As we complete the final preparations for our 'round the world escapade, we look forward to one final celebration with our family and friends. Join us, as we carouse and reminisce with you, our nearest and dearest.
Simon & Mandy's Going Away Party!
24th of April, 8 'til late
(On the eve of the ANZCA Day public holiday - contact us for the location.)
Saturday, March 15, 2008
What do you do at 5am and neither of you can sleep?
Well... aside from the obvious... which is hand puppets... why, what were you thinking?
Simon & I for no apparent reason woke up around 4am and try as we might couldn't get back to sleep. So after about an hour of struggling with the bedding, we gave up trying. It was a bizzare feeling similar to jet-lag but in your own home, and without the hassle of changing time zones (which is apparently difficult to organise on a planetary scale) We stumbled out the bedroom and into the kitchen lamenting we weren't still curled sleep's blissful spell
After rejecting horrifying thoughts of a early morning walk - at a time when not even insane bakers would be awake to give us warm rolls - we invented a plan; "perhaps we should finalise our connecting transport for our travels". The lack of connecting travel has been on both our minds and admitted it may be a contributing factor to our current irregular sleeping behaviour.
As we explored the modes of travel, we decided on a train journey and settled on Amtrak. We had previously struggled with the booking of this because we couldn't find how a non-US or Canadian resident could collect pre-booked tickets (FYI - they have kiosks like at Euro star stations or e-ticket collection points at Melbourne airport where you may pick them up. You can select this on the screen where you are entering in your identifying information like Passport details)
After following some excellent advise from friends in San Francisco we settled on catching a 10pm train from Emeryville CA to Vancouver BC (2 adult tickets with roomette) for only about US$340. Meals included - Lekker! (Dutch word with many meanings including but not exclusive to tasty, sexy, good, nice)
The route we're taking is the Coast Starlight and it journey's from LA up the West coast to Seattle - you can book (at the same time) a connecting bus to Vancouver through the Amtrak website.
From all accounts, this is one of the most beautiful train journeys in the Amtrak network. We'll keep you posted.
Simon & I for no apparent reason woke up around 4am and try as we might couldn't get back to sleep. So after about an hour of struggling with the bedding, we gave up trying. It was a bizzare feeling similar to jet-lag but in your own home, and without the hassle of changing time zones (which is apparently difficult to organise on a planetary scale) We stumbled out the bedroom and into the kitchen lamenting we weren't still curled sleep's blissful spell
After rejecting horrifying thoughts of a early morning walk - at a time when not even insane bakers would be awake to give us warm rolls - we invented a plan; "perhaps we should finalise our connecting transport for our travels". The lack of connecting travel has been on both our minds and admitted it may be a contributing factor to our current irregular sleeping behaviour.
As we explored the modes of travel, we decided on a train journey and settled on Amtrak. We had previously struggled with the booking of this because we couldn't find how a non-US or Canadian resident could collect pre-booked tickets (FYI - they have kiosks like at Euro star stations or e-ticket collection points at Melbourne airport where you may pick them up. You can select this on the screen where you are entering in your identifying information like Passport details)
After following some excellent advise from friends in San Francisco we settled on catching a 10pm train from Emeryville CA to Vancouver BC (2 adult tickets with roomette) for only about US$340. Meals included - Lekker! (Dutch word with many meanings including but not exclusive to tasty, sexy, good, nice)
The route we're taking is the Coast Starlight and it journey's from LA up the West coast to Seattle - you can book (at the same time) a connecting bus to Vancouver through the Amtrak website.
From all accounts, this is one of the most beautiful train journeys in the Amtrak network. We'll keep you posted.
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