A last minute decision in mid-November has found me spending Christmas and New Year in Paris. A great deal on a business class fare from Qantas and one of the last three apartments available from […]
Melbourne Cup weekend is an excellent weekend to get out of Melbourne. I’d seen quite a bit of travel writing recently about Lord Howe Island, and decided to check into Capella Lodge, the most expensive […]
Early arrival at Hong Kong international – landed at 6:50am, flopped on bed at Novotel Citygate by 8am. The weather isn’t great today, and after I drag myself out of the hotel, it simply gets […]
It’s time to leave London on the Eurostar, and head for Paris for the night on the way to Hong Kong. The benefit of being close to St Pancras is that it’s a short roll […]
6 days in London has flown by, and it has only rained briefing on the last evening in London (Tuesday), on the way to The Shard. I decided to spend the 6 days visiting some […]
5am start to meet a 7.45am Keflavik airport departure to Gatwick. I could hear the wind hitting the side of the Hotel Berg during the night, and it’s still howling at 5.45am. By the time […]
