeous little town that was the home of Johannes Vermeer, who painted The Girl With The Pearl Earring.
Leiden isRead more
Gouda
May 31 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Next up was a day trip to Gouda, famous for its cheese. But remember... next time you ask for the cheese, it's pronounced "How-duh", not "Goo-duh".
Anyway... Yes, the cheese was wonderful. As was theRead more
Amsterdam
June 1 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Today we jumped on an early train to go to Amsterdam and visit the places we missed the first time.
First up was the old Heineken brewery. It's a bit commercial with slick multimedia, but it wasRead more
Amersfoort and Ann Frank's House
June 2 in the Netherlands ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Because we had already spent time in Amsterdam, we decided to take a day trip to the lovely town of Amersfoort.
Afterwards, we got back to Amsterdam in the afternoon to take a canal tour.
Finally,Read more
Bremen
June 4 in Germany ⋅ 🌬 21 °C
Next stop is Bremen in Germany.
There are a number of statues across the town of a donkey, a dog, a cat and a chook. These are from a story by the Brothers Grimm called the Bremen Town Musicians.Read more
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June 5 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Easy Day today with a walk through the Bürgerpark Bremen, or the Citizen's Park of Bremen.
It's quite a large park with kilometres of paths that wander through forests and across rivers. QuiteRead more
Hamburg
June 6 in Germany ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Our next German city is Hamburg and no, hamburgers do not seem to be a thing here, except for McDonalds. 🙄
Funny day weather wise, alternating between sunny and rain.
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June 7 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
Our second day in Hamburg, exploring the port district.
Odense
June 8 in Denmark ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Denmark is our next destination. We stayed in the lovely little town of Odense, famous for being the home of Hans Christan Andersen.
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June 9 in Denmark ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Odense has some great old buildings and quirky statues.
Copenhagen
June 12 in Denmark ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
We have been looking forward to visiting Copenhagen, and we were not disappointed. It's a bigger city than we expected and there's lots to see, so we got in a lot of steps.
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June 13 in Denmark ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
A few more photos of our stay in Copenhagen.
Helsingør
June 14 in Denmark ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Before departing Copenhagen, we took a day trip by train up to the little beach town of Helsingør.
Its most famous landmark is Kronborg Castle, which was the setting in Shakespeare’s HamletRead more
Gothenburg
June 16 in Sweden ⋅ 🌬 17 °C
Next stop is Sweden, to the town of Gothenburg.
Southern Archipelago
June 18 in Sweden ⋅ 🌬 15 °C
We took a ferry over to the group of islands off the coast of Gothenburg.
Oslo
June 20 in Norway ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
On to Norway, stopping for a few days in Oslo before starting out Fjord cruise.
The first day we visited the Botanical Gardens, which have an colourful display of unique flowers.
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Norwegian Culture Museum
June 21 in Norway ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
While in Oslo, we took the ferry over to the Norwegian Culture Museum, a unique outdoor museum where they collect old, traditional buildings from around Norway.
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June 22 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Spent our last day just wandering through the streets of Oslo.
Train to Flåm
June 23 in Norway ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
Now we start our tour of the Norwegian coast. The journey begins here in Oslo, where we will travel by train and ferry across the mountains to Bergen on the west coast. From there, we will board theRead more
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Wow, that looks nice. We'll have to let you know how AIRNZ compares.
I would think AIRNZ would be pretty good. Let us know. [Nicky]
How were the posh seats? Worth it? Enjoy beautiful Brussels. [Kezza]
Pretty damn good. Definitely worth it especially for the overnight flight to Dubai. Jazz festival in Brussel this weekend. [Nicky]