Tuesday, September 06, 2011

France - September 2011



We are currently spending a couple of weeks in France in the Gaillac area, one of our favourite spots. We spent our first night at La Chartreuse du Val d'Esprit, Gosnay, an hour's drive from Calais, and then travelled down to the Loire, where we stayed in another favourite hotel of ours the Hostellerie Gargantua, in the heart of Chinon. We then moved on to the Dordogne and stayed at La Métairie, a delightful hotel just outside Mauzac. We are returning via Bourgogne and Champagne.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

New Zealand - Christmas 2010

We again spent Christmas in New Zealand this year, missing the awful UK weather.  We flew into Auckland where we were met by Christopher, Lizzie and Jocelyn and spent two weeks visiting the Bay of Islands, Coromandel, Rotorua and Napier before arriving in Palmerston North for Christmas.  Immediately after Christmas we flew from Wellington down to Invercargill, from where we travelled to Stewart Island and Doubtful Sound before returning back to Palmerston North via Queenstown.