Category Archives: Holiday

Day 10 – Great Smoky Mountain National Park

We plan for an 8.30 hotel leave for the Smoky Mountains. So we struggle out of bed at 9.00 for breakfast… We try to grab lunch early but get stuck in road works. It looks like they are rebuilding the … Continue reading

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Day 9 – To the Smoky Mountains

We have a long almost six hour drive today so we grab a quick breakfast while watching the news. There’s been a mass suicide at a “cult-like” church, kidnapping of a young kid and a gunman shot out with the … Continue reading

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Day 8 From Disney to Roadtrip

Time to pack. We seem to have a ridiculous collection of souvenirs, probably need an extra bag at airport, and there’s still two weeks left. Disney delivered a receipt for the charges to the room during the night, so if … Continue reading

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Day 2 – on route to Orlando

Up early for a refreshing swim in my own pool, at least while everyone else is asleep. The sky is clear but for a few wispy clouds, the heated pool feels great as I lie back and stare up at … Continue reading

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Day 1: Miami – Fort Lauderdale

Arrived at airport right on time, but was told “No free upgrades now, even for birthdays.”, seems like everyone wants to make a few more pennies. Flight was quite rough – swear we dropped several meters in the plane at … Continue reading

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Road trip “Expedition”

They say the difference between a holiday and an expedition is that you record an expedition. And that’s exactly what I’ll be attempting to do on our “expedition” around south East America; visiting Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia … Continue reading

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Top road trip tips

My girlfriend and I are just planning our next road trip so this is an ideal time to go back over some of the tips we wrote down during our last holiday. Desert road in car mirror by akademy Last … Continue reading

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South West US Road trip

Just back from my 18 day road trip around the south west of the US. A most enjoyable adventure. We drove across six states in total: California, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada; on a 3000 mile circle (well … Continue reading

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Seven wonders of the WHOLE world.

Take your pick of the wonders of the world, and pick some of the most famous landmarks in the world. To make it easier to pick, try this: does it make you think: Wow! How? Why?http://www.new7wonders.com/ This probably tells you … Continue reading

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My week off

I finally decided that it was time to take a week off work so that’s what I did. I was lucky enough to get an offer of accomodation in the centre of Vienna, Austria, so I spent a long weekend … Continue reading

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