Day 03 – A Quiet Day in Fjordland
After a hectic embarkation and two full days at sea, yesterday was exactly what we needed. Slow, quiet and restorative. We took the morning gently, drifting between reading and watching...
Day 02 – Turning 60 feels like…
I never thought I’d spend my 60th birthday somewhere on the Tasman Sea, on a luxury cruise liner between Sydney and New Zealand. But Mardi, who always plans ahead, booked...
Day 01 – The day the ceiling fell in, quite literally!
After a long travel day yesterday we slept well, but the morning gave us a shock. Around 6.00am ship time I got up to use the bathroom. While I was...
Day 00 – Discovering a Princess
It was already 30 degrees when we left Canberra at 8.00am. Three hours later we arrived in Sydney where it had climbed to 35. We moved quickly from the air-conditioned...
Sydney to Eden and Back
Anthem of the Seas felt less like a ship and more like a floating little city that we got to call home for a while. From the moment we walked...
Cruising Sydney to New Zealand to Sydney
In April Mardi and I decided to cruise from Sydney around New Zealand and back to Sydney. I'd had a couple of very tough months. Well, not only me, my...
Day 35 – 41: It’s a Long Way Home…
X marks the spot and we arrive back in We arrive back in New York on Saturday morning exactly where we left seven days earlier for our cruise. We have...
Day 34: Sea days are fun
Our last full day is a sea day. The skipper has put the foot down and we are en route to New York. As our trip winds down we take...
Day 33: Thanks (giving) Bermuda
Another glorious day greets us with a temperature of 23 degrees and stunning sunshine. The turquoise water of Bermuda shimmers at us as if saying goodbye as we prepare to...
Day 32: Turtles, pink sand and spectacular views
We are up early today. A quick breakfast in the main dining room starts us off well before we head ashore. Our tour today starts at 9.00am. We arrive in...
Day 31: Beautiful Bermuda
The ship docks at 8.00am and we rise to a warm day with scattered cloud. We have a shire excursion a little later in the day, but manage to time...
Day 29/30: All at sea, in a good way
Wow. What an awesome experience just cruising across the vast expanse of the North Atlantic Ocean. For two days we cruise in a south east direction. We make about 11...
Day 28: Prima to Bermuda
This trip has been bookended by cruises. The second phase starts today. We head off and say goodbye to the team at the AKA. They are always awesome and so...
Day 27: The Met in the wet
Rain continues to pour as Ne Yorkers rejoice. We duck and run for The Met. It’s always warm and dry. We first grab a quick lunch. Some nice sushi. We...
Day 26: Rain at last!
New Yorkers have been wishing for rain for months. And today. Thursday. their wish comes true. It’s bucketing down. We expect 50mm in the next 12 hours. We head out....
Day 25: It all goes wrong! It’s a play, we’re OK!
We are both feeling pretty tired still, so another relatively easy day is in order. We did get some tickets to see a show, so lunch and the show is...
Day 24: Lunch at Tony’s
We’ve been on the go now, non stop for three weeks, and today it caught up with us. Mardi was feeling a bit run down, so decided to stay home...
Day 23: High Line and highlights
We headed across town and downtown to Hudson Yards today. 11th Ave and 33rd street. Hudson yards houses a number of skyscrapers, the Vessel and is where the High Line...
Day 22: Then stand, Alexander. Weehawken. Dawn. Guns Drawn.
We headed out to Weehawken today. It’s in New Jersey. We caught the bus from the Port Authority again. Aside from getting yelled at for using the wrong door and...
Day 21: The long walk, twice!
I lit out a little early today. I wanted to grab some extra footage for some YouTube videos between 23rd and 44th. So I grabbed the subway and walked back....
Day 20: Broadway and burgers
We headed down to 14th Street, Union Square today. A walk through the Union Square Markets was our plan. The markets are probably the best at this time of year....
Day 19: Seeing the Eye in The Sky
We reached the halfway point of our time in NYC. It’s been a hectic few days. Today we decide to take it easy. No two or three hour walks today....
Day 18: Through the looking glass
We were presented with another glorious day. The weather has just been great. Most days in the high teens, Celsius. Although a cool change is forecast for the next few...
Day 17: Broadway and great friends
Today we continue our walk along Broadway. Today we commence at Canal Street, where we left off yesterday. It’s a bit cooler today and there’s a strong wind going down...
Day 16: Staten Island Ferry to Broadway
We’ve visited New York eleven times together and never caught the Staten Island Ferry. So today is the day. It’s 20 degrees Celsius, the sun is shining ands it’s a...
Day 15: Imagine that
The weather continues to be awesome. Mid teens most days and fine and sunny. We start the day with a walk to 9th and 34th. We visit B and H...
Day 14: Greenwich village and a guitar legend
After a lazy morning, tea and granola, we head down town to Greenwich Village. It’s a busy Saturday as we arrive at Bleecker Street. We then simply wind our way...
Day 13: NYC, we’re back!
Wow, just wow. That’s a different way to arrive into NYC. All of our previous visits we’ve flown into JFK airport. Invariably late at night and exhausted after 24 hours...
Day 12: Nearing the end in Newport
We made a very slow journey from Boston to Newport Rhoda Island. part of our journey over night was navigating the very narrow Cape Cod Canal. Opened in 1916 as...
Day 11: Beautiful in Boston
We wake this morning in the birthplace of American democracy. The same day the American people elected the biggest threat to democracy, not in in the USA, but around the...
Day 10: Passing through Portland
We arrive into Portland at u.00am. It’s wet, but warm. It’s a funny morning as 670 of us need to get cleared through immigration before being let loose in the...
Day 09: Sub zero in St John
By now you’ll be noticing the weather theme in the titles. It has been colder than we expected and it is unusually cold for this time of year. We are...