Monthly Archives: April 2011

Day 12 – April 27 Wednesday Another great breakfast at the Vienna Hilton then on the road at 7.20am again.  Today we drove out of Austria & into Slovenia where we stopped at Maribor for lunch.  This is a fairly … Continue reading →

Day 11 – April 26 Tuesday We had a big 15 minute sleep in this morning, we didn’t need to leave until 7.45am so it was another nice breakfast at the Hilton before heading off with Sylvia, our tour guide … Continue reading →

Day 9 – April 24 Easter Sunday Another 6am wakeup with breakfast at 6.30 & on the road at 7.20am today.  Another long day of driving with a morning tea stop around 10am then a long lunch stop at Fassel, … Continue reading →

Day 8 – April 23 Saturday 6am wakeup with breakfast at 6.30 & on the road at 7.30am.  It was a long drive today, with a stop for morning tea not long after we crossed from Holland to Germany.  The … Continue reading →

Day 7 – April 22 Good Friday Tereza’s birthday today, so a nice early wake-up call at 6.15 for a 6.30am breakfast before heading off at 7.30am to Keukenhof, a dutch flower showcase, set on around 40 hectares of beautifully … Continue reading →

Day 6 – April 21 Thursday A wake-up call at 4.15am this morning for a departure time of 5.30am.  We had a quick shower & a breakfast box before finally meeting all of our fellow travellers for the first time … Continue reading →

Day 5 – April 20 Wednesday Today we were meeting up with Ron’s friend, Andrew Spence who lives in Eton right next to Windsor.  This morning we shared a table with 2 Aussie ladies going on a different Insight Musical … Continue reading →

Day 4 – 19 April Tuesday Another 7.30am breakfast then another walk through the Marble Arch & Hyde Park, with all the cyclists & runners on the way to work.  Today Buckingham Palace was very quite without a Guard changing … Continue reading →

Day 3 – 18 April Monday We are on the 7th floor in an older style hotel, The Thistle Marble Arch, on Oxford Street, very close to Hyde Park.  The room has everything for our comfort, it is a bit … Continue reading →

Day 2 – 17 April Sunday Up, shower & breakfast at 8am then a walk in a crisp sunny smog (or Seoul fresh air) of downtown Songdo.  This area is a new “Tomorrow City” the motel we stayed in surrounded … Continue reading →