NEW YORK. DECEMBER 2 How did that happen? All of a sudden we’re staring down the barrel of the end of our adventures. In five months we’ve packed in 14 countries, god knows how many miles and a lifetime of experiences. As much as we’ve loved this journey we both agree it’s time for home. … Continue reading Listen for the thud
Montenegro. October 26 Even with the threat of missiles whistling overhead we had the most incredible experiences in Turkey and before that, Greece. Being of the Midnight Express generation, we’d never quite shaken off those traumatic images and that horrific 70s movie. Surprise surprise, things have changed somewhat in 40 years! The place is incredibly … Continue reading A couple of turkeys in Turkey
KOS, GREECE. SEPTEMBER 28. September has been a month of festivities, family, friends, incredible memories and soggy livers all round. Our beloved patriarch celebrated his early 60th in Praia da Luz with all the kids and some of our nearest and dearest from around the world. Guests jetted in from New York, London, Auckland – … Continue reading The diamond jubilee edition
France was remarkable in so many ways, but as we were heading for the Spanish border we got hit with one last great memory. We stopped off for the night in a small and unremarkable town of Saint Gaudens. Think Matamata. Rolling in it was like a ghost town. Never judge a French village at … Continue reading Just when we thought…
Collias, Provence. August 18 Tomorrow we ship out from our idyllic home in Provence and feel like we’ve done what we set out to do when we came up with the idea of this trip. The plan was to immerse ourselves and live like locals (well as much as you can with limited language skills … Continue reading A couple of close calls
Collias, Provence. 15 August Our patient and long-suffering French tutor Violette, would be proud! Yesterday we managed to order most of our lunch AND find les toilettes in our pidgin Francaise. A few French smirks but I suspect they were smirks of admiration! We’re staggering along but finding there’s not much an enthusiastic merci or … Continue reading A real doozie this time (apologies)
Isle of Skye, 26 July Well in the time it’s taken us to almost cover the length of the UK we’ve seen NZ beat the world at netball (and arguably cricket), and England get their Trump-equivalent. After the BoJo news I overhead a Scotsman telling his mate yesterday, he was going home to lie down … Continue reading UK over and out
OK so full disclosure. We may have got out of the blocks just a little fast and have made a truce to slow things down to a sustainable pace. Rookie mistake. We’re holed up in a little town called Wells in Somerset. Big enough to find some decent pubs and a market. Small enough that … Continue reading We hit the wall
So it turns out we are staying in quite a famous postcode where the clackity-clack of typewriters was deafening in the 70s. Famous writers, playwrights, artists and musos all lived here and many still do. It’s where the real story of The Lady in the Van happened and the film was made here a few … Continue reading One week down but who’s counting?
We’re sad to say goodbye to our dear friends and family and home, but couldn’t be more excited about tackling our bucket list. It’s been 30 years coming, but the gap year for (alleged) grown-ups kicks off today. If you’d like to keep tabs on us, there’s a tab up on the top right. Gift … Continue reading Over and out Mt Eden
Gap year for grownups 