Author: awaywiththebirds
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Comment allez-vous ? and Jak się masz dzisiaj?
June 6: Castelnaud La Chapelle Yes, yes the hot air balloons were lovely last night. But I wasn’t so enthralled with them when the engines started to inflate them right outside my room at 6.30 am. Today we drove to the little village of Belves (Rob, I am not driving but am a very happy…
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Comment allez-vous ? and Jak się masz dzisiaj?
June 5: Bordeaux to Castelnaud La Chapelle Got the train from Bordeaux to Sarlat, where I was collected by Jim, Deena and Robin. First order of business was to get lunch. Sarlat is famous across France for its gastronomy: foie gras everywhere, truffles, duck dishes (such as a gizzard salad….a green salad with warm duck…
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Comment allez-vous ? and Jak się masz dzisiaj?
June 3-4: Sydney to Bordeaux Well I made it, with no issues! I was paranoid about my luggage not arriving because it had to be transferred across 2 flights with different airlines. But there it was…the second bag off at Bordeaux airport (although a little the worse for wear). The airport was empty. Got the…
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The Merck girls head to the Hunter Valley
Friday May 1 Ok, you ask, why is there a picture of the colour pink? It’s a hangover (no pun intended) from last night’s game of Hues and Cues….Nell was trying REALLY hard to give us a colour clue and in her mind, Pink (the singer) was a legitimate cue until we all put her…
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The Merck Girls head to the Hunter Valley
Thursday April 30 Lesley had to leave us today because she got her dates confused and ended up with conflicting appointments. However the good news is that we have settled on our next adventure in April 2027 and everyone has the dates in their diary so no excuses !!!! The drinkers in the group headed…
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The Merck girls head to the Hunter Valley
Wednesday April 29 What’s the first thing that the Merck girls do when they get together? yes, you guessed it…. Eat, drink and be merry! This time, we are somewhere in the Hunter Valley…our accommodation, which can sleep up to 20 people, has enabled us to each have our room (although we do have to…
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Nobby’s perspective on life with Suss
Tuesday April 7 2026 Suss’s house is pretty nice. She has a hatch on her door which means I can wander in and out when I like. And I think she has bought a couple of new beds (am not sure why when everyone expects me to die soonish ) but one of them is…
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Antarctica East 2026
Jan 28-29: Last days As my final memory of this wonderful adventure ( and being a dog lover ) , I would like to introduce you to Stay, a fibreglass dog belonging to Guide Dogs Tasmania. Stay was ”dognapped” from the streets of Hobart in 1992. Stay’s arrival in Antarctica coincided with the departure of the…
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Antarctica East 2026
Jan 27: Last day at sea So this is our last sea day and we reach Timaru on the South Island of New Zealand first thing in the morning. There has been a photo competition going on throughout the cruise and I thought I would share some of the magnificent photos that others have taken.…
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Antarctica East 2026
January 26: Antipodes Island Today we are visiting the Antipodes Islands….a group of islands which Scenic has never visited before. The islands are inhospitable and uninhabited volcanic islands in subantarctic waters to the south of – and territorially part of – New Zealand.They are the most southeastern point of land in the world outside of Antarctica We…