2018 we set out to walk all the streets in our family tree.
A few we didn’t manage to cover as the only instances of that street were geographically difficult.
So, this weekend, while we were up Newcastle way for something else, we walked Bender Parade, Kotara.
Keith and Pat Bender, Robyn’s parents. Great people.
Ahh the Danube. Some famous cities straddle Europe’s second longest river, including Linz and Vienna in Austria.
A little warmer this time; we’ve never visited in Summer before so the change in the landscape is striking.
The next morning, we were on our way. The river was just beautiful!
We docked beside a beautiful, huge old fig, which had some of the local area’s dry stone walls running to it. We found a stone that didn’t belong *
Finished the night with, of course, schnitzel. Perhaps not as good as previous, but still, it completed the holiday, back in Vienna.
And an ice cream 🙂
All in all, a lovely weekend away (in Kiama).
*https://youtu.be/DAYX.lC59yWs?t=122
Previous visits included Christmas Day where we had lunch at a hotel, and with the kids a couple of years ago.
Went back to Italy for the weekend.
Love Florence.
We decided to stay in France this weekend, and re-visited lovely Avignon.
2021 has begun in the same fashion that 2020 ended… Sydney has entered a new lockdown for some, masks have become compulsory indoors, and travel is, for the time being, off.
Can’t see overseas travel returning this year at all.
So, with that in mind, we’re doing an internal NSW travel experience.
We’ll walk a street that has a connection to a past overseas holiday each week.
This week we revisited Reims. There’s been a few changes since we last visited 😉
The council has done a pretty good job at creating a walk along the Duck River. Level, wide, good access. Will be better when the river continues to get cleaned up, but until then… really?… people fishing? Glad I’m not going to his place for a BBQ!
There’s a creek in the bottom of every valley, and a lot of them have a path along them… it’s just a matter of finding that path 🙂
We walked along the track from Gannon Park
(sort of following Pidding Road) and then to Ryde Park along Buffalo Creek.
Hunters Hill in spring and the Jacarandas are out. Just beautiful.
Meadowbank TAFE’s main entrance is on Blaxland Road near Top Ryde Shopping Centre, but the property extends all the way down the hill. Entering from that bottom gate reveals a great place for a walk through the various TAFE areas.
Holidays!
We walked the beachside path (no off leash) from Huskisson to Valentia and back.
4km level path. Lovely 🙂
So, this weekend, we... 