World Tour 2008
In and around World
Alaskain Icefields, Boston Red Sox, Scandinavian Vikings, The Kremlin and Red Square, Green fields of Ireland and Scottish Castles here we come.
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Brisbird
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Ready.... Set....
A busy day today with us finalising all the stuff you have to do before leaving the country for 2 months. The most worrying thing was the fact that ou... Continue reading » -
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Sleepy in Seattle
Today we set off on our trip with a flight from Brisbane to Sydney. This flight was delayed for 30 mins, getting us to Sydney just in time for boar... Continue reading »
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Flying Fish and Flying Saucers
Today was a full day of sightseeing in Seattle. We walked the mile from the hotel to "downtown", stopping at the "Delightful Bakery" for breakfast... Continue reading »
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Underground and Overland
Today after breakfast at the hotel we headed out on a very brisk walk down hill to Pioneer Square. This was the starting point for the Underground... Continue reading »
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Bleary Eyed Travellers
Whoever decided that one must have their luggage ready for a 6am pick-up should be shot. Getting up at 5:15am is not good when you are still awake... Continue reading »
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All Creatures Great and Small
Today was a 5:10am start for our 7pm departure for Denali. We boarded our luxury coach - an old school bus with enough leg room for a 6 year old. A... Continue reading »
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This is a bus - not a luxury motorcoach
This morning we had to be ready by 6am, then to breakfast and the lobby for our scheduled 7:30am departure. By 7:45 all the other people in the lob... Continue reading »
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The Motion of the Ocean..
Today we were woken by the captain at 7:30am telling us we were entering College Fjord. This Fjord contains a number of glaciers that are named aft... Continue reading »
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Would you like Ice with that?
Today I woke feeling refreshed and not so queasy. The ship was not rocking and moving smoothly through the water. Outside temperature was 12 degree... Continue reading »
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Land ahoy... Haines, Alaska
This morning the ship docked at Haines at 6am before we woke up. I had arranged to have breakfast delivered to our room between 8-8:30am, thinking... Continue reading »
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Alaska's Capital
Today we arrived in port before we woke up and this time were lucky enough to have the dock right next to the middle of town. Our first tour for th... Continue reading »
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No more Jewellery stores... Please!!
Today the boat was not docking in the port of Ketchikan until after lunch. We took the opportunity to sleep in and have a lazy buffet breakfast on... Continue reading »
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Cruising the Inside Passage
Today was a day for sleeping in and taking it easy with a full day at sea cruising through the Inland Passage. After breakfast in Lido, we took our... Continue reading »
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Back on solid ground...
An early start today - Our disembarkation time was 7:15am - but the ship was a little behind schedule so it ended up being 7:45am. We opted from th... Continue reading »
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Downtown Vancouver
Today after a nice sleep-in (gotta get them while you can on this holiday), and a continental breakfasted at the hotel, it was off to the post offi... Continue reading »
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New England here we come
Yawn! Today it was up at 5am for our cross America flights to Boston. We had been told the previous day to allow at least two and a half to three h... Continue reading »
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Lets Go Out to the Ball Game...
Today we headed off on foot from the Hotel in the direction of Boston Common. The concierge said it was a nice 20min walk, turn right out the front... Continue reading »
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Hop-On-Hop-Off Boston
This morning we decided to breakfast in the hotel. Our table server for the day was a lovely old lady called Sofia (referred to as Princess Sofia b... Continue reading »
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Keep Right, Keep Right!!
Today it was off in the hire car for a leisurely drive to the area of Cape Cod. One plus was that the Ford Focus that I booked ended up being a VW... Continue reading »
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By hook or by crook
Today is our last day in Boston. We enjoyed a buffet breakfast and said our final goodbye to Sophia. We packed up the hire car with our luggage and... Continue reading »
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Lounge Hopping
Our flight to London was only 6hrs, interrupted by an evening and breakfast meal service, so sleep time was limited to about 3rs if you could get i... Continue reading »
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Berlin Bus
This morning the day started with a brief tour of Berlin city. Our first stop was the Brandenberg Gate. The major workers union was demonstrating a... Continue reading »
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Mary-ville
This morning we had a city site seeing tour with a local guide. There are only three skyscrapers in the city. These were built in the 50's and afte... Continue reading »
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Bring On ABBA-ville
Well we were pre-warned that today was going to be a long driving day, so not much to report in terms of sites to see (other than freeways).... Continue reading » -
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Stockholm Siteseeing
Today we headed off on our Stockholm city siteseeing tour. This started off with a not very exciting sounding visit to the Stockholm City Hall. Our... Continue reading »
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Hello Helsinki
Today it was a relaxing start to the day. After heading to bed so early last night, I found myself awake at 4am and reading my book for 3 hrs until... Continue reading »
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Goodbye Scandinavia
This morning we were up with the birds to leave Helsinki by 6:45am. This was to try o be at the front of the line of coaches at the Russian border... Continue reading »
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St Petersberg Siteseeing
Today was a full day of sightseeting and entertainment. The day started with a drive around the heritage area of the city, past the old city... Continue reading » -
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Peterhof Palace Gardens
We boarded the bus this morning for a one hour trip out to the Peterhof Palace and gardens. Even though the palace was destroyed by fire and anothe... Continue reading »
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Rushing in Russia
What a day! The day today was jam packed with activities that kept us on our feet pounding the pavement and subways of Moscow. An early morning sta... Continue reading »
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Russia - City to Country
Today it was a relaxed start to the day as we headed out to the Russian countryside towards to town of Zagorsk. On the way we pass small Russian Vi... Continue reading »
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Belarus
Today was a full driving day from Moscow through to Bela-Russia - Belarus. The roads out of Modcow were really, really bad, and with our seat rotat... Continue reading »
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Viva Vilnius
This morning we were given a sleep-in with our wake-up call at 8am, with our departure scheduled for 10am. Everyone was happy to get on the bus and... Continue reading »
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Vilnius Siteseeing
This morning the predicted temperature was 16c which we all agreed would have been quite pleasant. After stepping outside the hotel however, we wer... Continue reading »
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Wending to Warsaw
Today we left Vilnius on another full day of travel to Warsaw, Poland. It seems there are a higher proportion of crazy drivers on the roads over he... Continue reading »
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Warsaw Sightseeing
Today it was an early start to another full day of activities. Our first stop was to wazienki Park and the Chopin Memorial garden. On our way in we... Continue reading »
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Bus-n it back to Berlin
Today was the last day on this series of bus trips. We started out at 7:30am for our first two and a half hours. Coming towards the end of this fir... Continue reading »
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Back in the Old Country
This morning we said our final goodbyes at breakfast to our travelling companions. We were scheduled to take the 9am shuttle to the airport for our... Continue reading »
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University Town
This morning we started the day with a delicious breakfast and a brief chat to the other visitors to Warsborough B&B. There was a couple stayin... Continue reading »
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Yesteryear York
This morning we both woke very tired. Joe is feeling slightly better, but decides that maybe he should stay away from food today just to be safe. A... Continue reading »
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Chittoe
As the sun set on this overcast day, we made it to the Bristol area around 7pm and stopped at a local Marks&Spensor food stop and purchased salad... Continue reading » -
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Chester
This morning we had a most enjoyable breakfast with our hosts around the kitchen table. we ate fresh melon from their garden and I enjoyed an Engli... Continue reading »
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Medieval Lacock, Ashbury Henge, Dublin
This morning we awake to another overcast and raining day. The first task was to bath in our bath-only bathroom. The bath had a heritage style fauc... Continue reading »
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Introduction to Ireland
This morning it was a lazy start to the day with a late breakfast at 8am, and our city tour starting at 9am. This took us on a drive around the str... Continue reading »
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Studs and Crystal
Today we left Dublin and headed down country, through rolling fields of green and quaint villages. A misty rain was falling and our tour director M... Continue reading »
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Dungarvan, Cork, Blarney, Killarney
Today we set off at 9am for our drive from Waterford to Killarney. It started out as a brilliant day without a cloud in the sky, one of the only 40... Continue reading »
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Ring of Kerry
Today we woke up to plenty of Irish Softness and Freshness. It was rainy and cold from the breeze. After a nice Irish breakfast we headed off on th... Continue reading »
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We are not joking, we went to Limerick...
This morning we set off for a short touring day. It was pouring rain today so we were happy to be in the bus, rather than doing a morning walking t... Continue reading »
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Galway, Conamarra, Drumcliffe, Bundoran
Wahoo! Today we finallay awoke to a fine day! We were all very happy to not have to deal with rain jackets and umbrellas. After our short touring d... Continue reading »
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Londonderry to Ballygally
Our first stop today was the Belleek Pottery Centre. This factory is famous for its unique basket weave design pieces. A number of the ladies on th... Continue reading »
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Pipes and Highland Dancers
After breakfast this morning we had a quick walk around the back garden of the hotel - BallyGally Castle. Although now with many extensions, the or... Continue reading »
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Loch Lomond Cruising
The first activity of the day was our river cruise down Loch Lomond. We set off on our boat at 10am for our hour cruise. It was quite chilly... Continue reading » -
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Loch Ness, Cullendon, Inverness
Today we head off in anticipation of seeing Nessie at Loch Ness. Mike diverts the coach briefly to show us a "Witches Bridge" - properly named Carr... Continue reading »
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Time to Tee off at St Andrews
This morning we left Granton-on Spey and were heading off towards Edinburgh. A 90min drive first brought us to Atholl and Blair Castle. Mike had sa... Continue reading »
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Edinburgh Sightseeing
Off we went this morning with our local tour guide John Stalker first to Edinburgh Castle. We arrived early for the 9:30 opening, which gave us tim... Continue reading »
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Homeward Bound
A slow start to the morning with us not having to be on a bus to go anywhere early. We got up in time to say goodbye to the travellers that were le... Continue reading »
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More than halfway home
This is an entry for our two hour stop-over at Bangkok airport. Only enough time to have a shower and get back on the plane for the 9hr trip to Sydney... Continue reading » -
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Good to be home.. nearly...
Well, made it back to Sydney. The flight from Bangkok was ok - but as expected I didn't get much sleep. I did avail myself of a very nice evening m... Continue reading »
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Home Sweet Home
Woohoo!! Finally made it back, and it is a nice mild day here in Brizzy. No issues with our luggage at this end. Had problems finding our transfer... Continue reading »
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