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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Last port before Southampton. The sun is shining and we have until 4.30 to explore the city. Canary Islands has ,for a long time, been...
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Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Last port before Southampton. The sun is shining and we have until 4.30 to explore the city. Canary Islands has ,for a long time, been...
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Dakar,Senegal
Happy Easter! After 6 days at sea we are reaching Dakar in Senegal on the West coast of Africa. The staff have created some lovely...
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Walvis Bay Namibia
Walvis Bay is a coastal port used to transport coal and other materials…so think lots of cranes , ships, dust and containers. Just beyond the...
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Explorations
Tourists have been visiting the Bled area since medieval times. I wonder if they invented these chocolate flavours ? We decided reluctantly ,...
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Today we leave Croatia temporarily and enter Slovenia. Did we go by boat? Train? This is the closest we got...
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Is this the imprisioned Australian? No, definitely Australian ,but not imprisioned. Is this little fish or one...
Read out allZagreb,Croatia
It is hard to describe Zagreb. There are some beautiful buildings that survived the earthquake of the 1880, and the following occupation...
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Dear Readers, Just thought I would let you know….apart from the fact, I have Internet, and that I am on the bus,...
Read out allStill lost in Venice
We were so lost in Venice, we couldn’t even find the Internet to call you for help! Today we leave Venice for...
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Now with many winding alleyways, bridges and piazzas, it is very easy to get lost in Venice. Even finding a public toilet...
Read out allArrivederci Verona, ciao Venice
☹️ Today was our last major train trip. We spent the morning in Verona exploring the Roman fort and other buildings on...
Read out allRomeo, Romeo, where for art thou?
Three trains and four hours later, and we have left the majestic mountains ,with their fast running streams, for the dryer climate...
Read out allRetail therapy and extra stories
Today we enjoyed our last day in Switzerland checking out the shops for souvenirs for family. Sorry readers I couldn’t find something...
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