Heading Home All alarms turned off this morning … but we were all awake by 7.15am!! Packing finished, we headed down for breakfast then checked out of the hotel (boo...
Rain Stopped Play … not quite! Up bright and early this morning once again for the Robben Island Tour … but the weather was looking decidedly iffy so we weren’t...
The Cape Tour An early-ish start for our Tour around Cape point this morning. Sandy was our guide – a Capetonian but also fluent in German. We were picked up...
Sun, Sail and Friends A leisurely start to the day – it was really warm today and were able to have breakfast outside (and didn’t need jackets!). We had...
Good Morning, Cape Town We were a little late landing in Cape Town but as Jon wouldn’t be arriving for another couple of hours, we weren’t too worried. Looking out...
We’re All Going To The Zoo … Callum would finally get his wish and travel on the Metro. We were going to the Smithsonian National Zoo today and our fingers...
White House, Washington Monument, Star-Spangled Banner & Spy Museum Day Two in DC and plenty to see. First, we headed down to the White House … only to be stopped...
US Capitol & Smithsonian Air, Sea & Space Museum A fabulous first day in Washington! We had tickets booked for a tour (free!) of the Capitol this morning at 9.30am...
American Museum of Natural History & Sunset Sail A trip up to the American Natural History Museum this morning, after checking out where we’d pick our bus up from for...
Brooklyn Bridge & Empire State Forecast was for a hot and sunny day – walking legs were needed today. We headed first to Grand Central Station then caught the Subway down...
Legends and USS Intrepid Mission: to find somewhere in New York showing the Newcastle match … that kicks off at 7.45 NY time! The heads up from Andrew at Brendan’s...