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5 July 2024
Bus to Wroclaw We were happy to leave the crowds of Prague today, heading to Wroclaw by bus. We felt that we had had a good time seeing the major sights but didn’t take in any of its Jewish history. We checked out at 1015 to walk to Florenc bus station. The idea was to […]
4 July 2024
Vysehrad We slept in again till around 0800 and had a leisurely breakfast of cereal and fruit in the room. Today, the plan started with a visit to Vysehrad, a riverside fort not far away from the city centre. We got there by Prague’s underground, which was free for Kim being a senior citizen. He […]
3 July 2024
Prague Castle I fell asleep so deeply after my 0700 alarm that when I woke again at 0800 I had no recollection of silencing the alarm. Kim had some work to do this morning to sort out some bookings in the UK. We had a simple breakfast of cereal while he did that. Finally, we […]
2 July 2024
Bus to Prague Today we move on to Prague by Flix bus at 0925, which required us to be at the nearby station at 0910. We got there before 0900 and ended up waiting for nearly an hour till the bus arrived and finally departed at 1000. This wasn’t my expectation with Germany, especially when […]
1 July 2024
Nuremberg Trial site The hotel did an awesome breakfast for EUR11 and to my surprise, it did have some hot eggs and sausages. Here I was thinking that it would be cold continental in Germany. First up this morning was a visit to the site of the Nuremberg Trials. We got there by underground just […]
30 June 2024
Going to the airport I was happy to take public transport (NZD11 or EUR6 per person) to the airport for our midday flight but Kim was keen on an easier option. Last year, the hotel offered us a ride for EUR20 (per car) but this year it was going to be EUR40. So, we decided […]
29 June 2024
Revisiting sights Kim arrives in Istanbul today, coming from Taipei via Hanoi. His flight was scheduled to arrive at 0520 but had landed at 0445. I had set the alarm for 0610 and hit the tram at 0630 for Aksaray Metro. He had already been waiting 10 mins when I got there at 0640. The […]
28 June 2024
Flying to Istanbul I woke to an email from Turkish Airlines advising of a 50 min delay to my 0725 service to Istanbul. From the airport hotel, I walked over to the terminal about 1h25 prior to the new departure time. At the check-in desk, I asked if they would accept a mobile boarding pass […]
27 June 2024
Koshkar Ata Necropolis I’m in Aktau because I managed to get a cheap redemption ticket from here to Istanbul whereas flights from other Kazakh cities were pricey. It seemed interesting enough with the Koshkar Ata necropolis which I will visit today. The country, especially this “corner” is dotted with many similar places but most are […]
26 June 2024
I spent the morning indoors reinstating the bookings I had cancelled two days ago for my alternate scenario in case I cannot be hosted in Normandy later in the trip. I had been expecting to pay megabucks for (re)-booking so late but surprisingly, I saved EUR8 in total across 7 nights in three cities. Not […]