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Blog: Day 16 - What to do on a Sunday?
Date: October 2nd 2011

We started the day by packing our bags, as we have to head to the airport early (10am) and knew we wouldn't want to pack tonight. Many things are closed on Sundays, but most museums are free on the first Sunday of the month, so we had a choice of going to overcrowded museums or wandering around and hoping things were open. We walked (again with the walking...we're averaging 10kms a day or ... read more


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