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Windy Wellington
Another blog post in the “Cricket Grounds” collection: Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand, February-March 2024. We arrived in Wellington after a few days in Auckland. Our hotel, the DoubleTree by Hilton was very conveniently across the road from Cable Car Lane. Doing the touristy thing, we ascended the cable car, then enjoyed a lovely stroll…
Rubber Duck Dilemma
A recent trend on cruises is to hide rubber ducks for other intrepid cruisers to find. I say “recent”, but apparently, it began back in 2018; I’ve personally known about it for the last few years. We kept an eye out for rubber ducks on our Carnival Cruise to the South Pacific in 2023, but…
Anzac Day
A time for reflection and remembrance. If we are travelling around April 25, we will try to seek out an appropriate place to spend some time in reflection. In 2008, we were humbled to be present at the first dawn service held at Villiers-Bretonneux. We visited the Australian National Memorial the previous day to look…
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