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- 2010 North America & Alaskan Inside Passage Cruise
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- 01. 2010 North America
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- 03. 2010 Australian Open Tennis Melbourne January
- 04. 2009 Around the World
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- #01 November 2019 & January 2020 – The Novel Coronavirus begins and breaks out
- #02 February 2020 COVID-19 Spreads Globally
- #03 March 2020 COVID-19 It Spreads very widely
- #04 April 2020 COVOD-19 The world tries to deal with Covid-19
- #05 May 2020 COVID-19. A new “Normal”
- #06 June 2020 Covid-19 Things are getting worse
- #07 July 2020 Covid-19 Complacency is our greatest danger
- #08 August 2020 Covid-19 Globally No Better No Worse, Victoria from Good to VERY Bad
- #09 September 2020 Covid-19 Globally it’s getting Worse, Victoria is back on track.
- #10 October 2020 Covid-19 The Pandemic takes hold Globally
- #11 November 2020 Covid-19
- #12 December 2020 Covid-19 The End of 2020 – We have vaccines and the hope of a brighter 2021
- #13 January 2021 Covid-19 The start of a new year with promise
- #14 February 2021 Covid-19 The “New Normal” has become normal
- #15 March 2021 Vaccinations in Australia begin and so does the Global Third Wave.
- #16 April 2021 The Third Wave is continuing to grow.
- #17 May 2021 The Third Wave comes and goes, where now?.
- #18 June 2021 The “Third Wave” is over, but hello the Delta Variant!
- #19 July 2021 The Delta Variant has arrived and brought on a 4th Wave of Covid-19
- #20 August 2021 Covid-19 Same Same but Different, Delta Dominates
- #21 September 2021 We ride the 4th wave
- #22 October 2021 The Fourth Wave is over, what next?
- #23 November 2021 Looks like Omicron is riding the 5th wave
- #24 December 2021 And then there was Omicron
- #25 January 2022 The month of Omicron
- #26 February 2022 Omicron fades away
- #27 March 2022 Covid-19 Australia’s 6th Wave and a Global Steady State.
- #28 April 2022 Covid-19 is declining world-wide, but comes close to home
- #29 May 2022 The numbers of Covid-19 “reported” are continuing to decline
- #30 June 2022 The Pandemic has stabilised, or has it!!
- #31 July 2022 Another wave of Covid-19 washes over us.
- #32 August 2022 The decline of the Omicron Wave
- #33 September 2022 A Political End to the Pandemic
- #34 October 2022 Covid-19 Diary
- #35 November 2022 Covid-19 Diary
- #36 December 2022 The West Begins to Normalise as China sets Covid-19 free.
- #37 January 2023 Covid-19 Let’s look the other way, it might go away!
- #38 February 2023 Covid-19, Don’t mention it!
- #39 March 2023 Covid-19 Now Endemic
- Covid-19 Charts Jan 2022 to end April 2022
Monthly Archives: October 2025
Day 3 UAE to Home. 20 October 2025
I lied, this (maybe) is the last post of our 7 week adventure. Our flight boarded after a final carry on search for liquids. Seemed an ad-hoc thing, a little disorganised. We were on board, they had closed the doors … Continue reading
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UAE Day 2 Dubai 19 October 2025
https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf The beginning of our last day in Dubai. We had breakfast at 8, the same as yesterday. Delicious again served by the very cheerful Rowena. This morning we did a tour “Culture on Wheels& Cultural Brunch through the … Continue reading
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Dubai Day 1 Dubai UAE 18 October 2025
Another slow start to our day, a late night/very early morning arrival into Dubai will do that. We had a leisurely breakfast out on the creek foreshore, watching the Dubai world go by, particularly up and down the creek. We … Continue reading
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Spain Day 23 Barcelona to Dubai 17 October 2025
#Retiredlyf Adiós Barcelona, hola Dubai. Yes, we said good bye to Barcelona and Spain to hello Dubai today. We had a slow morning, breakfast. Fi ished packing and got our ride to the airport at about 11:55am. We got to … Continue reading
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Spain Day 22 Barcelona 16 October 2025
Today was a free day for us to do, or not, whatever we wanted. That automatically means a slow start to our day. Breakfast at some time after 9, then we sat in our Junior Suite and watched the 36’ers … Continue reading
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Spain Day 21 Barcelona 15 October 2025
https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf We met Laura our guide and our driver at our hotel at 9am. It’s Gaudi Day! Antoni Gaudí (1852–1926), was an architect who embraced the Catalan Modernisme Movement (a branch of Art Nouveau). His signature designs used organic … Continue reading
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Spain Day 20 Barcelona 14 October 2025
https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf We met our guide Laura outside the Lamaro Hotel at a bit after 9am, it took us a little longer than we thought (and what Apple maps & google maps thought). After we got to know each other … Continue reading
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Spain Day 19 Valencia to Barcelona (by road) 13 October 2025
https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL #Retiredlyf Our driver picked us up at about 10:30 and took us to the train station next to the Valencia Bullring. I think it would be a great looking station, but at the moment it is covered in scaffolding, … Continue reading
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Spain Day 18 Valencia 12 October 2025
#Retiredlyf https://www.facebook.com/Greganddebstravelblog?mibextid=ZbWKwL A slow morning, we had a late breakfast, then I went out and did my Ingress Second Sunday things while Deb had a quiet morning in our room. My walk took me to the Alemeda Birdge, an interesting … Continue reading
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Spain Day 17 Valencia 11 October 2025
We left our hotel this morning and walked to meet our guide out in front of the town hall, did I mention that when we left our hotel it was dark and raining, it was 9:40am. Number of Views :227
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