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September 6 Amboise – last day
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Liliane invited us to dinner at her house in Les Montils. Both Chambord and Cheverney are closer to her than us in Amboise so we decided to go to the castles in the afternoon and then to her house. Since… Continue reading
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Amboise September 5
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Touring Amboise today. And, lunch with Liliane and Richard! Driving into town we came across a parking lot that had spaces. So, we grabbed one. Then we needed to figure out how to pay. Here is the sign on the… Continue reading
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Paris September 1
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After a late breakfast we set off for the Yves St Laurent museum. But on the way we did a little shopping. Enough that we had to return to the hotel with our purchases. But, so much fun. Traveling with… Continue reading
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August 22 Seattle CHS
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Our last day together in Seattle. Planned lazy morning and packing for our early departures tomorrow. Carolyn wants us to read a New Yorker article on Alex Katz before our museum tour. It is fun to see her enthusiasm… Continue reading
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May 3 Suva to Rakiraki
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Buy kava from Koro at Suva market, Wayne and Myra connect with family of old friend, drive to Rakiraki. Cynthia and I wake early for two reasons: 1) So we can drive into central Suva to pick up her sulu… Continue reading
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Apr 30 Nadi to Suva
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Queens Road from Nadi to Suva with interesting stop in Sigatoka for lunch and old Tongan fort. We load bags into the trunk of our VW Polo and tool out of Nadi under sunny skies, heading south for Suva. Our… Continue reading
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Apr 25 Sydney
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ANZAC Day Parade Despite Cynthia’s cold — it’s a doozy and she IS a trooper — we get up early-ish and put on some nice-ish clothes because our host, David Williams, will march in the parade and has invited us… Continue reading
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Apr 21 Melbourne
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After breakfast, Cynthia and I take the train into Melbourne to see Simon’s sculptures in 101 Collins Street. The office building is the “Fifth Avenue” of Melbourne, so the Bulgari jewelry store down the street has two guards dressed as… Continue reading
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Apr 20 Melbourne
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During brekkie, Jim and Jenni show us photographs of the sheep farm they bought and renovated and lived in about a light year in the past: fifty-plus acres and more than 100 sheep and a variety of other animals. Then David… Continue reading
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Apr 19 Sandy Point to Williamstown
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Sadly, the Big Chill must end and after brekkie we pack, load into Jim and Jenni’s car to return to Williamstown — leaving David Williams to burn trash and find the Tiger snake, and Helen to catch a bus to… Continue reading
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Apr 18 Sandy Point
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David runs along a typical twisting-through-the-forest-along-the-edge-of-the-water path to an inlet, watching for koala and Tiger snakes. None. The tide is out so the inlet is a mud flat about the size of four baseball fields. Several pelicans, a dozen black… Continue reading
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Apr 17 Melbourne to Sandy Point
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Tuesday morning continues our string of basically beautiful weather. After caffeinating we load David and Helen’s diesel Range Rover, get $225 of gas poured into its two tanks, and motor about three-plus hours to Sandy Point, a beautiful beach community… Continue reading
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Apr 10 Hall’s Gap to Dreamtime
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Visit with Hanson family, tour area with Aboriginal guide. What do 1,000 cockatoos sound like in the morning right outside your window? Answer: You don’t know because you can’t think. The sound is so loud that it numbs your senses.… Continue reading
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Apr 8 McLaren Vale, Glenelg, Adelaide
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McLaren Vale wine, lunch and Glenelg beach walk with Doull’s, Adelaide evening. We caffeinate, throw laundry into the hotel’s machine, arrange for maids to dry it and put it in our room, and make tracks for vineyards in McLaren Vale,… Continue reading
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Mar 30 Wynyard
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After a late breakfast, we tool off to Stanley in the Volvo we certainly are getting to know well. Stanley is a beautiful, tiny port town about an hour from Wynyard. It’s the birthplace of Joseph Lyons, the only Tasmanian… Continue reading
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Mar 22 Melbourne
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Treasury and Parliament buildings and the Immigration Museum David runs down Bayview and turns left, toward the town beach where a dozen bathers of all ages, some in scuba gear, others in thongs, swim in the pre-dawn bay, and a… Continue reading
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Mar 20 Christchurch to Melbourne
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Fly to Melbourne and see Jenny and Jim for the first time in about 40 years. We wake at 3:30 in the morning, hurriedly put on clothes and take our bags to the street where we are picked up by… Continue reading
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Mar 7 Havelock
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Pelorus Sound mailboat run and green mussels in Havelock. Into the car by 9:10 and drove in driving rain to Havelock, the green mussel capital of New Zealand and, perhaps, the world. A small town on a bend in the… Continue reading
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Mar 6 Blenheim
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David downs coffee with Roberta at 6:15 a.m. and hits the road with her and John, depositing them at the Picton ferry, bound for a flight from Wellington to southern adventures, and spins the car back into the Blenheim apartment… Continue reading
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Mar 3 Abel Tasman to Nelson
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Last day of Abel Tasman tramp. Kayaking around Adele Island, return to Nelson for Indian dinner with David and Helen from Auckland. We woke up for a 7:15 breakfast, packed the essentials that lay on the racks out back, the… Continue reading
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