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The next morning on the advice of Nuria, I headed into the city to see a new Art Gallery in a restored Palace in the old quarter of Valencia. After a wander around a street market, and, the Plaza Redonda; now sadly depleted of the many traditional ceramic shops previously there I headed to the…
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On a dark rainy morning in February, I joined the throngs a of passengers at Gatwick Airport escaping the near biblical rains we have experienced of late in England, for sunnier climes. Apart from the ‘Fray Bentos’ Steak and Kidney pie which, (clearly an offensive weapon!)caused a bit of a delay at security, (gift for…
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Well she’s off again after a brief respite in Dorset, it was off to Liverpool this time with my sister Gabs as a belated birthday treat for her, a committed Beatles fan since her teen years back in the 1960’s.We set off from Weymouth with the now obligatory fizz on the train and arrived in…
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Whilst the adventure was wonderful and exceeded expectations, the two young maids were happy to be on their way back to Budmouth and, Weymouth and Portland certainly did not disappoint. A sunny afternoon five mile walk along the beach with my furry friend and a bracing dip in the sea at Chesil the following day…
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And so to our last port of call Paris. We had to catch two trains both of which were really busy so we were glad to have reserved seats. After the pristine appearance of Vienna, Paris proved a bit of a shock. We emerged from a very grubby Metro station to a street with overflowing…
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And so on to our next port of call Vienna: the scenic rail journey had me expecting to see Julie Andrew’s popping up over every mountain top. (Sense a nun theme on this journey!) Mountain peaks clad with pine trees trimmed with very lush green fields with grazing cows reminded me of a Lindt advertisement…
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After a long day’s journey by rail and a rather hairy time-constricted change of trains (7 mins with change of platform!) which, we made in time! We arrived in the tiny village of Bohinjska Bistrico;the platform was possibly the smallest I have ever encountered, about three feet wide with a picturesque station the size of…
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Early on Sunday morning we trundled our bags to the station for the next leg of our European exploration. The journey was direct which, proved a relief after some of the extremely short changes we had experienced on our previous travels. It was great to just sit and look out the window while catching up…
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Day one in Prague and Tina and I headed for the Old Town Square along the cobbled streets to see the famous astronomical clock. It was lively and buzzing and from the many languages I heard Prague is obviously a destination for tourists from around the globe. We joined the jostling crowd and waited for…
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By 4.45 am we were delighted to be out of our somewhat dingy hotel (the only positive note being it’s immediate proximity to St Pancreas Station; we headed for the terminal and were hastened through by a predominately French security staff and Passport officials who were at best brusque and at worst rude! I was…
