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Southern France [22 May - 02 June 2024]

Day 1: Bristol - Marseilles We're off again - it seems so long since we were on a plane! Just a short two hour hop from Bristol to Marseilles to start a lovely 10 day trip around the region. After picking up the hire car from just outside the airport, we drove to the beautiful and unusual town of Roussillon. It's known for its ochre cliffs, which come in a variety of dramatic colours, ranging from ochre yellow to fiery red. These colourful cliffs are the result of millions of years of erosion, exposing layers of ochre-rich sand. The town sits upon these cliffs and you get the most spectacular views over the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. On our arrival, and after settling into our hotel, we took an evening stroll around the town. It was so quiet - like a ghost town! Nevertheless, its beauty shone through. For our evening meal, we enjoyed the most wonderful dishes at one of the town's most popular restaurants where the cuisine was definitely French thro...

Greece is the Fabulous Word! [12th - 24th Sept 2024]

Day 1 - Bristol to Mykonos "Rise and shine!" my alarm chirped at the ungodly hour of 3.30am. Eyes bleary and limbs protesting, we stumbled out of bed, fueled by the promise of Mykonos' sun-kissed shores. We were off on our travels again. It seems like ages!! A quick shower and a coffee and a tea later, we bundled our prepacked luggage (nicely organised as always!) and headed off through the pre-dawn streets to Bristol airport. Our 6am flight was mercifully on time, but the journey to Mykonos was far from straightforward. No direct flights meant a very quick change in Naples, switching airlines, and wrestling with carry-on luggage and having to retrieve and recheck-in the hold luggage. No time to hang about! Despite the fatigue, everything went smoothly. Until the second flight. Naples to Mykonos turned out to be the noisiest flight of our lives. Picture this: a plane packed with excited holidaymakers including a very excitable bridal party, the decibel level rising with ...

Day #72 & #73 - Halfway! Where Did That Day Go?

Christmas arrived at the hotel! So two days' blog posts for the price of one today. Why? Well, today was a transit day where we were travelling from Tahiti to New Zealand. This means we crossed the international date line and went from being about 10 hours behind our friends and family in the UK to being about 12 hours ahead. We suddenly jumped from Saturday morning into Sunday afternoon. While the principle is straightforward, its practical implications really do screw with your mind. Luckily, we let the travel agent take care of this phase of the trip and so all our flights, hotels and connections went smoothly.

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