Day 00: 32 hours is a long time
Our 2024 adventure kicked off with a 32 hour journey from Canberra to Montréal. In between was Sydney, Auckland and New York. The ever reliable Moses who has been driving...
Three Rooms, Two Dinners, One Ship
Anyone who has read our travel blog knows that Mardi and I are creatures of habit. Just take a peek at our ten trips to New York – same hotel, same flights....
NYC10 – Day 23: Time after time, time after time
It’s that time again. Time to say farewell to the city we fell in love with in 2010. All those years ago we thought it was a trip of a...
NYC10 – Day 00: Its been fours years since you looked at me
After four years our return to New York has finally arrived. Things are a bit different this time. Qantas has a new flight, QF3, which departs Sydney and goes via...
Day 00 – Getting to Anaheim
Saturday, 11 March rolled around pretty quickly and before I knew it, I was in another taxi, on another flight, but this time it wasn’t Sydney, Melbourne or Brisbane. It...
Day 24: An extended birthday
I turn 54 today. It’s a bit weird. My birthday at home is over and I’ll spend the best part of today traveling west, which means by the time today...
Day 20: Screwed up and still sick
Mardi has had another difficult night. We had planned to see Bob, so I venture out on my own. Mardi goes back to sleep. I walk to the subway. I...
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 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,...
Day 31: Stats, and a quick run around
452,256 steps in the Big Apple375 kms walked554 floors climbed, those Dann subway steps59 trips on the subway31 perfect nights at the always feels like home AKAToo many burgers6 great...
Day 00: Journey Start
Waking Tuesday morning to a balmy but dark Canberra, we gave ourselves about an hour to do a few last little things before our cab arrived. 3.45 quickly became 4.45...
Day 03: Time for home, but first
We are due to fly home later tonight and arrange late checkout. We start packing and then head off for our last breakfast. Delicious as usual. After breakfast we wander...
Day 00: It begins
As most Australians celebrated a horse race, Mardi and I lit out of Canberra for our sixth New York City odyssey. Luigi didn't want us to go, the other felines and...
Day 29: Journey end
We started our last day with the massive task of packing. Left overs for breakfast and lunch, an odd selection of cheese, porridge, chocolate and fruit. A bit different but...
Day 00: Away we go
We planned our fifth trip to NYC in February this year. Last year's trip was a mixed bag, but as always we had a great time. I suffered a major...
Day 30: Back to reality
I use our free morning to visit the Top of the Rock. Mardi drops me off. I’m still lacking confidence in getting around and Mardi’s help has been invaluable. I...
Day 00: A chance to get away
Wow, what a year. People often say they sometimes live on a roller coaster of a ride for their life. Well, ordinarily I’d say, not me. Life is reasonable calm,...
2013: Hong Kong
29 May to 2 June 2013 Day 00 A place we’d wanted to visit in a while was Hong Kong. The blend of cultures, the old and the new. So...
Day 00: Good things come in threes…
Who would have believed that for the third year in a row we would get an opportunity to visit the Big Apple. This time though it was a deliberate choice...
Day 08: So long and thanks…
Time to go home. We pack and ready ourselves for the 30 odd hour journey back to Canberra. I visit Times Square one last time and soak in the vibe, the...
Day 09: Good-bye, good-bye good-bye
Our last day in New York. What a trip it has been. Today we walk to Central Park for one last visit and enjoy the beautiful surrounds and tranquility of...
Day 00: So ya, thought ya, might like to, go to the show
In late 2009 Roger Waters (Pink Floyd) announced a tour of the USA where he would recreate the classic Pink Floyd shows of 1980/81 featuring the seminal album The Wall....