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I had set an alarm for 4:30, but I was awake about 20 minutes earlier. I got up and decided to make use of the nice rainfall shower. By the time I had showered and dried off, the alarm was about to go off. Graham got up and got ready. I got dressed and packed…

  After over a year of planning, it was time to embark on the next big adventure. I had packed very early by my standards due to the shifts I was on that week. I then ended up partially repacking when I came home from my late shift the previous day as I had changed my mind…

It is a bit unusual to start a trip report at the end rather than at the beginning. Sadly, there is a good reason for this. While Graham and I were sitting at New York JFK airport waiting for our flight home, a dear friend and her husband were involved in a serious car accident…

When circumstances stop me travelling for any length of time,  once I can travel again, I tend to do slightly crazy stuff. In early 2022, once travelling within Europe became easier again after the pandemic, I decided to take a day trip to Disneyland Paris. This year, I was on medical house arrest for two…

Sometimes a restless night has its advantages. I was up and down like a yo-yo again. I read for part of the time I was awake, but I also did some research about what we could to with the half day we had left. Originally, I had planned to revisit an old favourite, the Street…

After another fairly restless night, I gave up around 7:00 and got up. I got showered and dressed. Graham was awake when I came out of the bathroom. He got ready, too. Then we headed down for breakfast. We both had coffee and juice. Graham had yoghurt, berry compote and a croissant. I had a waffle and…

I learned an important lesson that night. An arthritic knee and a single bed are not a match made in heaven. The bed was very comfortable, but there was not a lot of it. Ever since I started to have issues with my knee, I have changed position at night a lot to stay comfortable.…

We did not have particularly early start, which was very welcome as I had been on the late shift the day before and I had not packed. We got up at 09:00 and Graham made me a coffee and a cheese toastie, while I got myself organized. We took turns getting showered and we headed…

 I suppose travelling has always been in my blood and sometimes travelling really can be a live changing experience. In the early days of travelling by myself, I was on a very tight budget. To maximise the travelling I could do, I spent about 80% of the time on working holidays with the remaining 20%…

I must have slept for most of the flight as time had passed really quickly. I woke up when they were starting to serve breakfast. Graham was awake as well.  It was a funny meal choice as it was lunch time in London. As airline breakfasts go, this was quite edible. We had orange juice and…