Travels with Steve and Glo

Tasmania

Posted over 2 years ago in Triabunna, Australia

For our one month road trip in Tassie, we needed our trusty caravan. Steve drove down to Hobart over three days and I flew over with the girls.

It was a wonderful trip - some highlights included:

- Cycling around Maria island visiting beaches and just cruisin’ around with no agenda

- Penguin spotting in Bichino

- Bay of Fires. It rained our whole time here, but lots of board games and brief walks on the beach when the weather let up.

- Longford – velodrome next to the caravan park – score!

- Cradle Mountain – hiking around Dove Lake, with all seasons in one day.

- Waratah – cute small town, we saw a platapus!

- Corinna – beautiful stop on the Pieman River

- Launceston – hanging out with Cam & Lisa and the fam

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Puerto Varas

Posted over 6 years ago in Puerto Varas, Chile

We decided to leave Viña del Mar for one last "adventurous" trip at the end of our year away - it seemed like a pity to be so close to the wilderness in Chile and not visit.

In the end it probably wasn't worth the hassle of up-rooting the kids, packing all our stuff, and taking yet another flight. While Puerto Varas was nice, it was a long drive from the interesting hiking, so we spent a lot fo time in the car. And the weather was so fickle that we ended up drenched in freezing rain more than once.

But as always we managed to have a fun time, and the girls loved walking up their first volcano and stamping in the snow at the top.

We had to pop back in to Santiago for a few nights before flying home, and we managed to have a great final meal to celebrate the end of our adventures. Overall it was a fun way to finish our year overseas!

Viña del Mar

Posted almost 7 years ago in Viña del Mar, Chile

After the smogginess of Santiago we were keen for some fresh sea breezes, so we headed to Viña del Mar, which is a few hours away on the coastline. We decided to stay put here for the final 2 months of our trip (with one final excursion to come before we fly home).

We were lucky to find a beautiful apartment 5 minutes away from the beach, with lovely sunset views each night. Nelly and Clementine started another pre-school, and as usual they flourished and thrived amongst their new friends. In fact, some weekends they actually complained that they'd rather be in school than hanging with us on the beach...

We occupied our time by starting work on some new side-projects, snoozing on the beach, and sampling the local restaurants a few times a week.

All in all, it was a fantastic spot to spend some time for the last stretch of our 12 month adventure.

Valparaíso

Posted almost 7 years ago in Valparaíso, Chile

We had originally intended to stay in Valparaíso with the kids, but were convinced to stay instead in nearby Viña del Mar, and commute over to see the sights on the local bus.

This turned out to be excellent advice as the city is definitely scenic and atmospheric, but also very hilly, a bit dodgy in places, and quite piss-smelling!

Instead we headed into Valpo a every few weeks to walk amongst the graffitied walls, and to have lunch in some excellent restaurants. Here are some of our favourite street scenes.