Day 00: New York nine is on
I was up before the alarm it was set for 3.30am. The house was quiet as I rose and stood by our open door, listening to the pre-dawn sounds. The...
2019: Boston
Harvard Business School: 26 July to 4 Agues 2019 26 July 2019 I wanted to expand my leadership skills and as such over the last 12 months I explored a...
Day 19 – Thanks, until next time…
We pack and get ready to depart. Our tradition now is that I sit in Times Square for a while, reflect and then we grab Shake Shack for brunch and then...
Day 18 – Sax, Central, Greenwich
We are off home tomorrow. It’s been another wonderful trip to New York, our eighth. I think back to 2010 when we first visited this city. We were clueless. We...
Day 17 – Wet and wild
Wey, wet, wet today. We venture out to 34th Street and I take some photos using the rain as inspiration. The Empire State Building looks eerie in the doom and gloom....
Day 16 – The Bronx
We head off to the Bronx this morning. Arthur Avenue is our destination for a food tour. The trip there on the subway and walk once we arrive is a...
Day 15 – A winter village
We spend the morning at Bryant Park. The Bryant Park Winter Village is a popular seasonal market located in the heart of Manhattan, New York City. It is known for...
Day 14 – From Escher to Eleven Madison
We visited an Escher Exhibition in the morning, located in a renovated warehouse down on 34th and 2nd Avenue. An eclectic space of exhibitions, food halls and installations. Escher work is just...
Day 13 – Spying
A lazy morning followed by a James Bond type interactive exhibit called Spyscape filled much of our morning and early afternoon. Spyscape is in a sleek and modern building in the heart...
Day 12 – Some rats
After the heavens opened yesterday and drenched us, the sun does its best to drench us in beautiful sunshine today, albeit with little warmth. We venture up town with a...
Day 11 – Time to escape
It’s a cool and over cast day with some rain forecast for later this afternoon. We head down to SoHo and look around the shops while the weather is fine...
Day 10 – Central Park to Mexico
We wanted to see a little bit more of Central Park and as area we hadn’t visited before. We were keen to visit the Museum of New York as well....
Day 09 – Seeing Pink
Today we head uptown to the Fashion Institute. There is a Pink exhibition, not the performer, the colour. We wander the vast collection, which showcases how pink has been used through...
Day 08 – Black Friday
We heads out for a bit of Black Friday shopping today. We always avoid Midtown, it just gets too manic, so we head down to 23rd Street and the Flatiron district....
Day 07 – Thanksgiving at -17 degrees C
We woke on Thanksgiving with the weather forecast suggesting a maximum day time temperature of -17 degrees Celsius. What? Wow, that’s cold. Nonetheless I headed out early for a look...
Day 06 – There be chocolate
After a busy day yesterday on the road, we take it a little easier today. We wander 5th Avenue and visit the Lindt Store, grabbing some chocolates for snacks in our...
Day 05 – There be shops
Our annual trip for a discounted shopping day is today. We’ve done this trip a few times and today we seem to be less enthusiastic as in previous years. There...
Day 04 – There be gold!
Finally! For eight years I’ve been trying to book for a tour, a very limited and hard to get tickets for tour. It’s free. It runs twice a day, four...
Day 03 – Discovering Hudson
Today we wander along 42nd Street and head out to Hudson Yards. Around four blocks across town and ten down and we arrive at 9th and 34th. We are stunned by the...
Day 02 – There be snow!
This morning we are keen to see if there is any snow on the ground in Central Park. It’s still very cold so we rug up and had out. We...
Day 01 – Hello, old friend
Day one is usually our admin day, the day we sort ourselves out. We sleep in after the long journey we ae exhausted. We then head out in the afternoon...
Day 00 – NYC Eight – still loving it!
We left for New York, early as usual, departing home at 4.30am. Little did we know this was going to be our longest trip ever to get to our hotel,...
April 2018: Tokyo
We finished our trip with a week in Tokyo. This mad place is busy, modern, old, clean and so much fun.
12 April 2018: Hiroshima
There are few places I've been, well no place I've been, which has effected me like Hiroshima. I didn't know what to expect or how I would feel. But before...
April 2018: Kyoto
Another step back in time to traditional Japan. A wonderful eclectic city. Kinkaku-ji Kinkaku-ji Kinkaku-ji Kinkaku-ji Kinkaku-ji
April 2018: Osaka
We enjoyed a week in Osaka as part of a two week tour of Japan. We travelled with our good friends Mick and Kelli. Osaka is kid Japan. Lots of...
2018 Queenstown
24 March to 29 March 2018: Queenstown The Chair of RAAus, Mick and I were invited to the iAOPA conference in 2018, which was held in Queenstown in late March....
Day 06: Journey end
Our last day in Japan started with a relaxing breakfast in the club lounge. Perched atop Shinjuku we enjoyed poached eggs and granola. Chatting to the staff and saying goodbye...
Day 05: Staying local
Our last full day in Tokyo allowed us to stay local and wander the streets in our local area. From a cat cafe to Muji, a tempura lunch to the...
Day 04: Walking Ginza
After a leisurely breakfast we headed for Ginza. A 30 minute train ride to an area where one part resembles New York's fifth avenue and another the back streets of...
Day 03: From Fuji to Shibuya
We stared our day with another delicious breakfast from the 45th floor. Unlike yesterday the rain and low cloud had given way to a nicer, brighter day, although mostly cloudy....
Day 02: Wet to the core
Last night we checked the weather forecast. 26 and sunny. We woke this morning to 16 and pouring rain. Something somewhere went wrong. Nonetheless we had made plans for visiting Ueno...