Tag Archives: Australia

Australia/New Zealand Retrospective – 2019

Posted on March 25, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

After 24 hours at home, here are our final thoughts about the trip plus some advice for next time! Dani Australia Highlights Place: Pamela’s living room Activity: Petting Aubry the Dingo Sight: Pamela narrating her photo book Meal: Angeleno’s with … Continue reading →

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Sydney – 3/16/2019

Posted on March 17, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

Yesterday may have been Pamela’s actual birthday, but today was Party Day. Trish and I are officially old ladies because we went to bed before Pamela got back from her 90th birthday dinner! When we got up in the morning … Continue reading →

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Sydney – 3/15/2019

Posted on March 16, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

It’s Pamela’s 90th Birthday!!!!! She was up bright and early to fully enjoy the day. She’s a popular lady! She opened the cards and gifts that her friends dropped off in advance. She got numerous emails (including one that sang!) … Continue reading →

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Sydney – 3/14/2019

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

We had another lovely quiet day at Pamela’s. She went to a local club event and was entertained by a group of musicians playing ukeleles. We entertained outselves at home and caught up on email and blogging. After our leisurely … Continue reading →

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Sydney – 3/13/2019

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

After yesterday’s scorching heat it was a bit gloomy today (but thankfully cooler!). We had a quiet day at Pamela’s. I tried to style my hair this morning and ended up with… well… this: Which looks a lot like this: … Continue reading →

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Sydney – 3/12/2019

Posted on March 13, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

We spent time yesterday afternoon looking at our options for quintessential tourist things to do and when to do them. Monday and Tuesday were forecasted to be blisteringly hot but there’s rain in the forecast from Wednesday to Friday (though … Continue reading →

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Sydney – 3/11/2019

Posted on March 11, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

Today was lovely and relaxed! We would have slept in except Pamela’s building is currently being painted and they needed to move the scaffolding from one window to another. This involved much banging beginning at 7 AM. Since our building … Continue reading →

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Auckland to Sydney – 3/10/2019

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Dani Alcorn

Morning dawned bright and virtually cloud free. Our two full days in Auckland/Waiheke happened to fall on 2 of 4 rainy days Waiheke has had this summer! Ah well. It just means we’ll have to come back. We discovered a … Continue reading →

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