A mid-Winter light show at Albert Park in Auckland. The weather held though it was still cold. I still have no idea what Turama is.
Month: July 2019
Post Trip Analysis
I thought it would be interesting to think about what went right, what went wrong, what could have been done better, and what was done right. Planning I have never planned a trip in such detail before. I don’t really like the type of trip where every minute is planned in advance. However we would…
Journey Home
Our flight wasn’t till 9pm so we still effectively had a full day left in Paris. We packed our bags and left the at Hotel Esmeralda as we checked out and headed out. First stop was Atelier des Lumières – an art light display show in a large warehouse-type building. Most of the show is…
Paris
Eiffel Tower Summit After staying out late the night before we had a small sleep-in (not by much) before heading out for our 10am booking for the summit of the Eiffel Tower. Unfortunately we took another RER line which terminated one stop down at D’Orsay. We asked a guard how to get to the Eiffel…
Overnight Train to Paris
The train from Verona to Paris arrived 80 minutes late. On board we had a “cabin” – a small step up from a “couchette”. This gave us a duvet each, a small bottle of prosecco each, and a basin. The beds were already set up, three levels high. The space was very cramped though, with…
Bolzano
After the opera the night before we had a day to kill before our overnight train to Paris, so we hired a car. Again this was no easy feat. Car rental companies and the aggregators love to advertise a car and how great it is, but with the proviso that they can switch it for…
Verona
Given that we were staying in an apartment rather than a B&B we had to set out in the morning to get some breakfast. Our location meant that everything around us was very expensive for what it was, so instead we headed for a supermarket. On the way we stopped in at the most fake…
Masks and Glass
Rather than head straight to Verona we left our bags at the B&B and went on a shopping spree. There are so many good shops in Venice, and by now we had a better feel for what souvenirs we’d like and what were appropriate prices. There is a hell of a lot of cheap plastic…