THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD
THE CLARE'S TRAVELS AROUND THE WORLD
We had only been asleep for an hour when Karen & I were startled from our deep sleep by a…
Today I woke not really knowing what to expect from this trip. The ship was going to be sailing through…
2019 – Japan – Day 8
This morning after collecting Neil, we headed for what we called ‘The Fluffy Pancake shop’ for breakfast. I think the
2019 – Japan – Day 7
Today was Neil’s first full day in Japan and we knocked on his door just after 9am to get the
2019 – Japan – Day 6
Last year I celebrated my birthday 5 hours later than normal as I was in Florida. This year I celebrated
2019 – Japan – Day 5
Another sleepless night for me, this time of my own doing. I was really thirsty by the time we had
2019 – Japan – Day 4
Today we planned to be up early to get to Fuhimi Inari Taisha to beat the crowds, so typically with
2019 – Japan – Day 3
Not a good night. Despite being in bed around 10.30pm we were both still wide awake at 2pm and then
2019 – Japan – Day 2
Our first full day in Japan started late. I didn’t wake up until 8.30am and then woke up Karen at
2019 – Japan – Day 1
The time difference between the UK & Japan is 8 hours. Therefore despite our body clocks telling us it was
2019 – Japan – Flight Day
The first task today was to pick up Sunny, our friendly Car Parking chap from his house. We have used
2019 – Japan – Travel to Airport
It’s only been a short time since we arrived back from Dubrovnik and the time has flown by. This was
2019 – Dubrovnik – Last Day
Our last day was met with glorious weather yet again. We wandered lazily into breakfast and as we were in
2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 4
Another lazy day start to the day with breakfast on the sunny terrace had us taking advantage of the free
2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 3
Another day, another Kuna, another lovely breakfast on the terrace. Today we were in no particular hurry as the Games
2019 – Dubrovnik – Day 2
Our first full day in Dubrovnik greeted us with a beautiful sunny start. We made our way to breakfast which
2019 – Dubrovnik – Travel Day
After the hold-ups getting to Liverpool we decided to set off early for our drive to Stansted. Albeit if the
2019 – Liverpool – Day 1 & 2
They say a week is a long time in politics, but a month at home during March seemed even longer
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 9 – Home
The alarm went off at7am so that we could have breakfast and get ourselves sorted for our planned 9am check
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 8
Our last full day had arrived and we were keen to make the most of it. We planned to walk
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 7 – Playa Blanca
This was starting to get boring as we woke up to glorious weather yet again. The plan today was to
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 6 – Stuarts Birthday
Yet another day where the temperature was predicted to exceed the day before. It was all becoming rather repetitive and
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 5
The sun was already blazing down by the time we had breakfast. We were both quite tired after our exertions
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 4 – Puerto Calero
Today in the words of Stuart was to be our Grand Day Out. The weather was beautiful again as we
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 3 – Matagorda & Golf
After the chill in the air yesterday we were delighted to awaken to clear blue skies and the return of
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 2
Our first morning and broken cloud greeted us. It was warm though and we had breakfast on the balcony overlooking
2019 – Lanzarote – Day 0/1
Lanzarote or Lanzagrotty as I affectionately call it and is probably one of our more guilty pleasures. Karen really likes