Itinerary Version 5

Some more tweaks to our itinerary. We have added an extra day in London and we have decided to stay in Paris for a week rather than just 3 days. The plan is to do day tours from Paris to other parts of France rather than try and move around too much.

Itinerary v5

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Apr 11	Apr 12	Apr 13	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16	Apr 17
		Sydney	Fly	Fly/ Dublin	Dublin	Wicklow Area
Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23	Apr 24
Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Cork Area
Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 30	May 01
Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Galway Area
May 02	May 03	May 04	May 05	May 06	May 07	May 08
Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Northern Ireland
May 09	May 10	May 11	May 12	May 13	May 14	May 15
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Dublin
May 16	May 17	May 18	May 19	May 20	May 21	May 22
Dublin	Ferry/ Train/ London	London	London	London	London	Train/ Paris
May 23	May 24	May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28	May 29
Paris	Paris	Paris	Paris	Paris	Paris	Train/ Bern
May 30	May 31	Jun 01	Jun 02	Jun 03	Jun 04	Jun 05
Bern	Train/ Wengen	Wengen	Train/ Zermatt	Zermatt	Train/ Luzern	Luzern
Jun 06	Jun 07	Jun 08	Jun 09	Jun 10	Jun 11	Jun 12
Train/ Zurich	Zurich	Zurich	Fly/ Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Fly
Jun 13	Jun 14	Jun 15	Jun 16	Jun 17	Jun 18	Jun 19
Sydney

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Itinerary version 4

Some more minor tweaks to our itinerary. The split between Northern Ireland and the Midlands area has gone and has been replaced by a full week in Northern Ireland. We have dropped the time in Dublin the second time around to two nights only. This gives us an extra night in London. We have also decided to catch the ferry from Dublin to Holyhead and then travel by train to London. This will give us a chance to save a little money and see a little bit of Wales and England, albeit from the inside of a train.

Itinerary v4

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Apr 11	Apr 12	Apr 13	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16	Apr 17
		Sydney	Fly	Fly/ Dublin	Dublin	Wicklow Area
Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23	Apr 24
Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Cork Area
Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 30	May 01
Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Galway Area
May 02	May 03	May 04	May 05	May 06	May 07	May 08
Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Northern Ireland
May 09	May 10	May 11	May 12	May 13	May 14	May 15
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Dublin
May 16	May 17	May 18	May 19	May 20	May 21	May 22
Dublin	Ferry/ Train/ London	London	London	London	Train/ Paris	Paris
May 23	May 24	May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28	May 29
Paris	Paris	“France”	“France”	“France”	“France”	Bern
May 30	May 31	Jun 01	Jun 02	Jun 03	Jun 04	Jun 05
Bern	Train/ Wengen	Wengen	Train/ Zermatt	Zermatt	Train/ Luzern	Luzern
Jun 06	Jun 07	Jun 08	Jun 09	Jun 10	Jun 11	Jun 12
Train/ Zurich	Zurich	Zurich	Fly/ Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Fly
Jun 13	Jun 14	Jun 15	Jun 16	Jun 17	Jun 18	Jun 19
Sydney

Flights Booked

Well, today we made our first major step … we have booked our flights.

Our flights are as follows.

Flight	Departure	Origin	Destination	Arrival
QF 87	14Apr 14:20	Sydney	Hong Kong	14Apr 21:55
LX 139	14Apr 23:15	Hong Kong	Zurich	15Apr 06:10
LX 400	15Apr 09:20	Zurich	Dublin	15Apr 10:35
LX 138	09Jun 22:45	Zurich	Hong Kong	09Jun 16:40
QF 128	12Jun 21:10	Hong Kong	Sydney	13Jun 07:55

The Swiss Air Zurich-Dublin flight is a free “sidetrip” special offer. We are only taking advantage of the outward leg of this “sidetrip”. The return leg between Dublin and Zurich will be overland via ferry and train. [Though this may yet change to a flight]

The observant of you who are reading this [you are reading this aren’t you?] will realise that this changes our itinerary a little.

Itinerary v3

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Apr 11	Apr 12	Apr 13	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16	Apr 17
		Sydney	Fly	Fly/ Dublin	Dublin	Wicklow Area
Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23	Apr 24
Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Cork Area
Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 30	May 01
Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Galway Area
May 02	May 03	May 04	May 05	May 06	May 07	May 08
Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Northern Ireland
May 09	May 10	May 11	May 12	May 13	May 14	May 15
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Midlands Area	Midlands Area	Midlands Area
May 16	May 17	May 18	May 19	May 20	May 21	May 22
Dublin	Dublin	Ferry/ Train/ London	London	London	Train/ Paris	Paris
May 23	May 24	May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28	May 29
Paris	Paris	“France”	“France”	“France”	“France”	Bern
May 30	May 31	Jun 01	Jun 02	Jun 03	Jun 04	Jun 05
Bern	Train/ Wengen	Wengen	Train/ Zermatt	Zermatt	Train/ Luzern	Luzern
Jun 06	Jun 07	Jun 08	Jun 09	Jun 10	Jun 11	Jun 12
Train/ Zurich	Zurich	Zurich	Fly/ Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	Fly
Jun 13	Jun 14	Jun 15	Jun 16	Jun 17	Jun 18	Jun 19
Sydney

Second Draft Itinerary

Well, first snag encountered. Most cottages in Ireland are rented on a Saturday to Saturday basis. So we have moved the Irish leg of the itinerary around a little to cater for this. We have also added an extra night in Paris.

Draft Itinerary

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Apr 11	Apr 12	Apr 13	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16	Apr 17
		Sydney	Fly	Fly/ London	Dublin	Wicklow Area
Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23	Apr 24
Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Cork Area
Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 30	May 01
Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Galway Area
May 02	May 03	May 04	May 05	May 06	May 07	May 08
Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Northern Ireland
May 09	May 10	May 11	May 12	May 13	May 14	May 15
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Midlands Area	Midlands Area	Midlands Area
May 16	May 17	May 18	May 19	May 20	May 21	May 22
Dublin	Dublin	London	London	London	Paris	Paris
May 23	May 24	May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28	May 29
Paris	Paris	“France”	“France”	“France”	“France”	Bern
May 30	May 31	Jun 01	Jun 02	Jun 03	Jun 04	Jun 05
Bern	Bern/ Wengen	Wengen	Wengen/ Zermatt	Zermatt	Zermatt/ Luzern	Luzern
Jun 06	Jun 07	Jun 08	Jun 09	Jun 10	Jun 11	Jun 12
Luzern/ Zurich	Zurich	Zurich	Fly	Fly/ Sydney

First Draft Itinerary

Well, last night we sat down and tried to get down on paper what has been floating around in our heads for a while. We needed to do this so that we could start looking at booking accommodation and flights where needed.

So here is the first draft of our itinerary [very much subject to change].

Draft Itinerary

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
Apr 11	Apr 12	Apr 13	Apr 14	Apr 15	Apr 16	Apr 17
		Sydney	Fly	Fly/ London	Dublin	Dublin
Apr 18	Apr 19	Apr 20	Apr 21	Apr 22	Apr 23	Apr 24
Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area	Wicklow Area
Apr 25	Apr 26	Apr 27	Apr 28	Apr 29	Apr 30	May 01
Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area	Cork Area
May 02	May 03	May 04	May 05	May 06	May 07	May 08
Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area	Galway Area
May 09	May 10	May 11	May 12	May 13	May 14	May 15
Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Northern Ireland	Midlands Area
May 16	May 17	May 18	May 19	May 20	May 21	May 22
Midlands Area	Midlands Area	London	London	London	Paris	Paris
May 23	May 24	May 25	May 26	May 27	May 28	May 29
Paris	“France”	“France”	“France”	“France”	“France”	Bern
May 30	May 31	Jun 01	Jun 02	Jun 03	Jun 04	Jun 05
Bern	Bern/ Wengen	Wengen	Wengen/ Zermatt	Zermatt	Zermatt/ Luzern	Luzern
Jun 06	Jun 07	Jun 08	Jun 09	Jun 10	Jun 11	Jun 12
Luzern/ Zurich	Zurich	Zurich	Fly	Fly/ Sydney