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Merry Christmas

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

25 Dec, 2005

Not such an exciting post to finish the trip off with. Sorry everyone. Maybe I’ll revisit this. Arrived in Perth in the wee hours of Christmas, minus one bag 🙁 . Seem to be making a habit of this. Wouldn’t be surprised if it was somewhere in Madrid on an Iberia carousel…

A few days here, and then to Melbourne and home on the 29th.

Hope everyone enjoyed the blog, and until the next time, Merry Christmas and cheers.

“Punctuality is Our Aim”

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005

22 Dec – 24 Dec, 2005

“Punctuality is Our Aim”. So, the signage says every way you turn when near Iberia check in counters. They’re missing, big time! We were late by over an hour, from Amsterdam to Madrid. We were late from Madrid to Fuerteventura. On this return leg, the plane was an hour late from Teneriffe to Madrid, meaning we missed our connection to Frankfurt (one of their flights left on time!!!, or maybe not too late, in any case). We missed that one by minutes. And even more annoying, was the strike at Madrid airport meant that after landing we had to sit for 15 minutes on the plane before being allowed to disembark.

So, Iberia managed to get us on another flight. We should make the connection in Frankfurt. Iberia plane arrives at Madrid and at the gate on time! Looking good! Iberia plane leaves Madrid 20 minutes late. Should still have time. We land30 minutes late. Should still be fine. Qantas plane is only parked two or three jetways down. We’ll make it. Qantas flight to Singapore closes 10 minutes before departure time. We miss it by a minute or so. We shout expletives at imaginary Iberia people who are not there to hear us…

24 hours in Frankfurt, at a cushy hotel, courtesy of the airline. Worst part is, though, we will not reach Perth until Christmas morning, now.

Teneriffe, central Canaries

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
19 Dec - 22 Dec, 2005 Teneriffe. One of the two big islands of the Canaries. After our dreadfully early start, our two hour ferry crossing had us at Los Cristianos, southern Teneriffe, still in time for breakfast. ... [Continue reading this entry]

La Palma, western Canaries

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
13 Dec - 19 Dec, 2005 We moved straight to Fuencaliente, on the south of the island, without our luggage. We decided to fly from the eastern islands across, as we would have effectively lost a whole day taking ferries ... [Continue reading this entry]

Lanzarote, eastern Canaries, again

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
10 Dec - 13 Dec, 2005 Really, it would have been so much more logical if Lanzarote had been joined to Fuerteventura. The landscape is not hugely different, and the highspeed ferry ride is over quick enough that you easily ... [Continue reading this entry]

Fuerteventura, eastern Canaries

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
8 Dec - 10 Dec, 2005 Before writing about individual expeniences, we should point out in advance, that we had received mixed messages about the Canary Islands. While some seasoned travellers told us to avoid them and were horrified we ... [Continue reading this entry]

Tapas!

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
6 Dec - 8 Dec, 2005 A small layover in Madrid. Two nights. Iosu, whom we met in Peru, was our host. When he said there would be space, we didn't expect him to give us his room, ... [Continue reading this entry]

Relatively straightforward

Wednesday, December 28th, 2005
28 Nov - 6 Dec, 2005 In to Holland, and around to the relatives. You know what they say, about able to choose your friends, but not your relatives. Well, I wouldn't choose any differently. The really amazing ... [Continue reading this entry]

Hannover – the morning after

Monday, November 28th, 2005
24 Nov - 28 Nov, 2005 Spent our first and last days in Hannover with Markus and Kat, and Arko the dog. Markus had to work at the Christmas market, Kat had an exam, so we spent a day with ... [Continue reading this entry]

Berlin

Thursday, November 24th, 2005
20 Nov - 24 Nov, 2005 What an amazing city Berlin is. Third time here, and we could still entertain ourselves so easily, with dozens of things left for another time. Some were new sites, some were things we ... [Continue reading this entry]