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18 June 2004
Visiting Tatra National Park Today we’re doing an excursion from Zakopane to the Tatra National Park, before moving on to Krakow. Our host dropped us off at the train station around 0900 where we stored our luggage. We were lucky to get on the bus to Morskie Oko straight away. The road took us through […]
17 June 2004
Moving to Zakopane We woke at 0430 because the sky was bright as, but managed to fall back asleep till 0630. We ate our simple breakfast and returned the apartment key before taking the tram to Warsaw Centralna. Unfortunately, we took the tram that made a turn as we got to that part of town. […]
16 June 2004
It was very windy and cloudy when we woke. It made us feel lazy. After another simple breakfast of muesli and tea, we took the tram and metro to town, using a different route. First stop was the Historical Museum of Warsaw in the old town. Not all exhibits had captions in English so […]
15 June 2004
After a simple breakfast of cereal and tea in bed, we spoke to Kim’s mother who rang from New Zealand. We bought a travel pass each which gave us access to the tram, metro and bus so we could explore Warsaw. Hopping on the tram southbound into town, we didn’t know where to get off. […]
14 June 2004
Milan to London We woke at 0700 and took breakfast at the hotel. Described as a “lavish” breakfast, it wasn’t really. Italians aren’t big on breakfast so the fact that they had some ham and cheese in addition to pastries and biscuits made it lavish I suppose. At check-out, we made a last attempt to […]
13 June 2004
Hotel hassles We drove from Stresa to Milan today, a journey of about 90 mins via the highway and then through the streets of the city. We had a little shock with the tolls on the highway en route. The first one was paid on credit card just fine at the exit based on distance […]
12 June 2004
Above: Isola San Giulio as seen from Sacro Monte. Breakfast at the Elena Hotel wasn’t as sumptuous compared to Hotel du Parc but it was adequate. We got talking to three older English gentlemen. They’re on motorcycle road-trip travelling all the way to Corsica. They seem to be focused on getting to Corsica and not […]
11 June 2004
Shifting Breakfast at Hotel du Parc was good with a good selection of muesli, pastries, bread, cheese and cold cuts. But the place was a little over our budget. We just needed to book somewhere for the first night to give us certainty, since we had a long day coming from Downham Market. We walked […]
10 June 2004
Above: Hotel du Parc, Stresa. Leaving England We woke at 0515 at Wendy’s place and drove to my sister’s place at Downham Market, getting there at 0620. We said goodbye to sis and Mike. [Edit: This turned out to be the last time I saw her.] Mum and step-dad joined us for the ride to […]
6 June 2004
With the somewhat diametrically opposite time-zone from New Zealand, I woke at 0400, as I did yesterday. Fortunately, I was able to sleep again till 0800 unaided, whereas yesterday I needed half a sleeping pill. We lazed at Wendy’s place till around 1100 before driving to my sister’s place in Downham Market for lunch. Mike […]