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19 June 2025
Driving to Agios Nikolaos We left the hotel about 0830, driving towards Agios Nikolaos where cruises are available to Navagio (Shipwreck) Beach and hopefully the Blue Caves. The drive was a bit scary for Kim with the narrow roads and the way other drivers overtake and pull on from the side roads. It is unusual […]
18 June 2025
Above: Bratislava Castle. Leaving Bratislava With an evening flight from Vienna to the Greek island of Zakynthos, we had a bus booked from the nearby bus stop to Vienna airport at 1135. We wanted to stay in for the morning but did pop out briefly to get some delicious pastries for breakfast from Billa supermarket. […]
17 June 2025
Bratislava Castle We woke at 0400, with our body clocks on Taipei time. I gave up trying to doze at 0500 and lay in bed to plan the day. Kim was able to fall back asleep till around 0700. After a breakfast of muesli, we headed out to Bratislava Castle which sits on a hill […]
16 June 2025
Sigh of relief We were relieved to have made the flight successfully on a redemption ticket rather than staff standby. I reckon there may have been only 3-4 empty seats on board (hard to judge with some empty seats belonging to people going to toilets or walking around). The initial idea was that the route […]
15 June 2025
Killing a day before the night flight We have a big day with a night flight to Vienna at 2345. When I woke at 0500, I allowed ourselves to sleep a bit more till the alarm at 0715 and then somehow it was suddenly 0845. That’s nearly 10h sleep for me! I guess we’re on […]
14 June 2025
Yehliu Geopark Today we hired a car and driver to cover a few places that are part of a common tour itinerary. Two of three were places I had been to, but it’s a good way to spend the day with friends. The car was organised through the hotel rather than online as we had […]
13 June 2025
Dihua Street MH & WL had woken up at 0330 and been out for breakfast before sunrise whereas I had some muesli in the room. We took a taxi out around to Dihua Street. The street is lined with nice character buildings, some from the Japanese era, selling traditional dried foods. MH was looking for […]
12 June 2025
Above: My Indonesian lunch. The weather turned as I prepared to venture out today, with intermittent drizzle continuing through the day. It wasn’t forecast and even when it was raining, the forecast said it was currently cloudy! That’s so unusual as forecasts show a rainy icon with the slightest showers. I had thought of going […]
11 June 2025
Flying to Taipei I woke at 0330, way ahead of my alarm at 0500. That meant only 5h of sleep but that is somewhat enough for me. I lay in bed for quite a bit before preparing to head to the airport. Leaving the room at 0527, I called by reception to return my keycard […]
10 June 2025
After a relaxing day yesterday of just lunch with a friend from Melaka and a gym workout, I had my long-awaited big day today. It’s the day of my CT Calcium Score test to see the level of obstruction (if any) in my arteries, in case I can do without taking statins. I had recently […]