Author Archives: russell

Friday 6th – Heraklion / Knossos and about in Crete A really nice breakfast again down in the hotel.  We seem to be getting cooked breakfasts and not continental as expected which is more points for you Renee. We headed … Continue reading →

Tuesday 3rd May – Rhodes, The largest and most fertile of the Greek Islands I didn’t get a bad sleep, waking at most of the stops but getting back to sleep very easily  Not sure if the others were so … Continue reading →

Thursday 28th – Off to Mykonos Up at 5.15am, although somebody did ring me from NZ at  2 am, I hadn’t worked out how to keep my alarm on and the phone silent.  Maybe flight mode would have done it.  … Continue reading →

Wednesday 27 April – Athens As usual Airports and flying is a pretty boring time and totally in contrast to our time in Shanghai where we seemed busy the whole time and when we weren’t we were that tired we … Continue reading →

Shanghai – Saturday 23 April   What a day but first I really should say a big thank you to Renee Olsen from the Flight Centre at Dukes Arcade.   She has done a great job of putting our trip together … Continue reading →

Well we have both finished work and maybe we can start to feel we are on holiday. We haven’t packed our bags yet but think we are all organized. We better be ok because there are no shops open tomorrow. … Continue reading →

Margaret & I and Doug & Ngaire are off on a bit of an adventre for the next six weeks.  We leave on Friday so the excitement is starting to build.  In fact Doug & Ngaire take off from Hastings … Continue reading →