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
- Quick update blog on what we are doing in December!
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!
