Tony and Mary's European Travel Diary
Tony Dillon
- Inspired
- by
- their
- adult
- children’s
- travels,
- Tony
- and
- Mary
- Dillon
- developed
- their
- own
- desire
- for
- travel.
- After
- short
- trips
- to
- England
- and
- the
- United
- States
- of
- America,
- a
- grand
- plan
- to
- travel
- abroad
- for
- twelve
- months,
- began
- to
- emerge.
- A
- window
- of
- opportunity
- opened
- up
- in
- 2013/2014.
- With
- sabbatical
- leave
- secured,
- they
- left
- home
- in
- Melbourne
- for
- London
- on
- 1
- July
- 2013,
- to
- begin
- a
- largely
- undetermined
- tour,
- primarily
- of
- Europe.
- Before
- leaving
- Australia,
- the
- idea
- of
- an
- on-line
- travel
- diary
- took
- shape
- to
- record
- the
- year’s
- experience,
- and
- to
- allow
- family
- and
- friends
- to
- follow
- their
- travels.
- Tony
- began
- writing
- the
- diary
- with
- straightforward
- daily
- accounts
- that
- became
- increasingly
- more
- descriptive,
- with
- good
- feedback
- from
- readers.
- On
- completion
- of
- both
- the
- year
- of
- travel
- and
- the
- diary,
- he
- was
- encouraged
- to
- convert
- the
- diary
- into
- a
- book,
- to
- share
- their
- experiences,
- observations,
- itineraries,
- and
- travel
- tips,
- with
- the
- wider
- public.
- This
- book
- is
- an
- unedited
- account
- of
- Tony
- and
- Mary’s
- daily
- activities
- over
- the
- year,
- as
- described
- by
- Tony
- at
- the
- end
- of
- each day.