I Need A Vacation; Why Not Take A Trip Around The World
Janes holiday travels
And it exceeded all expectations. The service, the food, the wines (thank you Tom and Sue) were absolutely amazing. And we were amazed that the truffles used in the dishes were sourced from our very own West Australia!!! The background to The French Laundry is as follows: “Chef Thomas Keller visited Yountville, California, in the…
Yountville is considered the culinary heart of Napa Valley. With its world-class restaurants and accommodations, and many of the Valley’s most celebrated wineries, Yountville marries a breathtaking setting and small-town ambiance with a sophisticated Wine Country lifestyle. We stayed at the Vintage House, Yountville Estate, which was superb. It is a inspired boutique hotel with…
Off to the Napa Valley today. After tasting some of the beautiful wines from this region in one of our wine club gatherings I was really looking forward to visiting this part of the world, and I was not disappointed. Napa County is a county north of San Francisco. It’s known for hundreds of hillside…
Mill Valley is such a beautiful town with a real sense of community. I have enjoyed walking down to the town in the morning and sitting having a coffee watching the world go by. It is a city in Marin County located about 23 kms north of San Francisco and 84 kms from Napa Valley….
Very trepidly I boarded the Amtrak train from Penn Station, New York to Chicago. I had booked a roomette, which included 2 seats that fold into a bed for the night. The steward came along to make my bed when required. In my mind I had thought the journey would be similar to the wonderful…
Such a wonderful time was spent on this ship cruising from Montreal via Quebec, Saguenay, Charlottetown, Sydney, Halifax, Hamilton Bermuda, St George Bermuda to New York. The Atlantic crossing from Canada to Bermuda and Bermuda to New York was rather rocky at times causing quite a few people to feel seasick. However despite all that…
Farewells galore as we disembarked from the ship. Such a lovely 12 days, and now to leave my sea feet behind!! You have to be mindful of the taxis by the cruise ship, as there were a whole lot of black cars (they obviously knew passengers were departing the cruises ship) waiting to take us…
A very grey miserable morning greeted us as we passed under the Narrows Bridge (real name Verrazano) to pass by the iconic Statue of Liberty to dock at one of the many docks on Manhattan. Hot chocolate was handed out on the deck as it was so cold and damp. The wind was cold and…
Day 2 in Bermuda and we docked at St George at 8am in the morning. Bermuda is comprised of a cluster of some 150 small islands, which collectively total just 21 sq miles in area. The eight largest islands – St George’s Island, St David’s Island, Bermuda Island (or the main island), Somerset Island, Watford…
After a very choppy crossing we finally arrived in to Hamilton, Bermuda. The tug boat accompanied us in to the port which was very exciting to watch. We actually had 2 tug boats to assist us as the ship had very little space to manoeuvre in to the dock. Hamilton is a port city, and…