I think I might go there. Here are my notes …
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Derain
I can’t remember where I saw it, but I was impressed/taken by one of his pool of London pictures. I wonder where they are best seen? Here are my notes. …
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Europe by Train
As I plan more travel for 2023, the train is looking more and more comfortable. It’s not cheaper yet but sometimes with Eurostar, an interail ticket is cheaper than Eurostar’s prices, particularly if I want to travel on. Here are some notes and links. …
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Cruising
A friend went on a river cruise and I thought that sounded fun. So I did some looking up. They’re not cheap at over £400 day, the Danube is more expensive than the Rhine; some prices exclude the journey there and back. Food and drink is often included, but they have several ways of getting…
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Paris
It’s been a while, but I am planning to return, probably by Eurostar.
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La Rochelle
Shall I go to La Rochelle, my notes and links …
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Travel to Strasbourg
This is a trick, plane or train? It’s an arse-ache to get to cheaply (and quickly). Here’s what I have found.
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North, South, East & West
There’s how far, north, south, east, west have you travelled meme going around the internet. Here’s two maps that answer this for me. …
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Mexico
Mexico has a sad and long history, having finished Class Wargames, I am looking to pick up, “Mexico, a brief history”. Here are my other notes & links …
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Glacier Safari
So I am researching glacier safaris in Iceland.
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Return to Chamonix
Yup, we’re going back to Chamonix, probably staying here., obviously going up in the world; it’s next door to the one we used in 2011.
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Santiago de Compostella
I think I might go there. It’s in Galicia, just around the corner from Coruna but possibly most accessible from Santander, which can be reached by ship or by ‘plane.
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Denmark and Copenhagen
Last weekend we made a quick trip to Copenhagen to visit people and the city. We flew from Heathrow since sadly there were no flights from LCY. We crossed the Oresund Bridge by train, to Malmo, Sweden and saw signs to the Airport. It seems that Flybe go there from Southampton.
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Berlin
I originally wrote this for me, and used it to record stuff I need to plan and visit the city. It’s still pretty much the same. It might be useful for others. I first stayed there at the end of the summer 2005. We stayed at the art’otel mitte im Mitte and visited the centre…
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Frankfurt am Main, the home of the German Banking System and now the European Central Bank. It’s taken me a while, since I never visited this city while at Sun (1997-2009) but have been there several times since leaving them. Here are my notes on visiting Frankfurt; here are my pictures on Flikr.
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