Trenna often kept a travel diary when she travelled. In due course I’ll be transcribing those (a few were on her iPad, but others were hand written) and you will be able to find them here.
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- The Wellington Earthquake
By Greg Business Class Travel – It’s Not For Everyone In November 2016 my then employer, Advocare Inc, gave me the opportunity to go to a mediation conference in Wellington, New Zealand. Travel was becoming increasingly difficult for Trenna. Her eyesight was very bad and her pain management was not going well. We knew that… Read more: The Wellington Earthquake - Marfan and Other Chronic Conditions – Things That Worked for Trenna
by Greg A Need to Cope with Life This is a list of some of the strategies Trenna adopted to try to cope with life and her many medical issues. She didn’t have a specific list of these items. This is just the things I remember us trying. I’m expecting (hoping?) that this post might… Read more: Marfan and Other Chronic Conditions – Things That Worked for Trenna - Andy Warhol
By Greg I started to watch The Andy Warhol Diaries on Netflix last night. It reminded me of two instances when the great artist and the great woman connected……. - Floor 7 1/2
… and Trenna’s Voice, Recording Kitchen Tape No. 8 By Greg, and then Trenna’s own voice The popular-culturally literate among you will immediately be thinking “Being John Malkovich“. What’s this got to do with Trenna? Well…. I have decided that in most cases I’m NOT going to put the original sound recordings on this website… Read more: Floor 7 1/2 - 9/11
Trenna’s Birthday, 11 September Trenna had no recollection of ever having a birthday party as a child. I found that hard to take as my family always made a big deal of my birthday, even though it was just 2 day’s after my little sister’s birthday and just 3 days after Christmas. So when I… Read more: 9/11 - The Darwin Letters No. 9
Tuesday 26 September 1995 20/288 Casuarina DriveNightcliff 0810 G’day once again Mum and Dad, How are you both after your trip to Kal? We hope you enjoyed it. Did you see some interesting sites? How did the local bus route and service compare with Darwin’s? Isn’t it around this time of the year that Kal has the racing… Read more: The Darwin Letters No. 9 - The Japan Travel Diary – Part 1
Tokyo and Kyoto in March and April 2015 – Cherry Blossom Time Intro by Greg, Diary Mainly by Trenna, But Bits by Greg If you want to go straight to the diary, click here. Introduction The Japan Travel Diary (which was done entirely on an iPad) itself doesn’t have an Introduction. I just wanted to… Read more: The Japan Travel Diary – Part 1 - The Japan Travel Diary – Part 2
To see Part 1 of this series, click HERE. Day 4, Monday 30/3/15 Chilli Con Carne not so good for brekky. Wayne had sent the train stops to get to Tokyo Tower. 11:17am set out and bought metro tickets. ¥170 each. (Roppongi-itchome) train station. 1:05 pm meal at the serve yourself and weigh it place.… Read more: The Japan Travel Diary – Part 2 - The Japan Travel Diary – Part 3
To read Part 1 of this series, click HERE. TOKYO – KYOTO 4/4 – 7/4 DAY 9, Saturday 4/4/15 Checked out Capitol Hotel before noon! 7 nights accommodation plus 2 hamburgers – total ¥367,223 (AUD$4,215.11) We were able to leave our larger red bag here – FREE! We walked, carried & pulled 435m+ from hotel… Read more: The Japan Travel Diary – Part 3 - The Japan Travel Diary – Part 4
The first part in this series is HERE. RETURN TO TOKYO DAY 12, Tuesday 7/4/15 We arrive back in TOKYO @ 9:05pm. Walked down stairs to Marunouchi Line (M17), boarded train (M14) Kokkai-gijidomae Station, walked 435m to Capitol Hotel room # 2715 next to our previous room but interior layout in reverse! Confusing! DAY 13,… Read more: The Japan Travel Diary – Part 4 - The Japan Travel Diary – Part 5 – Seven Haiku
… And the Original Reason For the Trip, Concluded By Greg I hope you have enjoyed reading the Japan Travel Diary, and the photos I added from our trip. Once we returned to Perth Trenna set about writing an email to our friend Wayne, who had shown us around one afternoon, and with whom we… Read more: The Japan Travel Diary – Part 5 – Seven Haiku - The USA Trip Diary – Part 1
How it Happened This bit by Greg. The Diary is by Trenna Second Time Overseas In this series of posts I will be revealing Trenna’s “Trip Diary” from October 1981 to April 1982. It was actually the first of two trips to the USA. The second was with me, 31 years later in 2013. This… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 1 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 2
The Diary Commences By Trenna The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. [GM: Just so you know. In this series Trenna does mention spending the night with a man … a few times. Nothing explicit is mentioned.] [GM: at the start of the “My Trip” diary that Trenna was using it had a section for… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 2 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 3
The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. The Day by Day Descriptions Start… Diary Entries From 22 October to 15 November 1981 22 – 25 October 1981 New York Weather: fine and warm We arrived in New York 22nd October. We caught a taxi from Kennedy Airport to Toni’s aunt’s place which cost us 30 bucks. Toni’s aunt… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 3 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 4
The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. Diary Entries From 26 November to 14 December 1981 Date: 26/11/81–2/12/81 Place: New York and Boston Weather: New York not bad. Boston cold. Thursday 26th November. Thanksgiving. Everything is closed as it’s a public holiday. Bart drove us to Brooklyn Heights where we had a lovely view of New York at… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 4 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 5
Diary Entries From 25 December to 1 February 1982 The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. Date: 25/12/81 – 30/12/81 Place: New York Weather: cloudy and cool Friday 25th December, Christmas Day. Unfortunately not a white Christmas but certainly a different Christmas from Perth. My presents included three jumpers, one pair of slippers, one bag, powder and a… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 5 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 6
Diary Entries From 25 December to 16 February 1982 The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. Date: 2/2/82 Place: Chicago Weather: too bloody ridiculous for words Note from Greg in 2023: For context, from what I recall from what Trenna told me the background to the Chicago visit was as follows. Toni had met a nice, attractive sailor,… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 6 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 7
Diary Entries From 17 February to 10 March 1982 The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. Wednesday 17th of February Caught a cab into downtown Dallas. We saw the Ewing Boulevard but not any Cowboys. Dallas is definitely not as glamorous as it is made out to be on telly. Date: 18/2/82–21 –/2/82 Place: Dallas – Los Angeles… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 7 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 8
Diary Entries From 12 March to 1 April 1982 The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. Friday 12th March Got packed for Las Vegas. We went to The Suburban Mr and Mrs Wijnhamer, Jim, Tony, Toni and me. It took us about five hours to get there. When we arrived we couldn’t believe our eyes, the entire place… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 8 - The USA Trip Diary – Part 9
Diary Entries From 2 April to 6 April 1982 – The End of The Trip The USA Travel Diary series starts HERE. Friday 2nd April Place: San Francisco Weather: cloudy and sprinkling Got up at 6 am can you believe that! Caught the bus to San Francisco downtown. We had to get to Fisherman’s Wharf which became quite… Read more: The USA Trip Diary – Part 9 - Kangaroos Having Fun
by Greg Introduction (I’m back, a psychological insight, and spiders holding back Australian tourism!) Regular readers will know that I have recently returned from a holiday. I went to the UK, with a side trip to Budapest. The whole trip was great. Whilst away I checked and approved comments submitted to the website, but didn’t… Read more: Kangaroos Having Fun - A Few Days in Bridgetown – 2015
Intro by Greg, the rest by Tren Introduction Below are Trenna’s notes of a 4 day break we had in 2015. We had booked a house just outside the small but delightful town of Bridgetown, in the South West corner of Western Australia. It is about a 3 hour drive from our place. Oh, and… Read more: A Few Days in Bridgetown – 2015 - We’ll Always Have Prague – and the China Lady on the Wall
Special Note: I had this Post finished and ready to publish on 21 December 2023. And then the tragic news of a mass shooting in Prague came through. I have therefore held back the story for a couple of weeks out of respect for the people who lost their life. 23 May – 4 June… Read more: We’ll Always Have Prague – and the China Lady on the Wall - New Zealand North Island – Tren’s Travel Diary
By us both Introduction Trenna and I liked to record information about our holidays. Below is the travel diary Trenna kept on her iPad of a trip to the North Island of New Zealand from 11 November 2016 to 22 November 2016. The only time we went there, and our last overseas trip together. It… Read more: New Zealand North Island – Tren’s Travel Diary