As always, time just flies when one is busy and has a very exciting trip to plan.
Time is going too slowly but also very quickly. Suddenly it is just 4+ months to departure date and there is plenty to do and plenty to pay!
As I begin this blog we have reached the countdown and today signifies we have just 117 days to ‘lift-off’ from King Shaka Airport, Durban to Lisbon, Portugal. 117 days may seem like plenty of time but, according to my Planning Page, there is still so much to be done.
When the idea of doing a really big trip was first mooted it sounded like fun and seemed easy as the ships and planes would take us to most places. A year later it is still fun but plenty of work, most importantly, applying for and receiving visas for every…
Not sure whether to say yippee, there are only 160 days until we leave or, oh no, still 160 days before we hop on the plane on the 1st leg of our trip to see the Northern Lights. Things are gradually coming together.
SOME ADVICE FROM OUR EXPERIENCE WHEN MAKING HOTEL BOOKINGS
It has been a while since I wrote on the preparations for our trip to the Northern Lights and that is mainly because we are in the quiet period of preparation.
This is the perennial question. The more that we look at our itinerary we see that we will encounter extreme differences in weather patterns so the question is, “What and how to pack?”
Packing for a holiday can be fun but needs planning. Included here are things we have learnt from mistakes made and good ideas implemented.
Today is Day 25 of the 30-Day Blogging Challenge and I have to decide on what to do for my last 6 blogs to complete the challenge. The first 24 told of our experiences of 2010 when we went to the Oberammegau Passion Play with a group of people from…
The type and form of transport and accommodation of any holiday depends very much on where and for how long one will be on holiday.
This article is written from the perspective of a South African traveller but has much information which may affect travellers around the world.
At the end of my last article I said that we would now spend time looking at the places we plan to visit and decide on what we want to see out of all the wonderful things which can be seen. I have downloaded information on Oslo, Bergen, Trondheim, Tromsø…
Today I will write about the next leg of our journey, leaving the Scandinavian states after a wonderful 2 weeks.
In early 2000 my husband and I were invited to a presentation and, if we attended, that is all we had to do they said, we would get a free trip to Mauritius. Being a lot younger and even less wise, we agreed to attend.
Time to keep my promise of 2 days ago and tell you of a mishap with the train in Geneva.
As I have mentioned in a few of my articles, planning and preparation are so vital for when one has to travel, especially as we get older and I have been keeping you up to date with how we are planning for our trip to see the Northern Lights and other…
Just 30 days and then we are up, up and away to Lisbon, Portugal where we will spend a week on the first leg of our 3-month trip.
OK, you have decided on a destination for your next holiday. Here are 4 important questions you must ask yourself, each with its own particular considerations.
I thought that I would discuss forms of transport in the countries one is visiting.