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Every journey starts somewhere. For us that's 6 Kabi St, Hervey Bay.
Hervey Bay airport

The big first step. Our lovely little airport and our bags checked through to New York
Brisbane Airport

One tiny step successfully negotiated. If only all our flights were done in half an hour! But then, if it was that easy to get to the wide world we probably couldn't afford to live where we do. So farLæs mere
LA

LA airport was a bit hairy but we made it through.
USA at last

Safe and sound in Brooklyn - at chez Rosie. Just about to head out on a bar crawl - an age old recipe for jet lag 🙄
Dick and Jane's

Just realised that Thursday is finally over. The Douglas method of beating jetlag - just stay up late, have way more to drink than usual and you will be fine.
UN chamber

We are actually doing something touristy in New York. Marty has a friend (a regular at the bar) who offered to give us an inside look around.
Another beginning

Our last day visiting the kids. We haven't been very active here lately. Buying new work shoes for Martin and picking up new runners for Jimmy and helping Rosie pack some things for her move don'tLæs mere
The British library

Arriving in London after a smooth flight and an easy train ride in from Gatwick to St Pancras Station we found ourselves with
an hour to fill in before our room would be available. After a quickLæs mere
Regent's Park

Having been gifted a beautiful sunny day in London, and safely moved into our studio, it was time for a quick walk around Regent's Park. It's a huge park so it might be better to call it a quick walkLæs mere
Westminster Abbey

The National Gallery

St Martin's in the Field

Eurostar Station

Time to bid London farewell after our whirlwind visit. It has been quite a first week and a bit for us. We are off to Paris on the Eurostar and then on to Chartres a town dating from the middle agesLæs mere
Hôtel Le Boeuf Couronné Chartres - Logis

Our hotel in Chartres with a view of the cathedral - which is also called Notre Dame - just to be confusing. The hotel does have a lift, but with luggage it is strictly one at a time.
Chartres Cathedral

As cathedrals go this one rates pretty well on the Douglas' cathedral rating scheme. It was free (big one), they provided a bit of interesting background (but not too much), beautiful windows not tooLæs mere
It's Cafe time again...

People watching on a Saturday afternoon by the cathedral.
Église St Pierre

Another cathedral - or just an old church? Just an old church of would seem. Why you would build an enormous church here when there was an even more enormous cathedral just up the hill is beyond ourLæs mere
Hotel Venise

Back to Paris for a couple of days. Someone seems to have stolen the cathedral out our window and our room is pretty basic. But then I suppose we can find something to do in Paris.
In fact we seem toLæs mere
Restaurant Rayan

What better way to finish off our first day in Paris than with a Lebanese meal at the Restaurant Rayan. We hadn't had a Lebanese meal in ages and we lob into a budget hotel 70 metres down the roadLæs mere
Sacre Coeur

We visited Montmartre four years ago in the persistent rain. Even in the rain we enjoyed the area and we thought we would try again in the sunshine. As the photos attest, we found plenty of sunshineLæs mere
Chateau d'eau Montmartre

This chateau is quite an elegant building, but really, it's the water tower that steals the show.
Cafe Renoir

One thing we did thoroughly investigate last time was the Musee de Montmartre. It's amazing how much extra appeal museums have on a rainy day. We had enjoyed the cafe as well, so we decided to goLæs mere
Musee de l'Orangerie

We seem to have hit on a theme today. The last time we visited the Musee de L'orangerie we were hoping to see Monet's famous water lilly paintings. For some reason the galleries where they areLæs mere
Farewell Paris

We have wrapped up our little Paris revisit and we are on the train somewhere between Paris and Lyon. Last night we caught the metro down to watch the Eiffel Tower do its thing and had a bit of a walkLæs mere
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