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31 July 2023
Moving to Gozo Today we head to Gozo, the smaller island off the main island of Malta. This had been on our plans six years ago when we had a rental car and the queue to get across with the car ferry (from Cirkewwa) was far too long. Since about 2 years ago, a passenger […]
30 July 2023
Getting a rental car We managed to get a rental car online at short notice for the day, from Sicily By Car. The price was only EUR18, picking up from its airport location whereas whatever available in the old city was far pricier. The downside was that we had to get to and from the […]
29 July 2023
St John’s Co-Cathedral Despite the one-hour time change from Larnaca, we had a lazy start to the day, making our way to the St John’s Co-Cathedral at 0900 when it opened. I had pre-booked the tickets online but there wasn’t much of a queue, so it was really unnecessary. For me, this church packs such […]
28 July 2023
Flying to Malta We left our Nicosia hotel around 0815 by rideshare-ordered taxi for the Kapnos shuttle on the edge of the city where we would change to a shuttle to Larnaca’s airport at 0900. I had booked the shuttle online, which was just as well as there was only one spare seat. Getting to […]
17 July 2023
It appears we’re finally in holiday mode, after three weeks into the trip. We slept till 0840 and didn’t leave the apartment till way after 1100. First up, it was the ruins of the Roman baths. We didn’t pay to enter but just looked at them from outside the fence. Next we visited the St […]
16 July 2023
We had a slow morning, leaving the apartment around 1100. Our visit to the Naval Museum nearby didn’t work out as it was closed today and tomorrow, so we’ll have to go on the morning of our departure from Varna. We took an early lunch of various pre-cooked meals before walking to the Dormition of […]
15 July 2023
Today we move from Romania’s Black Sea Riviera down to Bulgaria’s. Specifically, Varna. I had prebooked Mercado Sud’s service online for their only service today at 1000. I ordered a cheap ride on Bolt rideshare around 0900 and got to the bus station where we had a short wait before boarding the van around 0930. […]
14 July 2023
As we had our breakfast in our room, we both received a public service alert on the phone for high winds and some rain. Yep, it was happening outside already and was expected to last till after 1000. We waited for the weather to clear further before heading out around 1030. Today, we wanted to […]
13 July 2023
Elusive bus tickets We woke to strong morning sun around 0630. The ground appeared wet from rain earlier. I headed around 0715 to a supermarket to get some fruit, milk and yoghurt for breakfast. By the time I had showered, shaved and did some planning, it was around 1000 despite my early start. The information […]
12 July 2023
Above: View from our Uskudar cafe while killing time. It was a repeat of yesterday morning in that Kim went sightseeing without me. This time it was Istanbul’s Roman Basilica Cistern, which I had only been to last year. With no queues soon after its opening time of 0900, he was back in no time. […]