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12 days ago - The Curious Cyclist published a blog
Iona.
April 24th 2024
After a serious soaking cycling across Mull, I got to spend several (mostly) sun drenched days on Iona. Albeit with a chilly north wind. There was loads of lovely birdlife. The male were in show o ...

12 days ago - christinewesten published a blog
Edinburgh Wrap up
April 29th 2024
I stayed at the Hub by Premier Inn near Haymarket Station. I chose this hotel due to the inexpensive price and mostly good reviews. It also seemed to be close enough to everything I wanted to see. I d ...

12 days ago - christinewesten published a blog
Finding Tranquility and Views in Edinburgh
April 28th 2024
Today was my last day in Edinburgh. I had no plans so no alarm was set, which was a nice change! After breakfast I headed out towards Dean Village. By Google Maps this was a short .6 mile walk which s ...

12 days ago - Lee Tabas published a blog
Bikes, Boats and Tulips
April 19th 2024
Spring in Holland might be described as bikes, boats, and tulips. Nancy and I booked the 5-day trip through Boat Bike Tours, a Dutch company. Our floating hotel was a converted river barge with 18 st ...

13 days ago - christinewesten published a blog
Stirling and Linlithgow
April 27th 2024
Started the day off with a hearty breakfast and then headed for the train station. Today’s destinations, Stirling and Linlithgow. The trains here are super easy to navigate. You can buy a ticket th ...

13 days ago - lexispence10 published a blog
Buenos Aires - individual travel nights
March 23rd 2024
, getting a taxi from the EZE airport. This hotel was near where we had previously stayed at the Sheraton with Atlas Ocean Voyages. This time, we just had one short night before our ferry to Uruguay e ...

13 days ago - moonman published a blog
Traveling home from Sicily: Catania to Munich to Chicago
April 28th 2024
We are heading home today. We are sad to be leaving Sicily. It has been a fun trip of adventure and great food. We got up early to get to the airport for our 6 a.m. flight. We were leaving our hotel b ...

13 days ago - DaveandIssy published a blog
The Bodies in the Barrels
April 28th 2024
Issy asks me how I slept. “OK I think“, I reply, “other than getting up in the pitch black in the middle of the night and spending ten minutes trying to find the door handle on what turned out to be a ...

13 days ago - WonderYears published a blog
Kamakura: Day 80 to 85
April 23rd 2024
I headed to Kamakura as my last stop in Japan for this trip. I had earlier planned to visit Hokkaido, but April is not a great time to go, the winter hasn't fully ended nor is it there, so not the ...

14 days ago - Maisondubonheur published a blog
Tasmania, it's all about wine tasting and amazing golf at Barnbougle...
April 5th 2024
Here we are, on the big island of Tasmania. This is a first for Tanya and I. Oh surprise! Tripadvisor algorithm now believes that I've seen 98% of the world! What a big joke isn't it? The ride ...

14 days ago - DaveandIssy published a blog
Sacrificial Pigeons
April 27th 2024
So today we’ll be heading west into South Australia and on to the wine valley town of Clare. Compared to yesterday it’s going to be a relatively relaxed drive of only a tad over four hundred kilometre ...

14 days ago - christinewesten published a blog
Porridge, A Castle, A Palace, A famous Dog and more
April 26th 2024
Even though I’m sure I could find a cheaper breakfast somewhere I paid ahead of time to have the hotel breakfast. I like to eat and be able to go back to the room to brush my teeth and gear up for the ...