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7 July 2024
Leaving Poland Our alarm went off at 0230 and we hopped into a Bolt taxi at 0300 for the airport. At this time, the price was nearly double what I had seen during the day. At the airport at 0320 for the 0545 flight, one check-in desk was already open serving three flights but there […]
6 July 2024
Our room at the hotel included a buffet breakfast, our first in several days. I feel good for having eaten a lot less and more lightly over the last few days. At the end of breakfast, Kim felt that his tummy wasn’t quite right. Even though we had shared all our meals, I had had […]
5 July 2024
Bus to Wroclaw We were happy to leave the crowds of Prague today, heading to Wroclaw by bus. We felt that we had had a good time seeing the major sights but didn’t take in any of its Jewish history. We checked out at 1015 to walk to Florenc bus station. The idea was to […]
4 July 2024
Vysehrad We slept in again till around 0800 and had a leisurely breakfast of cereal and fruit in the room. Today, the plan started with a visit to Vysehrad, a riverside fort not far away from the city centre. We got there by Prague’s underground, which was free for Kim being a senior citizen. He […]
3 July 2024
Prague Castle I fell asleep so deeply after my 0700 alarm that when I woke again at 0800 I had no recollection of silencing the alarm. Kim had some work to do this morning to sort out some bookings in the UK. We had a simple breakfast of cereal while he did that. Finally, we […]
2 July 2024
Bus to Prague Today we move on to Prague by Flix bus at 0925, which required us to be at the nearby station at 0910. We got there before 0900 and ended up waiting for nearly an hour till the bus arrived and finally departed at 1000. This wasn’t my expectation with Germany, especially when […]
1 July 2024
Nuremberg Trial site The hotel did an awesome breakfast for EUR11 and to my surprise, it did have some hot eggs and sausages. Here I was thinking that it would be cold continental in Germany. First up this morning was a visit to the site of the Nuremberg Trials. We got there by underground just […]
30 June 2024
Going to the airport I was happy to take public transport (NZD11 or EUR6 per person) to the airport for our midday flight but Kim was keen on an easier option. Last year, the hotel offered us a ride for EUR20 (per car) but this year it was going to be EUR40. So, we decided […]
2 August 2023
Above: Decorations for the festivities. It’s an easy day today, moving ourselves from Gozo back to Valletta. First up was the 1000 bus to Victoria, followed the 1045 ferry to Valletta. That tight connection was very easy and there was no stress at all. Once in Valletta, we were going to take the lift from […]
1 August 2023
Our accommodation came with breakfast supplied at the café opposite, ordered from an extensive menu. We ordered the most complete version, a very big English breakfast and we will not repeat it tomorrow! Today, we have an excursion to Blue Lagoon which is between Comino and Cominotto Islands, which is in turn between Malta and […]