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After another good night’s sleep it’s an early start this morning. The first allocated exercise session for our intake is 7.20am, exactly the same time that breakfast is due to arrive. I do my ablutions and then prep for the walk choosing to have breakfast when I return. Seventy minutes and a seven km walkContinue reading “MIQ: Day 6”

I mentioned in MIQ: Day 5 that I had issues with headphone choices and I was going to write a separate blog post in the form of an unofficial headphone review. I have five options to choose from the basic Apple corded headphones, Apple Airpod Pros, Jabra Sport, Bose audio sunglasses and Beats Studio3 wirelessContinue reading “Headphones Review”

I gave myself a sleep-in this morning and woke up 5 minutes before breakfast was delivered to the door at 7.20am.  A solid eight hours sleep. Breakfast is a ham, cheese and lettuce croissant (which I would have preferred to be warm but there isn’t a microwave here) and a very unusual fruit salad (maybeContinue reading “MIQ: Day 5”

I need to check my phone to remind me of what day it is, as my sense of the days of the week has gone. Thursday 18 March. I had a much better night’s sleep, but the alarm needed to be set for 5.50am. Why? Unfortunately the first rostered exercise session for our intake wasContinue reading “MIQ: Day 4”

This place is really quiet but last night I had a broken night’s sleep so ended up watching cricket for an hour or so. Breakfast arrived at 7am and is different again today. A serving of pancakes with cream and jam and a smoothie too, morning tea consists of mandarins and a pastry. I canContinue reading “MIQ: Day 3”

Another solid night’s sleep because this place is really quiet. No one is moving around at night, no late arrivals or early checkouts, and doors aren’t being slammed shut (because they’re not being opened) and no inconsiderate hallway banter that usually disturbs sleep in hotels. I like isolation. Breakfast is different today. A ham, lettuceContinue reading “MIQ: Day 2”

When we arrived into Christchurch on Sunday night it was just after 6pm. We were taken by bus a very short distance to the Sudima Hotel by the airport and we waited for about 40 minutes before we were allowed to disembark. The NZDF personnel are now in charge and my first impression of themContinue reading “MIQ: Day 1”

It was a 4am start on Sunday morning because of the necessary ablutions before hitting the road. I needed to move 50kgs of luggage up Merriwa St and along to the train station – about a kilometre but it was dark, drizzly and very muggy. I knew that once I got to the train IContinue reading “Goodbye Sydney: Part 3 (and Hello NZ)”

Lucy was surprised that Hungary Jacks is just Burger King in disguise and the story behind it but that’s for another day. We were there so that I could try the Rebel Whopper burger (with the 100% plant based meat pattie) and whether or not it was anything like beef. It certainly looked like beefContinue reading “Goodbye Sydney: Part 2”

My final couple of days in Sydney went really quickly. The usual process of packing, giving the apartment a general clean and getting rid of rubbish wore me down a fair bit because it also kept reminding me that I was coming to an end of my time here with Lucy. It has been aContinue reading “Goodbye Sydney: Part 1”