Category: Europe
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Poland: Krakow
European country number 32. Originally we planned a 5 night break in Krakow, then after looking at Zakopane we split an 8 night holiday between the two. We booked into the glorious Stradonia ApartHotel in Krakow – It was less than 5 minutes to the castle and less than 10 minutes to the Market Square,…
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Poland: Kasrowy Wierch
Just a few miles from Zakopane is one of the main tourist attractions in the Tatra Mountains, the Kasrowy Wierch cable car, and Nosal mountain. The entrance to the national park close to the cable car with Nosal in the background. Nosal is an easy walk. Because of that, it was very busy, Foolishly we were…
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Poland: Zakopane
Zakopane is the gateway to the Tatra Mountains. It is busy it is very commercial, but it is set in a beautiful part of the world. It reminded me of Queenstown in New Zealand, but with hundreds of stalls selling local produce made in China, and food and drink. The food was very good and…
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Belgium: Ghent
When we were in Lille we decided to go to Ghent for a day trip -Flixbus there and train back. The joys of Schengen. Unfortunately, it was raining for much of the day, which didn’t show the city in its best light. The clock tower Inside the clock tower. There was a lift up, then…
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France: Lille
We went to Lille primarily to see Bruce Springsteen, but ended up making a short break of it, with a few days in Lille, meeting up with my folks and a day trip to Ghent. We travelled on the Eurostar which was a wonderful experience and one I would recommend to anyone. As part of…
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Spain: Santa Ponsa
I was in Santa Ponsa on Mallorca 20/02/25 to 25/02/25 for a family visit. One day I had a walk to Peguera Starting from “Platja de Santa Ponça” (The beach) Along the front between the hotels and the sea until reaching the little beach!. Then it is up to the bars at the Square and…
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Italy: Dolomites Pt1
22 and 23/06/2023 Trento I had always liked the pictures of the Dolomites. This was reinforced by a day trip we took from Venice around 2016 (!). The shape of the peaks are fabulous and the colour is glorious. We were planning to stay in Ortisei, but we could not get there the same day…
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Italy: Dolomites Pt2
Ortisei 25/06/2023 For the next few days we followed the same routine. After breakfast the first stop was at the supermarket. Glorious cheese they sliced for us, cooked meats, fresh bread, fruit and water. It meant we could have a picnic wherever we wanted when we were in the hills. Then headed off. Seceda…
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Italy: Dolomites Pt3
Ortisei 27/06/2023 After the exertions of the previous day we decided to have a more relaxed day. The weather was not great so we didn’t want to wander Funicular This was accessed from the middle of town from the same complex as the Seceda Cablecar. The walk at the top was not as hard going…
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Ireland: Dublin
I popped over to Dublin last year to see Little Steven. I had time to wander around for a few hours. I forgot about the photos, but have just come across them again. I did enjoy the difference between the ultra modern and some of the older buildings.