Tag Archives: Noumea

Wed. 26th December 2012 Our three days of luxury are over and it is time to move back around the corner to Le Pacifique, which is not much of a hardship as it is closer to the sea front and …

Tue. 25th December 2012 I am used to waking early on Christmas Day morning. As a child, it was the excitement of presents; then we had children and I understood a bit more about how my mum and dad felt; …

Mon. 24th December 2012 Christmas Eve is finally here and we start the day by writing a shopping list – we have not done that for a long time! We need to get to the supermarket before noon as the …

Sun. 23rd December 2012 We’re starting to know what Tim Rice had in mind when he wrote the song ‘Another suitcase in another hall’ for the musical Evita (which sort of seems appropriate given our stay in Buenos Aires). We …

Sat. 22nd December 2012 The day did not start well, with muesli in a mug with UHT milk, as we refused to pay 20 Euros each for the hotel breakfast. Then  it was 9:45 by the time we had sorted …

Thur & Fri. 20th & 21st December 2012 No, we are not slacking on the blog posts. Today was two days. As we flew from Tahiti to New Caledonia we went back another 3 hours and gained a whole day …