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Australia: An Orange Christmas
Luke and I departed New Zealand early on the morning of the 22nd of December. We were both looking forward to getting home but Melbourne was still a week away – first we were stopping in Orange to stay...
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New Zealand
Formerly the ‘Land of the Long White Cloud’, New Zealand may as well now be renamed Middle Earth, as you can’t swing a dwarf without hitting some kind of Hobbit-based advertising or paraphernalia. I...
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Home! But Not The End!
So we’re back in sunny Melbourne and I have many, many thoughts to write on the joys of being home, and a half written post about New Zealand – and everything in between. The blog is certainly not done...
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Merry Christmas!
Just a quick update to say that we’re back in Australia and celebrating Christmas with our families. At the moment we’re in Orange for Christmas day with Amanda’s family, and tomorrow we’ll be...
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California
Oakland probably wouldn’t register on many people’s radars when it comes to must-see places in the USA, but we spent almost a week there, venturing across the bay into San Francisco twice. We were...
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Nearly Home
I could write about being in Oakland but instead it’s just hit me this morning that our travel days are now down to single digits. One more night in Oakland, two in LA, four in NZ and then we’ll land...
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The Grand Canyon
We booked a day trip to the Grand Canyon with Grand Adventures, a tour company that runs small vans rather than big buses. We were lucky enough to have a very competent, informative and charming driver...
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Las Vegas
Even the shop displays are so very Vegas. Limo from the airport! We spent four nights in Las Vegas, three at the Monte Carlo and one at the Signature MGM Grand. Apart from a day tour to the Grand...
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Chicago: Deep-dish pizza (Luke)
While we’re on the subject of Chicago’s deep-dish pizza, I have to point out this fantastic Jon Stewart rant that was only aired a couple of weeks prior to our arrival in Chicago. The set up is that...
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Two Nights in Chicago
We don’t like to rush our travels, so rather than catch the train from Waukesha to Chicago then go straight to the airport we thought we’d spend two nights in the city before flying to Vegas. I didn’t...
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Arizona: Route 66
I’ve got lots to write about Vegas, but here’s just a picturesque half hour from our day trip to the Grand Canyon. We stopped at a tiny but significant town along Route 66 – the first highway to link...
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Wisconsin: Waukesha
Recently we’ve been in Wisconsin, which is one of the more northerly states of the USA. We spent nearly a week visiting a friend of mine, Josh. Josh is another friend who I met online years ago and did...
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New York: HAIR! (not the musical)
I’d like to have posted about my friend Julia sooner, but I had to wait for the video to go with the post because the video is awesome. I mean that in the original sense. You will be filled with awe...
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Wisconsin: Thanksgiving
We spent Thanksgiving with Josh’s family in Waukesha. His grandpa owns a huge, beautiful house by a gorgeous lake and we spent the whole day there chatting to his family and going out to play a little...
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USA: The Desert Eagle
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, the Desert Eagle is the train we caught from St Louis to Milwaukee. I didn’t know quite what to expect from trains in the US. We’d been warned against buses and I’m...
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St Louis
So the reason we’ve trekked from New Orleans to St Louis wasn’t just to see a whole lot of American farmland that looked remarkably like farmland in Australia. The main reason was to meet up with...
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Postcard winners
Just a note to say that I’ve finally addressed all the voodoo postcards and will mail them tomorrow and the people who asked late or whinged incessantly will be getting a rather special (tacky)...
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Memphis
Knowing a whole lot of nothing about the place, we decided to stop for two nights in Memphis, Tennessee. Obviously we knew that’s where Elvis lived and there’s a lot of music history there but that was...
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New York: Food
We were so busy when we were in New York that I’m going to have to keep coming back to it to cover all the things I want to remember. We had some great food experiences in New York. I think that if...
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Mississippi
Every time I see the word ‘Mississippi’ I sing that rhyme – ‘Mrs M, Mrs I, Mrs SSI Mrs SSI Mrs PPI.. MISSISSIPPI!’… I hope someone out there knows what I’m talking about or this will look mighty...
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