Whats hot
– our hotel nicely located walking distance to lots of eateries
– exploring all the main attractions on the open top hop on hop off bus
– being stopped in the street and asked for directions as if we were locals – half the time we know the answer!!
Whats not
– transfer at Frankfurt was tedious as was the wait for shuttle from airport to hotel
– hotel want 5 euro per hour for wireless internet!
– raining when on the open top bus
Gill will fill in more details soon
Comments
Comment by Rosina on 2007-06-17 13:53:48 -0700
Hello there intrepid travelers
It sounds like you are both having a wonderful time.
DM and I have just returned from Norfolk Island. It was a slightly different experience this time. Seems like the ‘younger’ crowd go over in the summer!!
It did not bode well from the beginning when our flight was delayed by four hours
( Mar, I have to say there was a hint of glee in DM’s eyes when she was able to turn on that darn laptop and work on the dreaded emails whilst we waited and waited and waited for the flight to board)
The tone for the next few days was set by a group of people (not the young crowd) who were going to NF for the ballroom dancing festival due to start today. Anyway I did enjoy a lovely moment when one of the group asked DM if she was going over for the dancing!!!!!
The weather over there was not great for sea kayaking so we went horse riding. Now DM was very brave to do this as it was a new experience for her and would have been one that created very fond memories if it had not been for her horse taking fright at a group of calves in the paddock and bolting!!! DM says never again however she did survive and we laughed a lot about it later once DM’s heart rate came back to normal.
Gill, Life in ECE land is still ticking along. A big story again in the Sunday paper about 20 free hours, it is certainly getting a lot of media time and most of it is negative.
Take care and we look forward to reading more about your journey soon.
Rosina and DM
Comment by Sean and Claire on 2007-06-17 17:27:08 -0700
Sounds like you’re having a great time guys, really jealous!!! Good to see you’ve pulled you weight Mark and written one comment!!
Enjoy the trip guys, and see you at the beach. Sean and Claire
Comment by Helen Green on 2007-06-18 01:08:11 -0700
Sounds like fun – Are you sporting a French cap etc??
Don’t remind me about Frankfurt aiprot – I get there on Sunday!!!
I guess I will haev a good excuse for not writing home with the price of the internet.
But do keep writing depsite the cost – i enjoy hearing about sophisicated people’s travels.
Love
H
Comment by penny on 2007-06-18 05:02:19 -0700
Great to hear you are having such a wonderful time! Lovely photos! Looking forward to seeing more.Love P & R & co
Comment by Mark on 2007-06-18 13:32:55 -0700
Rosina and Donna – if Gill has her way we will check out the Spanish Riding School here tomorrow and she can give you some horse riding hints
Sean – its quality rather than quality here!
Helen – we did slum it once going to McDonalds to use the internet
Penny – working on the photos!! Thanks to Roger for the regular news reports on NZ culture and sporting prowess
