Springfield Lodge

Our Gypsy travels

... have been any better... My accomodation for the first night was in the local backpackers joint which was joined to the Springfield hotel..  I had pictured something very different to what it actually turned out to be but as usual it reminded me ...

... rain but once we retrieved our bags and grabbed a cab the rain had stopped. We took a 25 minute ride to our hotel the Springfield Lodge, or the Bates Motel, whatever you want to call it. Christine and I found this place on Trip Advisor some time back and ...

... : Great Ocean Road Hostel rankings: 1. Bounce Hotel - Sydney 2. NJoy Backpackers - Cairns 3. Miami Hotel - Melbourne 4. Leisure Inn - Sydney 5. Springfield Lodge - Sydney 6. Hoey Moey Backpackers - Coffs Harbour 7. Greenland Guesthouse - Byron Bay   ...

... in the mountains, and always in your face. As we work away at the kilometers (it’s about 80 to our destination of Springfield) the hills keep coming and our lack of quality training before we left becomes more and more of an issue.  Both of ...

... turqoise water and such a pretty town - very much of a French influence.  On Friday night, it was down to the Springfield Hotel (Fran & Stuart's local pub) for the RWC opening ceremony and NZ vs Tonga.  The Springfield is not quite The Old ...

... smaller, whispier specimens of the 'Simpsons intro' variety. In fact, this elevated view of Rotorua is a bit like of Springfield, (very slightly, but it's stretching it a bit); neat plots accommodating detached single storey, metal roofed houses; oh, ...

... would turn on the windshield wipers instead.  We made it about 150 kms from Christchurch and finally came across a town called Springfield.  We decided to grab some food since Adam and I had not eaten anything up to this point.  The ...

... Now we are back in Auckland for a brief stopover en route to Waitomo caves to see the glow worms. If anyone can verify if Marc was ever in a pool competion final at the Springfield Tavern in the first year, Heather would much appreciate it in an ...

... the Narrows.  It was an easy, paved walk.  We did not do the Narrows trail as that requires renting water boots in Springfield (the town next to Zion) to do that 9 mile hike.  You wade through the Virgin River and two rock walls continue to ...

Monday, April 5th, 2010 – Springfield to Rangiora via bike We woke up this morning feeling a bit sore but extremely refreshed. Likely one of our best sleeps to date. We quickly packed up the gear into our panniers as we wanted to use the full day to ...

... one island to another - wouldn't it have been nice to take a class trip to island hop in Fiji?? I used to think that Springfield, Illinois, capital of my home state and home of Abe Lincoln, was a decent class trip ;-) It seemed like almost as soon ...

... , and Bunyan's Giant Hotdog Statue (similar to the Gemini Giant we saw yesterday). Visited Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, Illinois and had a good lil history lesson of Nessy. Oak Ride Cemetery was actually really beautiful and the weather ...

... where we spend the night at a Best Western. While watching TV at the hotel we learned about the tornado that stuck Springfield, MA (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/06/01/national/main20068099.shtml). We rode through there only hours earlier. I was ...

... Africa a few years previously and the KFC we had there!) We stopped just north of town (about 7km) at Battlefields Country Lodge on Springfield farm (GPS 28°7'56"S 30°17’22”E – ph: 082 976 3447; www.battlefieldslodge.co.za). This was ...

... dogs and how they shear the sheep! Very cool. Showed us where Narnia had been filmed! Left Flock Hill, stopped off at Springfield! Then arrived in Christchurch. Went out with the group for drinks and dinner. Some of the group was leaving. 5th July - ...