May to July 2015
| 16-May | Depart Sydney 9:10pm – QF8413: Sydney to Dubai, QF8519: Dubai to Oslo |
| 17-May | Arrive Oslo 12:30pm 1. Thon Hotel Rosenkrantz, Oslo |
| 18-May | Thon Hotel Rosenkrantz, Oslo |
| 19-May | Fly to Bergen – SK267, depart 1:35pm, are 2:25pm. Stay overnight Clarion Hotel No. 13, Bergen |
| 20-May | 20 May to 3 June – Norway’s Fjords and Arctic Svaalbard Cruise with National Geographic |
| 3-Jun | Overnight Radisson Blu Airport Hotel, Oslo |
| 4-Jun | Iceland Air 317: Oslo – Keflavik, dep 8:25am, arrive 9:05am. Pick up rental vehicle Toyota RAV4 or similar at Hertz at Keflavik Airport. Overnight at Ork Hotel Hveragerdi, Breidamork. 7pm – Optional entrance to Fakasel Horse Theatre. |
| 5-Jun | Vik Icelandair Hotel, Klettsvegur |
| 6-Jun | Hofn Hotel, Vikurbraut |
| 7-Jun | Valaskjalf Hotel, Hjalla, Hallormstaad |
| 8-Jun | Sel Hotel, Skutustaoir |
| 9-Jun | Tindastoll Annex Hotel Solarborg, Kirkjutorg 3 |
| 10-Jun | Grand Hotel, Sigtun, Reykjavik. |
| 11-Jun | Iceland Air 454 – Keflavik to London, dep 4:10pm, arr 8:10pm. Stay Charlotte Street Hotel, London |
| 12-Jun | Charlotte Street Hotel, London |
| 13-Jun | Eurostar London to Brussels dep. 10:58am St Pancras Station. Pick up rental vehicle at Hertz at Brussels Midi Station. Overnght Hotel Prinsenhof, Bruges |
| 14-Jun | Overnght Hotel Prinsenhof, Bruges |
| 15-Jun | Drive Bruges to Brussels. Drop rental car off at airport. Fly Brussels to Istanbul TK1946 dep 13:05, arr 17:25. Pick up rental vehicle at Garenta vehicles at Istanbul Airport Sabiha Gokcen. Stay Neorian Hotel, Istanbul |
| 16-Jun | Stay Neorian Hotel, Istanbul |
| 17-Jun | Drive to Eceabat. Stay Gallipoli Houses, Eceabat |
| 18-Jun | Stay Gallipoli Houses, Eceabat |
| 19-Jun | Drive to Istanbul. Drop off rental car at main airport. Fly Croatia Air OU535M – Istanbul to Zagreb dep 6:20pm, arr 7:25pm, Croatia Air OU664 – Zagreb to Dubrovnik dep 9:10pm, arr 10:05pm. Transfer to Hotel – pick up at airport. Overnight Hotel Kazbek, Dubrovnik |
| 20-Jun | Danielis Yachting Charter yacht – Dubrovnik to Split – Queen of the Adriatic |
| 27-Jun | Pick up rental car at Enterprise cars, downtown Split. Drive Split to Plitvice Lakes. Stay At Apartments Villa Irene, Plitvice National Park. |
| 28-Jun | Stay At Apartments Villa Irene, Plitvice National Park |
| 29-Jun | Drive Plitvice Lakes to Rovinj. Drop off car. Stay Villa Tuttorotto, Rovinj |
| 30-Jun | Venezia Lines Ferry to Venice, dep 06:45, arr 11:15. Stay Hotel Antiche Figure, Venice |
| 1-Jul | Orient Express: Venice to Paris. Dep Venice (Santa Lucia) 10:57am |
| 2-Jul | Arrive Paris (Gare de l’Est) 8:42am. Stay Shangri La Paris |
| 3-Jul | Train Paris Gare de Lyon to Lyon Part Dieu dep 10:58am, arr 12:56pm. Train Lyon Part Dieu to Valence dep. 13:09, arr 13:44. Stay with Wayne and Laure at Chatillon-en-dois |
| 4-Jul | Stay with Laure and Wayne at Chatillon-en-dois |
| 5-Jul | Train Valence to Lyon Part Dieu. Dep 8.20am, arr 8.54am. Train Lyon Part Dieu to Berlin Hbf. Dep 10:04, arr 20:22. Stay with Constantin, Fasanenstrasses 46, Wilmersdorf, Berlin |
| 6-Jul | Stay with Constantin, Fasanenstrasses 46, Wilmersdorf, Berlin |
| 7-Jul | Berlin to Helsinki – FinnAir AY 912, dep 12:10, arr 15:00. Helsinki to St Petersburg – FinnAir AY 169′ dep 17:55, arr 19:05. Stay Hermitage Hotel, St Petersburg |
| 8-Jul | Stay Hermitage Hotel, St Petersburg |
| 9-Jul | St Petersburg to Moscow Train 763A, dep 15:30, arr 17:40. Stay Metropol Hotel, Moscow. Bolshoi Ballet – 7pm. |
| 10-Jul | Stay Metropol Hotel, Moscow |
| 11-Jul | Moscow to Yekaterinburg Train 002M dep 13:50. |
| 12-Jul | Arrive Yekaterinburg 17:11. Stay Hotel Renomme, Yekaterinburg. |
| 13-Jul | Stay Hotel Renomme, Yekaterinburg. |
| 14-Jul | Yekaterinburg to Irkutsk Train 002M dep 17:39. |
| 16-Jul | Arrive Irkutsk 20:57. Stay Kupechesky Dvorak Hotel, Irkutsk. |
| 17-Jul | Stay Kupechesky Dvorak Hotel, Irkutsk. |
| 18-Jul | Irkutsk to Ulan Bator Train 362bl dep 22:02. |
| 20-Jul | Arrive Ulan Bator 05:40. Pick up by Sukhee, Help Taxis. Tour including overnight with family in Yurt. |
| 21-Jul | Tour with Sukhee, Help Taxis continues. Overnight Kempinski Hotel Khan Palace, Ulan Bator |
| 22-Jul | Tour with Sukhee, Help Taxis continues. Overnight Kempinski Hotel Khan Palace, Ulan Bator |
| 23-Jul | Ulan Bator to Beijing Train 024l dep 07:15. |
| 24-Jul | Arrive Beijing 11:40am. Stay Red Wall Garden Hotel, Beijing |
| 25-Jul | Stay Red Wall Garden Hotel, Beijing |
| 26-Jul | Stay Red Wall Garden Hotel, Beijing |
| 27-Jul | Train Beijing Xi West to XiAn Bei North – Train G87 dep 2pm, arr 6:25pm. Stay Gran Melia XiAn |
| 28-Jul | Stay Gran Melia XiAn |
| 29-Jul | Fly XiAn to Shanghai – China Eastern MU 291 dep 3pm, arr 5:15pm. Stay PuLi Hotel Shanghai |
| 30-Jul | Fly Shanghai to Auckland – NZ288 dep 14:15. |
| 31-Jul | Arrive Auckland 05:50 |
| 2-Aug | Fly Auckland to Sydney NZ103 dep 9am, arr 10:35am. Fly Sydney to Albury VA1176 dep 2:45pm, arr. 4.10pm. |