Our retirement trip of our lifetime.

Our retirement trip of our lifetime.
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MELBOURNE airport, Australia ‐ Sep 19, 2019

701.1 km
Sydney ‐ Sep 18, 2019

8 182.6 km
Honolulu, United States ‐ Sep 4, 2019

3 849.3 km

+14

Hawaii

Hawaii

Hawaii aloha Well we actually arrived on the 4th of September but we have been very busy ever since. To say Harry was excited would be an under statement, We were lucky to get him to preschool in the...
San Francisco

9 370.3 km
Zurich, Switzerland

526.1 km
Prague, Czech Republic

Depart for Hawaii

+13

Prague final day

+9

Prague day 3

Prague final day

Final day on Prague, yay we got to sleep in.... lots of activity with the groups leaving from as early as 4 am until 10 pm tonight but we get to enjoy our last day in Prague just looking around. We st...

Prague Day Three

Day 20 2/9/2019 Today we are off to Chateau Jemniste, for lunch and a Falconry show. On the way the tour guide filled us in on the history of t
Prague ‐ Sep 3, 2019

Last day on Cruise

+10

Prague day 2

Prague Day Two

Day 19 1/09/2019 Happy Fathers Day to all the Fathers. Today’s tour started on the bus to Prague Castle, where we had a walking tour around the perimeter of the Castle which has been a Royal castle...

Prague Day One

Day 18 31/8/20
Prague ‐ Sep 1, 2019

513.4 km

+8

Prague day one
Budapest, Hungary ‐ Aug 30, 2019

239.4 km

+16

Budapest

Day 17 30/08/2019 Budapest Today we woke up in Budapest. We were told to be up on the sun deck early because the sights coming into Budapest would be amazing, and they were. Today we are all
Vienna, Austria ‐ Aug 28, 2019

118.4 km

+22

Vienna

Day 15 & 16 Vienna 28/8/2019 - 29/8/2019 Two days in Vienna 28/8/2019 After cruising all night we arrived in the beautiful city of Vienna at 8:00am. We have to be up and ready as our tour starts at 8...
Melk ‐ Aug 27, 2019

201 km

+15

Melk/Dürnstein

Melk

Day 14 MELK 27/8/2019 We arrived in Melk at 7:30am. Up and about early as we have to be ready to go by 8:45. Today we are on a walking tour around the city of Melk. The first thing you see when you...
Passau, Germany ‐ Aug 26, 2019

117.7 km

+12

Passau/Linz

Passau/Linz

Day 13 Passau/Linz 26th August 2019. Today we woke up in Passau Our excursion today is to Salzburg so we are going from Germany to Austria because we are finishing our tour in Linz where the ship will...
Regensburg ‐ Aug 25, 2019

111.8 km

+4

Regensburg

Day 12 Regensburg 25th August 2019 After cruising all night we arrived in Regensburg at around 9.00am by this stage we were expected to be ready for our freedom of choice excursions. Our choice was a...
Nuremberg ‐ Aug 24, 2020

61.6 km

+11

Nuremberg

Day 11 24/8/2019 Nuremberg To we woke upon Nuremberg. Nuremberg was 90% destroyed during the 2nd World War so a lot of its buildings are only 80 years old but they have been rebuilt from pictur
Bamberg ‐ Aug 23, 2020

94.3 km

+12

Bamberg

Day 10 23/08/2019 Bamberg (Pronounced Bumbag by our guide 😂) Today was official sleep in day. The ship doesn’t arrive into Bamberg until 2.30 so we can have a sleep in yay.....
Wurzburg ‐ Aug 22, 2020

71 km

+9

Würzburg

Wurzburg

Day 9 22/8/2019 Würzburg Up early to because our tours all leave at 9.15 am Our choices are either a Farm visit Visit to Rothenburg Ian and Rob (who is a farmer fr
Miltenberg ‐ Aug 21, 2020

127.2 km

Freedom of choice sight seeing

+13

Miltenberg

Day 8 21/8/2019 We are now on the River Main (pronounced Mine in German ) it is 524 km long. It stretches from the Rhine to the Danube and has 34 large locks. It also has a lot of low bridges so t...
Rüdesheim am Rhein ‐ Aug 20, 2020

96.8 km

Freedom of choice sight seeing

+12

Rhine Gorge/Rüdesheim

Rhine gorge/Rüdesheim

Day 7 20/8/2019 Rhine Gorge and Rudesheim Today we woke up to a ship cruising down the Rhine gorge with some magnificent castles either side of the river for approx 70 Klms. We did not arrive in Rüd...
Andernach ‐ Aug 19, 2020

47 km
Bonn

34.3 km
Cologne

253.8 km

+16

Cologne

Day 6 19/8/19 Good morning Cologne Interesting facts about Cologne ( or Koln in German) Cologne is Germany’s fourth largest city, the Roman’s founded it in 50 AD. The cathedral was built especially f...
Amsterdam, Netherlands ‐ Aug 17, 2019

492.1 km

Embark ship

+3

+5

Paris /Ghent/Amsterdam

Amsterdam

Day 5 18/8/19 The Netherlands. Just a couple of facts about the Netherlands. Almost half of the Netherlands was once under water, the Netherlands is now one of the most densely populated nations on...

Paris Ghent Amsterdam

Day 4 17/8/19 Paris Ghent Amsterdam Today we were up early to leave Paris by coach. Some of the tour took up the option of train travel , but we are on the coach. First stop Ghent at lovely little to...
Paris, France ‐ Aug 14, 2019

716.2 km

+9

Paris

Last day in Aix-en-Provence Our last day in Aix was a very quiet one, we are up a little later than usual, returned the car then went for a last walk around this beautiful city if Aix. Agnes our host...
Aix-en-Provence ‐ Aug 5, 2019

429.7 km

Apartment Stay - TBC

+18

Aix-en-Provence/Avignon

+16

Aix-en-Provence/ Lourmarin

+16

Aix-en-Provence part 2

+20

Aix-en-Provence/Avignon

12/8/2019 Today we went to Avignon to see the Palace of the Pope's. The Palais construction began in AD 1252. Avignon became the residence of the Popes in 1309, when the Gascon Bertrand de Goth, as Po...

Aix-en-Provence/Cadenet/Lourmarin

10th August Yesterday our adventure consisted of a car trip up in the hills from Aix, first stop was the smallish village of Cadenet. But being a Sunday not much was happening, we had a walk around th...

Aix-en-Provence/Valensole

Car trip today to find a lavender farm, couldn’t find one open as it was siesta time. First stop the small town of Valensole Where we ended up some very interesting roads into some very small places...

Aix en Provence

Wednesday 7th August Sadly we had to leave Cinque Terra/ Monterosso on Wednesday morning at 6.30am so it was up and at em at 5.30 for our long train trips. Monterosso to Genova 1 1/2 hr trip , Genova...
Monterosso al Mare, Italy

141.3 km

Villa Degli Argentieri

+16

Monterosso day two

+9

Monterosso day two

Day two of beautiful Monterosso, slow start as we have booked a tour for 1 o’clock so easy breakfast then slow walk thru the town to the other end of Monterosso to find where would take our tour from....

Cinque terra

5/8/19 The day has finally come, we get to go to Cinque terra, we have been trying to get there for our last two trips to Europe. The first trip to Italy in 2008 we didn’t make it and in 2011 girls tr...
San Gimignano ‐ Jul 31, 2019

12.5 km

+10

San Gimignano/ Siena

+7

San Gimignano / Florence

+13

San Gimignano/Siena

Today 3 Aug we ar

San Gimignano

Up early for our trip to San Gimignano, take our cases to the station no mean feat as I think we have the biggest and heaviest cases in Venice but we got stooged Sue and I at the biggest bridge where...
Poggibonsi

238.3 km

Rail to San Gim (Poggibonsi)
Venice

Rail to San Gim

+22

Venice day three and for

Venice day three and four

Day three off to Murano and Burano today, not a very early start but at least it is not raining and it is cooler. We walked down to near St Marks square to hop on a water ferry out to Murano for a loo...
Venice ‐ Jul 27, 2019

935.2 km

Arrive in Venice - 4 Nights

+14

Venice day one and two

We arrived at Venezia after an eventful plane trip. Firstly the plane wa delayed on the tarmac because of a strike at the airport, so we had to wait in line for refuelling, then we hit some pretty rou...
Barcelona, Spain

Depart for Venice from Airport 1:55pm
Barcelona ‐ Jul 24, 2019

505.7 km

Hotel Ciutat de Barcelona Check-in 3pm

+27

Barcelona day two

Barcelona continued, today I went one way and Ian and sue went the other. I had to get my nails done yep priorities 😁. Well that’s two hours I will never get back, in a Spanish nail salon with Asian...

Barcelona

Hola from Barcelona, we traveled up from Madrid via the wonderful train system here in Spain, they leave on time and arrive when they should.😁 Our accomodation here is a 3 bedroom apartment ( no we a...
Madrid ‐ Jul 23, 2019

390.8 km

Madrid

Move from Seville to Madrid on the fasts train to Madrid great way to travel the train way very comfortable and cool. Arrived around 3.30pm with enough time to settle in. To our hotel then hop in a ax...
Estación de Autobuses Plaza de Armas ‐ Jul 19, 2019

179.1 km
Faro Airport, Portugal

87.8 km

Pick up ALSA Buses
Lagos ‐ Jul 17, 2019

293.9 km

Marina Rio, Avenida Dos Descobrimentos Apa

+15

Lagos day two

+6

Lagos day two

Up early and on the road again, started with a walk down the Main Street to the central shopping district where we did a lot of window shopping, no purchases today.... we did find a shop selling genui...

Lagos

Up early raring to go...... ian and sue off to pickup the car, then our next leg, start a 3 hr drive to Lagos ( pronounced Lagoosh) so we were told by the receptionist to our hotel who tried to teach...
Lisbon ‐ Jul 15, 2019

1 642.8 km

Hotel Real Palacio 2 Nights

+19

Portugal

Lisbon

Well we finally arrived in Lisbon at around 11.00 pm after a delay at the airport but only a minor one. Our hotel is very nice, Sue had arrived around 4 hours earlier so had retired. Early start next...
Dublin, Ireland

162.2 km

Plane to Portugal
Belfast, United Kingdom ‐ Jul 12, 2019

170.8 km

3 nights
Donegal, Ireland ‐ Jul 11, 2019

204.5 km

1 Night

+18

Donegal Ballybofey

We arrived at the Jackson Hotel after an interesting drive from Galway, the GPS Loves taking you off road if you make one wrong turn. But we made it..... we sat next to a trio of women out for a girls...
Galway ‐ Jul 8, 2019

240.6 km

3 Nights

+15

Galway

have have a quiet three days staying at Galway. It has been cold but am told it is typical Irish summer which is a nice lead up to the heat we might receive next week in Portugal. We went for a drive...
Dingle ‐ Jul 5, 2019

53.2 km

Dingle Peninsular Hotel 2 Nights

Back on the road again, heading north from Dingle

After our delays in Killarney, we arrived here in Dingle Saturday afternoon. Went out to see "Fungi" the dolphin today - interesting trip in the bay where one dolphin in the wild (the sea) routinely e...
Cahernane Hotel Killarney ‐ Jun 28, 2019

86.4 km

Cahernane House Hotel 8 nights

+13

Killarney,kerry
Cork ‐ Jun 27, 2019

120.4 km

Clayton Hotel - 1 Night
Waterford ‐ Jun 26, 2019

163.2 km

The Fitwilton Hotel - 1 night

+10

Kilkenny and waterford

Kilkenny and Waterford

Woke at 4.30 am (jet lag). So used the time to plan our day, off to Kilkenny castle. What a beautiful town Kilkenny is lots of small laneways and of course the castle. It had been owned by the Butler...
Sandymount Dublin ‐ Jun 25, 2019

1 377.4 km

Sandymount Hotel check-in 3pm - 1 Night
Munich, Germany

9 058.2 km

Munich to Dublin 2hrs 25 min
Hong Kong, China ‐ Jun 24, 2019

7 369 km

Hong Kong to Munich. 13 hrs
MELBOURNE Airport, Australia ‐ Jun 24, 2019

Melb-Hong Kong 10hrs 40 min

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