Life's about experiences. These are mine.
The last time we did this cruise back in 2015 Zadar wasn’t on the menu and we went to Venice. Now, of course, Venice isn’t as welcoming to tourists and certainly not those arriving by cruise ship so our destination was Zadar in Croatia instead. Coastal Installations The only thing I knew about Zadar was …
We’ve been to Koper before back in 2015 but last time we didn’t linger but got a bus down the coast to nearby Piran. This time we went into the town itself and found two things: firstly, it has a very attractive square with a church and fine fronted castle-y building and secondly, it is …
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The first stop on this cruise is Split, Croatia a pretty city that attracts Game of Thrones devotees for reasons I cannot explain having never seen it. Uber Wars The first challenge was getting from the ship to the town, a relatively short distance but too far for my parents to manage. No problem I …
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I know that it is not for everyone but we really like a trip on a cruise ship. I think that there are several reasons for that – firstly there is no opportunity to get bored as you visit somewhere different every day and secondly, it is all-inclusive – food, drinks, entertainment, bed the whole …
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Today we were back on the Thames Path for the first time since last year. We had intended to do this stretch in December but cried off as we thought that it might have been wet underfoot. Having walked it today I now don’t think that would have been the case as the majority of …
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I continued my tour of local museums today with a trip to the Willis Museum in Basingstoke. I’d been attracted by the temporary exhibition regarding nearby Silchester, a huge Roman town of which now all that remains are the walls and a small Amphitheater. We’re semi-regular visitors to Silchester so this seemed like an ideal …
We’ve just come back from a week away at Center Parcs (again) but this time I did not blog each and every day as there’s only so much you can say. However, I did think I would do a sort of wrap-up single post. And this is it! Having been to Longleat the last few …
When we completed the first section of the Thames Path we ended up at Greenwich and decided that one day it would be good to return and explore the place at a more leisurely pace. That opportunity came around more quickly than we had anticipated. There are many things to do in Greenwich but what …
Today was genuinely a day of firsts as we crossed the river and headed to the Triana area of Seville. We’d been attracted by a couple of things – the first was what was billed as a ‘flea market’ turned out to be one of those little local markets selling fresh meat, fish and vegetables …
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The pedant here with me in Seville has pointed out that yesterday is not the “only day where we are going to repeat anything that we have done before“. That is because today we got the train to Cordoba which we last did in 2018 and are, once again, visiting the mosque cum cathedral. Quick …