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11 July 2026
I took one brief final walk around the scenic areas of Gdansk before breakfast, then left for the railway station around 0930 to catch the train around 1000. It was an uneventful ride in a conventionally-configured train to Warsaw Central, taking about 3h10. Time went quickly as I tried to find alternative accommodation in Beijing, […]
10 July 2026
Going to Malbork On the way here yesterday, I had spotted from the train, huge awesome brick castle. I looked it up and decided that it would be feasible to visit, if I consider myself to have seen enough of Gdansk. After an awesome night sleep, I woke at 0645 and was out at 0715 […]
9 July 2026
More of Lodz After my quick nightstop in Lodz, I move on to Gdansk by train today. But I have some time in the morning to explore a bit more. I walked to the south of the old city to a development called OFF (as it was off Piotrkowska Street). It’s a drinking and eating […]
8 July 2026
Leaving Belgium I reached the airport around 1045. Fearing the long waits that Kim experienced yesterday, I was delighted that everything went smoothly. It was a slow walk through crowds to get airside but there was no waiting for security. And because I was flying to Poland, another Schengen country, there was no immigration. I […]
20 July 2025
Today is about enjoying the atmosphere (which I already was), seeing life in a different country, living my day-to-day in a different environment and escaping the New Zealand winter. I spent the morning at the gym then ate a sandwich seated in the pedestrian mall which I had missed yesterday. After a rest in the […]
19 July 2025
Leaving Romania With an 1100 hotel check-out and 1230 bus, I had some spare time in the morning to review my standby flight options from Istanbul to Kuala Lumpur. All options were starting to get worse so I booked the most expensive standby option on Qatar Airways as a further backup. I headed out to […]
18 July 2025
Getting to Iasi I made the 20 min walk from Cassandra Pension to Targu Neamt’s Flozampet Bus Station. It’s not a long walk but the surfaces of the sidewalks and roads were not smooth enough for a wheelie bag and that had slowed me down a little. The bus to Iasi left 5 mins early […]
18 July 2025
Getting to Agapia Today’s plan was to visit one or maybe two monasteries outside Targu Neamt. I had checked the bus schedule for Agapia Monastery at the station yesterday and also had an old timetable for Varatec Monastery. I walked to the bus station in time for the 0900 service to Agapia. The man who […]
16 July 2025
Getting to Targu Neamt Today I leave Suceava for the town of Targu Neamt, over an hour away by road. But there weren’t many buses available when I looked. I booked one leaving from the station at 0830. In my enquiries, it was possible to have a pickup from the carpark of a hotel near […]
15 July 2025
Bucovina’s painted monasteries Suceava is a good base for visiting the painted monasteries of the surrounding Bucovina area. But these monasteries are out of town and it is difficult to do with public transport. I was very fortunate to secure a tour at the last minute for a half-day tour that offered Humorului and Voronet […]