A bit cooler than last time we were here. And fewer restaurants… must be COVID
Crete
Posted: February 14, 2021 in Europe in Australia, WalkingTags: Europe in Australia, Sydney, walk, what to do in Sydney
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Oxford
Posted: February 6, 2021 in Europe in Australia, Sydney, WalkingTags: Europe in Australia, walk
Beautiful Oxford. We were last here in 2016/17. Home of the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English speaking world. And close to the more contemporary Macquarie University.
Dresden
Posted: January 31, 2021 in Europe in Australia, Sydney StreetsTags: Europe in Australia, Sydney Streets, walk
They did a good job rebuilding after the war.
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.
The Danube
Posted: January 25, 2021 in Europe in Australia, Sydney StreetsTags: Europe in Australia, Sydney Streets, walk, walking sydney
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.
Florence
Posted: January 19, 2021 in Europe in Australia, Sydney StreetsTags: Europe in Australia, walking sydney
Went back to Italy for the weekend.
Love Florence.
Florence St, Hornsby 
Locally named 🙂 
Florence. Beautiful fountains 
Edgeworth David bushland reserve. 
Did NOT know Edgeworth David was a famous Australian (via Wales) geologist who went to the Antarctic with Mawson and Shackleton.
Avignon
Posted: January 10, 2021 in Europe in Australia, WalkingTags: dog, Europe in Australia, walking sydney, What to do in Sydney this weekend
We decided to stay in France this weekend, and re-visited lovely Avignon.
Avignon Place, Kellyville 
Avignon Place, Kellyville 
Avignon Place, Kellyville
Reims
Posted: January 4, 2021 in Europe in Australia, Sydney StreetsTags: Europe in Australia, walking sydney
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.
So, this weekend, we... 