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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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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It’s been a while, but I am planning to return, probably by Eurostar.
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Shall I go to La Rochelle, my notes and links …
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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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I fancy a trip, Rough Guide is on the way; here are my notes. This started as Vilnius bit I have become more ambitious. I have just returned, and need to bring the page up to date. 20.10.2025
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What made me think of this? As ever some notes …
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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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I’d love to go sailing again, once the pandemic is over. Here are some 2021, links and notes …
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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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So I am researching glacier safaris in Iceland.
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This was originally written in 2015, when my works trip returned 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. In 2025, I had a look to go under my own steam, to see the snow and…
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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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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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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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