When time is never enough

Day 6 & 7 Our transport from Zurich to Munich had a few hiccups. While looking at the huge departures board at Zurich station, our train information flashed up but with no platform number and ‘Ausfall’ at the end of the information. Failure, loss, breakdown. Not the thing you really want to see. I made my way to the Customer Ticket Office and found a lovely attendant who said that the train didn’t quite make it to Zurich, so we would have to get a train to Winterthur, where w

Day 1: Singapore Marina Bay & Singapore from the Fullerton Bay Hotel rooftop This is the third time that we have attempted this trip; it was planned back in 2020 after we had returned from my 60th birthday trip (see blog "Koh Samui, Thailand, Spain & Italy: Feb 2019"). We were going to do a very similar trip for Mandy's 60th however COVID put paid to those plans when Australia's borders were closed by our Government. Instead Mandy had to make the most of various parks, within

Zurich: Milan: Genoa: A month or so from Zurich, around the top of Italy and back by rail. Incredible scenery, fabulous food and great people along the road less travelled. Zurich (& Milan, it hardly deserves it's own page given we were only there 24 hours) 30 March 2024 After a painless 12 hour flight from Bangkok to Zurich, we were welcomed by the snow-capped Swiss Alps and the lovely staff at the Central Plaza Hotel . Our early arrival time meant leaving the bags and makin

Sitting at home after a days work as Safety Manager for the George Michael Concert bump-in at the Sydney Football Stadium, I received an...

Wednesday July 17 Finally off to the LEGO Fun Fest in Santiago, plus a few extras. Thanks to my gorgeous wife for letting me go, Claudia...

Preface In early 2018, my wife asked me what I wanted to do for my upcoming birthday, still some 10-11 months away. We decided on a...

Monday 14 January Well I never thought Brickman Exhibitions would take me to South America, but here we go! Off to San Jose for 6 days to...