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May 2-3, Porto and Regua
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It’s cold and rainy in Porto, but we get up early and walk down steep, rain-slick streets to board our boat to Regua. We are assigned to table 14 — all tables are below deck in a surprisingly large room… Continue reading
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Apr 12 Bendigo to Port Douglas
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Drive from Bendigo to Hanging Rock. Then on to Melbourne airport, fly to Cairns, and drive to Port Douglas. Quite a day! Our creation myth, our personal Dreamtime, is that Cynthia was working between teaching gigs for Sandy McKenzie at… Continue reading
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Feb 20 Havelock North, Hawke’s Bay
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Wine tasting, The Figgury, and family lamb dinner. After a lovely sleep — the main corridor of this airy, modern house has footlights on motion sensors at night — David dressed to climb Te Mata, the mountain behind the house,… Continue reading
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Feb 16 Waitomo to Turangi
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Drive from Waitomo to Turangi with Pureora hiking on the way. The usual coffee for David, tea for Cynthia, we pack and leave Waitomo’s caves, wending our way on well maintained two-lane roads up, down but not as sharply around… Continue reading
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Feb 13 Auckland
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Tour wonderful art museum and Anglican Church More gray scudding clouds with intermittent rain so Judy drives us up, down and around Auckland’s many volcanic hills to the Art Gallery, an architectural marvel made to look like kauri trees… Continue reading
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Feb 10 Auckland
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Judith Bishell is waiting at Auckland airport, settles us in and takes us around town. We have settled into Judy Bishell’s IMMACULATE home where we spread the contents of our luggage — we already realize that we have brought… Continue reading
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