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16 October 2022
Above: Roman Catholic Cathedral of St Theresa of Avila with huge cracks in the facade. Apart from the facade area, it’s still in use. At breakfast, I saw the staff smoking behind the bar when there was a no smoking sign. I later realised that smoking is still common in Serbia. I headed out around […]
15 October 2022
Above: Subotica synagogue in the daylight next morning. Bus ride to the border My time at Nepliget station went surprisingly quickly as I explored the optimum way of spending my last little bit of Hungarian forints, then boarded the full-sized bus about 20 mins before departure. I was surprised to find it perhaps one-quarter full. […]
15 October 2022
The basilica I started the day with a visit to St Stephen’s (Istvan) Basilica at 1000 with E whom I met yesterday. We visited the co-cathedral at ground level first. It was quite a weird layout in that it’s not very deep from the entrance to the altar but quite wide. Text continues after this […]
14 October 2022
Taking on board the recommendation from yesterday’s walking tour that Tram 2 is one of the most beautiful tram lines in the world, I headed out around 0900 to enjoy the sights from it. I headed south first to the final station, where the city was quite modern and the roads wide and nearly like […]
13 October 2022
Leaving Baku Despite a full dinner, I was hungry and tired after midnight. I had a cheeseburger and expensive coffee from McDonald’s. Fortunately, time passed quickly and soon the check-in counters opened at 0135 for my 0435 flight to Budapest. Baku airport had turned busy since I arrived, with many flights leaving in the 0300-0400 […]
24 July 2022
Galician National Day & Feast of St James Today ended up like a spare day, one of relaxation, preparation and documentation, reviewing and deleting photos. After spending the morning indoors I wandered out for a walk and lunch. Last night an octopus salad had caught my eye so I was keen to have it. It turned […]
23 July 2022
Moving to Santiago de Compostela It was a late start today with the bus ride to Santiago de Compostela, in the Galicia region, at 1000. The ride took us through the coastal area with some inlets before turning inland. There was a ridge with wind farms on the roadside and I could feel the bus […]
22 July 2022
I took the 0830 bus from Santander to Oviedo in Asturias today. The waiting underground station at Santander was not glassed-in from the waiting buses and I imagine it would be rather unpleasant during peak hours. Think carbon monoxide poisoning? The bus arrived from Barcelona and we boarded for Oviedo soon after, with a new […]
21 July 2022
Despite my regular alarm time of 0600, I slept till nearly 0800. I had done too much in the last 2 weeks and it was catching up on me. I spent some time with admin in my room before taking a bus around 1000 to the beaches to the east of the city. The buses […]
20 July 2022
It was a rainy morning walking to San Sebastian’s bus station for the 0840 departure. I had a rushed breakfast of a good sandwich roll at the station before hopping on the bus which left 10 mins late. We called in at Bilbao’s station before continuing to Santander in the Cantabria region, arriving at 1145 […]