TUESDAY 22ND APRIL 2025 We left home at 3pm on Tuesday 22nd April and 21 hours later landed in San Francisco at 5pm on Tuesday 22nd April. Some kind of mysterious physics at work there. Aka the International Date Line. The Qantas flight #73 was no drama. We did the fourteen hours easily. There are … Continue reading Traveling Across Time Zones: My Journey to San Francisco
An Aussie Abroad – Travel Stories
Back in 2013 this blog started its life as 55 Days with Gwen – the story of two months travelling the Balkans with our good friends Jay and Waddy.
Since then, it has grown to include much more.
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USA Here We Come
Despite applying my mind to planning a USA trip months ago (see Touring in the Good ‘ol US of A.) in the end it all turned into a last-minute rush of bookings before Christmas. It seems people are travelling again all over the place. For example, we got the last two seats on our outbound flight, … Continue reading USA Here We Come
Touring in the Good ‘ol US of A.
It has been such a terribly long time since I had the free hours to write even a simple story that I feel a little embarrassed to come on now reaching out for help, but am wondering if any of my American readers, and others who are in the know, can advise me on a … Continue reading Touring in the Good ‘ol US of A.
The Reluctant Retiree 