Author Archives: Mrs Myall

Hi from Beijing.
Finally a hotel with computers you can use and the added bonus of free internet! But the queue to use it is quite long and you can’t stay on for long. So this will be short.
Our computer stopped … Continue reading →

A series of 5 fishing villages set into the hills  not far from Florence.. The Cinque Terre is a rugged portion of coast on the Italian Riviera. It is in the Liguria region of Italy, to the west of the … Continue reading →

Rome
We visited the famous Trevi fountain walked to the Pantheon -  an amazing structure with its round dome and round hole in the roof. The famous artist Raphael has his tomb here. We also walked to the Spanish Steps but … Continue reading →

Day 6 Istanbul  – Another early start.
Got a bus from the ship into the city by the Grand Bazaar? We went straight to the Blue Mosque. An amazing structure and really hugh!.

Next stop was St Sophia which is a kind … Continue reading →

The flight was 11.5 hours to Frankfurt on an old plane. Then another 2 hours to Venice. We got there at midnight Venice time which was about 4 in the morning Honk Kong time!
Thursday morning we walked around to Rialto … Continue reading →

Ocean Park on Tuesday July 3 was great. This was a treat for Aaron’s birthday. He got in free and a friend for half price because it was his birthday. Shame we don’t do that in NZ. The giant pandas … Continue reading →

We left Auckland at midnight on June 29 and 11 hours later arrived in HongKong. It was 7oclock in the morning HongKong time and it was wet and windy. A typhone has passed through during the night and the weather … Continue reading →