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About SUNGRL

This blog was originally set up to share our 9 month adventure around Europe and the USA with friends and family in 2014. On returning to NZ in January 2015 I decided to carry it on so I could continue to share any future travel adventures - it has become my electronic travel diary. I hope you enjoy and get inspired to visit some of the wonderful places we have visited.

Strawberries

Posted on April 26, 2014 by SUNGRL

My favourite : )

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Quarteira, Algarve – Portugal

Posted on April 26, 2014 by SUNGRL

Steve is feeling slightly better although he is starving – he has only eaten a couple of plates of ice cream in the past three days. We decided to venture to Quarteira which is the next settlement along from Vale … Continue reading →

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Algarve – Portugal

Posted on April 26, 2014 by SUNGRL

Unfortunately we haven’t been too far in the last couple of days. Steve has a very infected and inflamed throat. He hasn’t been able to eat or drink for the past couple of days and has done a lot of … Continue reading →

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Vale do Lobo, Algarve – Portugal

Posted on April 23, 2014 by SUNGRL

Body clocks back to normal.  Went for a walk around our neighbourhood this morning.  There are some very large houses with beautiful grounds and pools around.  The sea is about a 5 minute walk and we checked out one of … Continue reading →

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Lisbon – Portugal

Posted on April 23, 2014 by SUNGRL

We arrived into Lisbon at 8am on Tuesday morning. We flew Vueling Air which I think is a Spanish airline. There are so many different airlines over here which we’ve never heard of. Anyway the flight was good and all … Continue reading →

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Melbourne – Australian Tennis Open

Posted on April 22, 2014 by SUNGRL

Given that part of our adventure this year is to take in all the tennis majors I thought I better skip back in time to January 2014 when we went to Melbourne for the Australian Tennis Open.  We had a … Continue reading →

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Welcome to Europe

Posted on April 22, 2014 by SUNGRL

We are now in Paris after a great couple of flights.  MH130 got us to KL safely and then it was onto MH002 to Paris.  MH002 was one of Malaysian Air’s new A380’s – what a plane.  The lie flat … Continue reading →

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Malaysian Air – MH130

Posted on April 20, 2014 by SUNGRL

I hope this plane doesn’t take any detours into the Indian Ocean. Saw the pilots checking in & was tempted to have a word!

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Auckland International Airport

Posted on April 20, 2014 by SUNGRL

After a busy morning picking Mum up from the bus, having breakfast with her & then dropping her at the domestic terminal we are finally all checked in & ready to go. The Taylor family minus Preston dropped us at … Continue reading →

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The Farewell Parties continue…

Posted on April 18, 2014 by SUNGRL

On Sunday the gym girls put on a long lunch under the trees at Vicky & Hira’s – what a magical afternoon. The very talented gym girls put together a song & dance using classic Abba songs & some very … Continue reading →

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