23.9.14 - Woke up, turned telly on and what did I see?.....none other than 'Will and Grace' and in English! Lol...had a lazy day, slept most of it zzzzzzzzzz 24.9.14 - Woke up, said 'Happy 40th Birthday' to Steve......right time to explore Buenos Aires! Made my way to the Plaza Estado del Vaticano for the 10.30am 'Walking through Recoleta Tour'. This was a free tour (many cities around the world now offer these) you just pay the guide whatever tip you feel they ...

Well I have made it! Safe and sound. Journeys were all fine. Sat next to a nice man on first flight to NewYork.....well thought he was nice until he scoffed a whole bar of chocolate to himself, never offered me any! Greedy pig! Oink lol...Passport control in New York is a slow zzzzzzzzz joke! Another woman piped up just before I was going to and got us moved up the line otherwise we wouldn't have made our next flight....once through the luggage transfer process w...

30/11/06 - I didn't want to leave Honeysuckle House this morning! I had had the best night's sleep for ages!  The drive to Picton was lovely, weather was quite nice, hopefully it will stay that way for the 3 hour journey on the ferry to Wellington!  Got to Picton early, around 11.45am, so had some lunch at a nice cafe, then went to check in at the vehicle gate for the Interislander ferry.  This process was sooooo easy, drove on fine, up a f...

24/11/06 - Drove to Lake Tekapo and WOW, WOW, WOW!  What a beautiful peaceful place!  I checked into Lakefront Lodge and my room was in a unit with 3 other rooms, with a lounge and a kitchen and a toilet and shower room.  It was just lovely.  You opened the sliding patio doors onto a verandah and there was Lake Tekapo right infront of you!  I walked along the lake into the village centre, the water is such a beautiful torquoise colour, ca...

20/11/06 - Got picked up at 8.20am for my day trip out to the Fiordlands and Milford Sound.  Yet another great group, including 4 Americans, Jack and Marie and Christine and Jack's brother (who's name I just didn't catch all day!).  Our driver/guide, Eric and then later on Alan were great.  It was quite a journey to get out there, around 4 hours in all, but we stopped a few times including a bird/wildlife park, where I saw my first bird...