Home sweet home

After crossing the International Date Line and skipping a day, we landed in Auckland after 0500 on 24 June 2004.  We picked up a relocation vehicle from Avis to drive home.  It was a very special deal for NZD19 including airport surcharge and we had to return it to the city office near our home […]

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Easy transit

Above:  Probably the Grand Canyon before descending into Los Angeles. We landed in Los Angeles around 1930.  Again, we had a 2h transit but this time we didn’t have to collect our bags, clear immigration and run upstairs to check-in.  We only had to tolerate an immigration clearance in a makeshift transit area.  A much […]

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Hyde Park

Above:  Dog walker on the streets of London. Morning in London Today we will hopefully fly to Los Angeles and then to Auckland.  With departure at 1615, we had some time to spend in London. Breakfast at the hotel around 0830 was a pleasant continental but the star of the buffet for me was the […]

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Catching out the departing tourists

Tourist trap Today we leave Krakow for London for a one-night stay.  We have the morning to kill, so I took the tram to Old Town once again, for one last look.  Kim opted to read and relax in the room. Text continues after this gallery.     We checked out around 1220 and hopped […]

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Dinner with friends

We landed at Gatwick around 1700 and took the slow train into London for GBP8 instead of the Gatwick Express which cost about 50% more but only saved 3 minutes journey time. In London, we had booked to stay at the modest Stuart Hotel where we had stayed less than a year ago.  But they […]

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Auschwitz & Birkenau

Trip to Auschwitz & Birkenau It was a rainy day.  Rather heavy rain actually.  After breakfast we took the tram and bus to town where we had about five minutes to spare before our bus ride to Auschwitz. The trip took about 1h30 but couldn’t see anything on the outside due to condensation on the […]

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Underground Salt Mine

Old Town and Wawel Castle This morning started differently, with band music from across the road.  It turned out to be a military band practice for a big event tonight.  Breakfast consisted of a huge cold buffet. We took a tram around 0900 towards Krakow’s Old Town.  We couldn’t find a kiosk nearby and had […]

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Tatra National Park

Visiting Tatra National Park Today we’re doing an excursion from Zakopane to the Tatra National Park, before moving on to Krakow.  Our host dropped us off at the train station around 0900 where we stored our luggage.  We were lucky to get on the bus to Morskie Oko straight away.  The road took us through […]

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The high country

Moving to Zakopane We woke at 0430 because the sky was bright as, but managed to fall back asleep till 0630.  We ate our simple breakfast and returned the apartment key before taking the tram to Warsaw Centralna.  Unfortunately, we took the tram that made a turn as we got to that part of town.  […]

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Psycho weather day

It was very windy and cloudy when we woke. It made us feel lazy.  After another simple breakfast of muesli and tea, we took the tram and metro to town, using a different route. First stop was the Historical Museum of Warsaw in the old town.  Not all exhibits had captions in English so we […]

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