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18 days ago - moonman published a blogCatania airport and travel to hotel in Giardini Naxos
April 21st 2024
Arrived in Sicily today flying into the Catania airport via Rome departing initially from Chicago. We had one hour for our plane transfer in Rome. We did a quick walk through the airport and through i ...
18 days ago - ozray published a blogDay 16 - Journey to Osaka
April 22nd 2024
Early start so we could try the hotel's buffet breakfast at their Slow Cooking Restaurant. We left at 8:30 and reached Platform 11 easily, for our last Shinkansen bullet train to Osaka departing 9:11. ...
19 days ago - JenGog published a blogTurkey 12 - Istanbul / The Roman Hippodrome /the Serpent column /The Egyptian and the Walled Obelisks / the industrial looking chimney and the trams
April 21st 2024
Istanbul is a city that offers a great deal to the traveller . So much history to uncover and so different to the usual city breaks . Has it been worth coming ? We had no doubts about that . Istanbul ...
19 days ago - Zephyr published a blogIstanbul #1: Walking Tour and Basilica Cistern
January 9th 2024
An overnight flight meant an early morning arrival into Istanbul. Getting through the airport was unproblematic and I made it down to the airport shuttle. The bus journey was quicker than I had antici ...
19 days ago - lexispence10 published a blogAntarctica! - Days 11-12, Drake Passage and the End
March 18th 2024
Immediately after our last excursion to the landing at Portal Point, we were on our way. We had 2.5 days to cross the Drake Passage and get back to Ushuaia in time for our flight out. Our last night, ...
19 days ago - John Miranda published a blogWalls Come Tumbling Down
April 7th 2024
We left Alston in Cumbria and crossed into Northumberland. It was a short drive to Haltwhistle, following the route of the River South Tyne. You automatically think and associate Newcastle as being on ...
19 days ago - JenGog published a blogTurkey 11 - Istanbul /the Blue Mosque /Halfway through the 4 days/superlatives and adjectives
April 21st 2024
We have reached the halfway point of our city break in Istanbul . And what a three days it has proved to be. We had joined the queues leaving the mausoleum to head out into the street and to try to fi ...
19 days ago - MarcieKingsbury published a blog
Marcie's Big Adventure - Day 14/ Last Cruise Day - Dover, England
April 20th 2024
Hi Everyone, Today is our last day of cruising. The port is Dover, England. When this cruise was booked last year, I had booked myself a tour I really wanted to go on. My (then) cabin mate said tha ...
Marcie's Big Adventure - Day 14/ Last Cruise Day - Dover, England
April 20th 2024
Hi Everyone, Today is our last day of cruising. The port is Dover, England. When this cruise was booked last year, I had booked myself a tour I really wanted to go on. My (then) cabin mate said tha ...
19 days ago - ozray published a blogDay 15 - Himeji Castle
April 21st 2024
Easy start to day. Left Hotel Flex at 8:20 and reached Platform 14 at 8:40 for our Shinkansen bullet train, Mizuho, to Himeji. This one is older than the others we've been on, but still very comfortab ...
19 days ago - lexispence10 published a blogAntarctica! - Day 10, Portal Point and Continental Landing
March 15th 2024
At 7am, we arrived at Portal Point on the Reclus Peninsula, on the west coast of Graham Land. I was in the Dome and it initially looked like bad weather, but it quickly cleared. The kayakers were take ...
19 days ago - Twag published a blogMünchen - Besuch der Bavaria Filmstudios
April 20th 2024
Gestern besuchte ich eine weitere Sehenswürdigkeit in München und zwar die Bavaria Filmstudios. Eigentlich wollte ich mit U- und Straßenbahn dorthin fahren, aber im Bahnhof Trudering konnte ich vor de ...
20 days ago - Warey published a blogFound! The Wrinkly Grass-Eater
April 20th 2024
Pleasing to report that this time the brochures did not lead us up the dusty bumpy path in search of a pipe dream, and there are, in fact, a heap of elephants in Udawalawe National Park. First ite ...