Off to Grindelwald Farewell to Riva del Garda I have been enjoying my holiday too much and have slackened off with the diary writing, so I have decided to jump straight to Grindelwald and come back to Riva some other time (let’s hope it’s in my lifetime). I am reminding everyone this is a very […]
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I have to confess that I am writing this second part of the Dolomites blog while staring at the North Face of The Eiger. It is hard work keeping up with writing these blogs, but writing them I must, otherwise I will forget every special detail of this holiday of a lifetime. I have the
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Sunset vibes at my new best friend Sasso Dolomites Day 1: Monday 1st September, 2025 We arrived later than anticipated at our accommodation at Santa Cristina just in time to witness a sensational Dolomites sunset. The colours on the Sassolungo group were unbelievable and the half moon was conveniently sitting in between two peaks. I
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Venice Biennale Architecture After a deferral in 2024, due to a crazy year of health issues, we have finally headed off for perhaps our final trip to Italy to visit Venice, the Dolomites, Lake Garda and then onto Switzerland to stay at Grindelwald. With the Aussie Dollar being like it is (quite frankly very pathetic
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Gornergrat Experience Gornergrat 2019 Gornergrat 2023 Gornergrat 2019 Gornergrat 2023 This blog is a result of finding a blog from 2023 in ‘drafts’
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2023: There’s never been a year like it! It’s been such a hectic 12 months that my blogs have definitely taken a back seat in 2023. Every time I have thought about a topic, started the blog and jotted some notes, I have then had some major distractions and yet another blog sits in ‘Drafts’
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That’s as good as it got in 2019 We first came to Zermatt in 2019 to see the iconic Matterhorn, but sadly due to the overcast and wet mountain weather, we were never to spot it – not even once (unless you count the tiny tip I saw from our hotel verandah one night for
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Arriving at the conference hall for registration Awaiting the Key Note Speaker in the Great Hall 2023 IUGA Conference in The Hague I am writing this blog from The Hague after Day 2 of my visit to IUGA 2023 Conference. It has been so fabulous to be here face-to-face at a conference
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Relentless pressure in 2022 Relentless is the word that I think encompasses what 2022 has meant for myself (and Bob). I wanted this last blog for 2022 to be positive. There could be a lot of whining and whinging from me, but I feel that is a waste of emotional energy and pretty pointless in
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Warning: This is a long self-indulgent blog with lots of photos to help me remember the walks of Girraween National Park. Us about to embark on our magical Seceda walk. Move and improve – physical activity and your health Today is World Physiotherapy Day, but as the ‘Winter Lurgy’ has finally caught up with me,
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