Itinerary – big trip 2025

Europe 2025

At a really high level this is where we are heading:

30th August – leave from Wellington NZ and fly to Paris via overnight in Dubai with Rachel & Gordon

1st – 4th September – Paris site seeing

4th – 12th September in Avignon, Provence France including staying in a fab Villa with friends – someone has a birthday!

12th September – head to Porto, Portugal with the gang, Imogen arrives, explore Porto

16th – 29th September – Walk the Portuguese Camino! – just us and Imogen

29th Sept – 2nd October – explore Santiago de Compostella, Spain and bus back to Porto, Portugal

3rd October – Imogen heads home, we head to Bordeaux, France

3rd – 10th October – Bordeaux, Saint Emillion, France

10th – 12th October – in Paris with Milla

12th – 15th October – in Lyon, France

15th – 19th October – in Barcelona, Spain

19th Oct – 8th November – no real plans, travel from Barcelona to Lagos, Portugal

8th – 9th November – MotoGP Portmao, Portugal (staying in Lagos)

10th – 14th November – Lisbon, Portugal

14th – 21st November – down week in Milton Keynes eating all of Paul and Karen’s food, using their washing machine lots

21st – 24th November – in Zurich with Geoff

24th Nov – 4th December – no firm plans yet, some Christmas markets, some time in Italy, our 90 days Schengen Visa will run out later this week so we need to head back to the UK

4th December – 5th January – White Christmas! UK Christmas markets, catching up with friends, stay in London, based in Milton Keynes

Melbourne 2026

5th January – fly from Heathrow London, to Melbourne, 2 hour stopover this time

January 2026 – meet our mokopuna, be supportive grandparents, watch some tennis, take mini breaks around Victoria and start thinking about going home!

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Itinerary – Big trip 2025

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