Who would have thought that 20 days after arriving home from our 'Global Adventure', a pandemic would be called and, 18 months later, we would still be grounded!
Carpe Diem
Without…
A highlight of this adventure was always going to be sailing into Sydney Harbour and viewing our country through the eyes of foreigners and I am happy to report that…
No doubt inspired by my numerous visits to this country as a child, I have long considered New Zealand, Australia’s poorer, less sophisticated neighbour. Well, I got that wrong, didn’t…
Its taken five days to traverse the 2365 nautical miles between Honolulu and Papeete, Tahiti. And as we tipped over the equator, back into the Southern Hemisphere, the days became…
I write this from our cabin which is currently groaning and shuddering due to the buffering it is receiving from those infamous Pacific Ocean trade winds. The further behind we…
Funnily enough, this entire journey started with a desire to experience the Panama Canal. After traversing the Suez Canal back in 2017, the seed was planted and comparing the two…
This morning, the tenth time since departing on our journey we put our clocks back another hour. This means that we are now fifteen hours behind Australia. To catch up,…
Whilst it was quite sad saying farewell to England knowing that we were about to commence our journey home - the fun of boarding Arcadia once again did offer some…
The night we are due to leave Switzerland for France we watch the news for the first time in days. The main headlines mention chaotic scenes in Paris and many…
Switzerland. A land I have dreamt of visiting. A land whose chocolate, cheese and a heroine called Heidi have beguiled and beckoned me from a young age. So, did you…
We have just spent the past six days first in Rome then in Verona, Italy and seriously we are still reeling from all that we have seen. Rome, in particular,…
It’s another night-time train journey this time from Zagreb to Split which is unfortunate as it would have been nice to see some of the Croatian countryside. Split and…
An unfortunate side effect of travelling is cynicism. You're always on the look-out for someone to rip you off, for things to not go quite as planned. In some places…
Another day another train. This one - the overnight train from Moscow to Warsaw, Poland passing through Belarus. Again, the unwelcome disruption of the border crossings at some ungodly hour.…
Well, Moscow– someone’s doing a really bad job. Having spent four days here, wrapped in your refreshingly chilly autumn embrace every single one of my presumptions and expectations of you…