Tag: Itinerary
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Three days in Singapore on a mid-range budget
Singapore was a short stop for us. Three days. Enough time to get a feel for it, not enough to do everything. It has a reputation for being expensive, and it can be. But we found that if you are selective about what you pay for, it works perfectly well as a mid-range destination. This…
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Where I’ve been and where to next…
There is this neat new feature on AirNZ – the travel mapper. You can map where you’ve been and it gives some ideas about where to go next (via AirNZ, obviously). I love seeing where I’ve been and figure out where to next. Over my summer holiday before heading back to work, I’m keen to…
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“If adventures do not befall a lady in her own village, she must seek them abroad” – European Itinerary 2018
Jane Austen isn’t always the person I think of when I consider adventurous travel. Yet this quote from Austen’s Northanger Abbey (which I last read in my first year of university) resonates with me so deeply. Why do I travel? Why do I yearn to leave the shores of Aotearoa New Zealand to seek adventures…
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Being adventurous: Five new things on our upcoming Europe trip
We’re heading to Europe this week. The nature of our trip means that we are revisiting some cities that we’ve been too before. To keep things fresh and exciting, here are five things new to us this time. Lisbon Never been to Portugal 🇵🇹. We have two nights here. I’m looking forward to the nightlife…
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North Africa and the Eastern Med in three simple weeks – our itinerary
It seems as if we do our “big” trips from fair Aotearoa every even year and 2016 is no exception. On Friday Darryl and I are flying out from Auckland International Airport on Emirates to Casablanca for three packed weeks getting a taste for this part of the world by exploring six countries in three…
The Peterson Odyssey 