Today is Labour Day so most of the stores are closed. We had a little sleep in, and then a short bus tour of Adelaide - a little late as we're leaving Adelaide this afternoon, but still interesting as we saw lots of beautiful old buildings and learned a little about the history of the city. This city is very well laid out, easy to find your way around, and has lots of parkland (squares) which provide venues for picnics and the like. Nice to see a city with so much greenspace planned into the layout of the city - these areas are not allowed to be developed, so they will remain parklands for everyone to enjoy.
While waiting for our pick up to take us to the airport we wandered a few blocks from the hotel and found the nicest little park with a pond in the middle, and watched the ducks, other birds, and children rowing boats on the pond. What a nice way to while the time away.
It was a short flight to Melbourne where we changed planes to fly to Launceston, Tasmania. Our hotel here is the Grand Chancellor - and is it posh! We had a huge room, nicely furnished with two queen beds, antique looking furniture, etc., and a bathroom half the size of our house (well almost). Had a message that Toni Johnston had called and wanted to meet us for coffee, so I left a message on her answering machine to call me in the morning.
OUR ITINERARY **NEW, REVISED AND UP TO DATE**
- If we're going to be in your city and you want to get together for a cup of coffee, leave a message at our hotel, or send me an email ahead of time at shakos@sympatico.ca - we'll try to rendezvous with you. That would be great fun!
- Sat. Oct. 20 - Arrive in Christchurch, New Zealand and stay at the Copthorne Central Hotel, phone 03 379 5880.
- Mon. Oct. 22 - TranzAlpine Train ride to Franz Josef, staying at the Franz Josef Glacier Hotel, phone 03 752 0729.
- Tues. Oct. 23 - Queenstown, staying at the Novotel Gardens, phone 03 442 7750.
- Thurs. Oct. 25 - Te Anau, staying at the Village Inn, phone 03-249 7911.
- Fri. Oct. 26 - Dunedin, staying at the Dunedin City Hotel, phone 03 470 1470. Hope to meet Chris Davies for coffee while we're there.
- Sat. Oct. 27 - Mount Cook National Park, staying at The Hermitage Hotel, phone 03 435 1809.
- Sun. Oct. 28 - Back at the Copthorne Central Hotel in Christchurch, phone 03 379 5580 till Oct. 30th. We'll then take the ferry to the North Island and stay with Beulah from Oct. 30th, till November 5th.
- Mon. Nov. 5 - Pick up a car for a self-drive tour to Auckland. (Biting my nails as you guys drive on the wrong side of the road - giggle). Stay at the Lakeland Resort, Taupo, phone 07 378 3893 on the 5th, and at the Heritage Rotorua on the 6th and 7th, phone 07 348 1189.
- Thurs. Nov. 8 - Arrive in Auckland and stay with Lizzie and her husband John. I've promised to teach an ink and oil rouging design for Lizzie while I'm there.
- Mon. Nov. 12 - It's all over but the curtain calls. Fly from Auckland back to Los Angeles, where we will stay a week with my aunt. A good chance to shake off some of the jet lag.
- Sun. Nov. 18 - Back in Canada. All good things have to come to an end. The memories, however, will last a lifetime.
Friday, October 12, 2007
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