Friday 20 May 2022 Mid-afternoon we drove to Montpellier and caught a flight to Amsterdam, trading the clear blue skies of southern France for the clagged in skies of central Europe. We are always impressed flying into Amsterdam by its neatness; from the air it looks like all the streets and buildings have been meticulously […]
Wednesday 11 May 2022 Flying out of Marseille late afternoon, we landed in Heathrow London early evening. Mounting a black cab (yes they still exist – more about them later) we took a ride to Windsor. Arriving at the Fairmount Hotel was quite impressive. Opened only a few months ago at the site of an […]
Wednesday 26 April 2022 Arriving from Santiago late last night and checking into the Hilton, we were up early as Sylvia headed of to a day of meetings with the local Royal Canin team. The Hilton is situated alongside the Rio Dique, which was once a port canal area where the old buildings alongside the […]
Saturday 23 April 2022 Up early, we headed across the road to the to the LATAM terminal to board our flight to Calama. A two-hour flight north took us over large desert-like ranges with large solar farms and mines dotted along the way. There was even the odd town along the way. A driver met […]
Saturday 16 April 2022 Arriving at Auckland airport there were a few more people around than in January. Still none of the airline lounges are open and many of the shops are closed. The one cafe open has a constant queue of waiting passengers. Once again I am flying on Fiji Airlines with a stop […]
We talked a bit in the last post about traveling in the world of Covid. In Europe it’s reasonably easy. Leaving Europe to head to South America is a little more difficult. Forms and more forms. Tests and oops the results don’t arrive so its another test. Luckily Sylvia is really good at that stuff. […]
Friday 11 February 2022 Thank you to all those commenting on the Blog. We really enjoy reading your comments. Feeling slightly guilty about the ease of travelin Europe and having looked up on line that there were no Covid restrictions preventing us from traveling to Switzerland, we set off by car at noon for the […]