We started our second week in Japan by saying good-bye to the delightful Celestine Hotel and boarding a Shinkansen for Tokyo. We treated ourselves to some first class luxury on...
An Uber, plane, bus, plane, monorail, train and bullet train (Shinkansen) and here we are: Kyoto. The first leg of a visit to Japan. Next week Tokyo. We arrive at...
Our last full day this trip and what a day. Perfect weather again, it’s 15 degrees Celsius with mostly sunny skies. We head uptown, it’s quiet uptown, you’d like it...
Friday dawns cold and wet. Only our second wet day in three weeks. We enjoy a slow and lazy morning: packing a bit, sorting out our apartment, washing. We then...
The first evening of sub zero temperatures dawned sunny. I venture downstairs to check the weather before we head out. It’s cold At around 11am it’s only 2 degrees. We’ve...
The day after Thanksgiving has become an event in itself. These days called Black Friday, shops go into overdrive offering massive discounts. Not wanting to shop in midtown or at...
Today is Thanksgiving day. We put the parade on TV when we wake up and a little while later I wander downstairs to check out the parade first hand. As...
About 12 hours of rain has cleared and we emerge on Wednesday to bright sunny but cool weather. Today we visit the museum of broadway. It’s close by and when...
We were up early, well early for a holiday: 8.30. We were meeting Bob at Grand Central. He was hosting an Untapped New York tour of the terminal. He invited...
Today is the 10th straight day of perfect sunshine. Although the temperature is down. We’ve had some awesome weather, mid teens most days, today it is 5 degrees. We head...
After a hectic week - well hectic for a holiday, we needed a holiday from our holiday. Although it started at 4am for me. Australia were playing India in the...
After a week of walking around 15,000 steps a day plus Mardi’s infected toe we decide today to take it easy and rest our legs a bit. Well. That didn’t...
Mardi is laid up today, her foot is getting better and should be back on the road tonight, we have dinner planned with Bob and Cathy. I wake early and...
We venture out today for brunch to a little cafe down in SOHO. It’s called Jack’s wife Freda. We catch the subway downtown to Spring St and walk a few...
The awesome weather continues, 12 degrees, bright and sunny. Unfortunately Mardi has done something to a toe. It looks swollen and very sore, so she decides to put her feet...
After a very long drawn out journey, we were exhausted. But jet lag kicked in pretty hard. We had an interrupted nights sleep and got up a couple of times...
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...
Seven flights Six cities Five hotels Two train rides One long car trip Canberra - Sydney - California - Boston - NYC - Boston - Drummondville - Montreal - Toronto...
Niagara Falls is one of the most iconic and breathtaking natural wonders in the world, and while the falls are shared by both the United States and Canada, many argue...
Another early start, another flight, another two airports. The story of this trip is travel. And I am starting to feel it. Although I test negative to COVID, I have...
The next morning David, I have breakfast and then drive to the Montréal office of humanware, this office is known as the Innovation Centre. It has the technical teams, which...