Day 14 – our last full day of the holiday. Tomorrow night we start the long schlep back to NZ from Paris. Well before leaving home I booked Disneyland tickets for the three Scotts who wanted to visit. Murray had some work to do in Paris, so after we had filled ourselves from the brilliantContinue reading “You can’t beat happiness”
Monthly Archives: July 2023
Trains, more trains and Ubermobiles
Day 12 was a day of using nearly every mode of transport under the sun and making a return to backpacking. But first, we started with a lazy morning at the hotel packing up after a week of being stationary then getting an Uber to Slough Station. (The faces you make when your parents forceContinue reading “Trains, more trains and Ubermobiles”
Last days in London
It was a short walk from Waterloo Station to The London Dungeon, here we had unfinished business. In 2012 when Kennedy was nine and Christian was six the three of us visited this attraction. We got maybe ⅔ of the way through before one of the children was so freaked out we had to exitContinue reading “Last days in London”
A fractured family
Day 7 – a week of our holiday has gone by already and we are settling into something of a routine. Murray and I wake up at ‘old person o’clock’, somewhere between 6 and 7am. Murray ambles down to the local supermarket to pick up a newspaper and milk, and I message the kids toContinue reading “A fractured family”
Slough – ‘where life is stationery’
‘Not here you don’t. This hotel has been closed for years,’ are not the words you want to hear when you arrive at the hotel you think you’ve got a reservation in for the next week. My first thought was we’d be somehow scammed. Had I booked on a fake Holiday Inn website? But fromContinue reading “Slough – ‘where life is stationery’”
Backpacking – a blessing or a curse?
Day 5 – I think… I’ve gone into holiday mode where I’m never exactly sure of the time or day of the week, let alone how long ago we left NZ. When deciding how we were going to travel we opted to each take a backpack. The method to this madness was that it wouldContinue reading “Backpacking – a blessing or a curse?”
Tant de marche à Paris
Travel tips. Who doesn’t love them? I’m going to chuck in the odd thing I’ve learned along the way … I’d love to hear your favourite travel tips. Travel tip #1 – Flying – My advice is to reserve your seats early, but the day before your flight review your booking and look for sectionsContinue reading “Tant de marche à Paris”
Time for inspiration
It’s been a long time between trips to the Northern Hemisphere. With work having stalled my writing, I’m excited to be heading north for a few weeks and hoping to find the inspiration to get me going on my new standalone novel, the first part of which takes place in London and Paris, two ofContinue reading “Time for inspiration”
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