Laters London - MC and JD's adventure back to NZ

Travel day today. Relaxed start to the day as we enjoyed our last morning and last jambon fromage croissants in Paris. It was raining pretty hard today as well, lucky with the timing!

Not too much happened. We ordered breakfast in French for the last time in a while, had a walk around Montmartre to post some items and checked out of the accommodation. We said goodbye to the famous windmill by our place and then it was on a train to the airport.

We’re really sad to say goodbye to Europe for a while. As we sat in the airport, with not much to do but play Uno and watch half the plane be selected for ‘random searches', we reminisced on our four years living here and all we have done. There have been a lot of adventures and new experiences ... that might be another book in the making here!

Our flight was with Norwegian Air and was excellent. On a brand new dreamliner plane which was super comfortable, apart from the temperature. Apparently, they keep it cold to combat the effects of jet lag. We will need to prep better for our next flights! Three movies (and some Big Bang Theory) later we landed at JFK airport in New York.

After a 40 minute drive to the terminal, we breezed through customs and boarded a train to Jamaica, the train station not the country. Once figuring out the subway we were on our way into Brooklyn to find where we are staying. We are in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, we found out later that this is where Notorious B.I.G grew up. It’s an interesting place and will be a great base for our stay in New York. Being 5am Paris time it was definitely time for bed.

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New York, New York!

September 13, 2018

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Paris, France to New York, USA

Travel day today. Relaxed start to the day as we enjoyed our last morning and last jambon fromage croissants in Paris. It was raining pretty hard today as well, lucky with the timing!

Not too much happened. We ordered breakfast in French for the last time in a while, had a walk around Montmartre to post some items and checked out of the accommodation. We said goodbye to the famous windmill by our place and then it was on a train to the airport.

We’re really sad to say goodbye to Europe for a while. As we sat in the airport, with not much to do but play Uno and watch half the plane be selected for ‘random searches', we reminisced on our four years living here and all we have done. There have been a lot of adventures and new experiences ... that might be another book in the making here!

Our flight was with Norwegian Air and was excellent. On a brand new dreamliner plane which was super comfortable, apart from the temperature. Apparently, they keep it cold to combat the effects of jet lag. We will need to prep better for our next flights! Three movies (and some Big Bang Theory) later we landed at JFK airport in New York.

After a 40 minute drive to the terminal, we breezed through customs and boarded a train to Jamaica, the train station not the country. Once figuring out the subway we were on our way into Brooklyn to find where we are staying. We are in the Bedford-Stuyvesant area of Brooklyn, we found out later that this is where Notorious B.I.G grew up. It’s an interesting place and will be a great base for our stay in New York. Being 5am Paris time it was definitely time for bed.



1.

On our way!

2.

The second longest travel day... so far!

3.

What we came to Norway for

4.

Travelling through postcard worthy scenery

5.

The city of seven mountains

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Our first overnight train and Ryanair sucks

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Tiger Woods and Ellie Lock

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Scotland in the school holidays

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A sleep in and a distillery

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Island hopping in Scotland

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A Ben is a mountain

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Highland weekend

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Hopefully the earliest start of the trip

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Catalonian culture and Spanish summers

15.

Travel lessons

16.

The Moorish Kingdom in Europe

17.

Exploring sunny Granada

18.

Holy shit it's hot

19.

Seville round 2

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Back to Madrid

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Spanish Culture and 101 Montaditos

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Travel days and Swiss facts

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Toddlers and Mountains

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Cow fighting and Swiss horn orchestra

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À bientôt Suisse et ciao Italia!

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Back to the seaside!

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Wine tasting and the beach

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Scenic walk and the beach

29.

Falling Towers and the Renaissance

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Michael and David

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Florence round two

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Avoiding flying Italians

33.

Tour de Umbria

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Don't go chasing waterfalls between 1 and 3pm

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Saints and signal failure

36.

Floating city and random catch ups

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Sunsets, pasta and tiramisu

38.

Ciao Italia, zdraveĭ Bŭlgariya

39.

More Romans and the Ottomans

40.

Balkan bites

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Victory Day!

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The oldest city….we have visited

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Pilgrimage to ANZAC Cove

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Living in caves

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Sun comes up, sun goes down

46.

Hiro tour let’s go!

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It’s a party in the sky with Turkish Airlines!

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Corn, fish sandwiches, and the art of bargaining

49.

The longest travel day by far

50.

Chilling and a cultural education

51.

Famous graves and forest walks

52.

Living like a local

53.

Escaping the city

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New York, New York!

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Bagels and memorials

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Old faces and sexy shoes

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J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS

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Green space in a concrete jungle

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“Bonus” night in NYC

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Toronto!

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We can play dodgeball!

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The bright lights of the big waterfall

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Roughriders and Whiskey

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The Sunshine State

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Going to the zoo zoo zoo

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California Sunsets

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I feel the need, the need for speed!... and shopping!

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Beverley Hillbillies

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A day at the beach

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Escape to suburbia

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Back to the hustle

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Last day on tour

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The most beautiful country in the world

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