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4 hours 45 mins ago - lexispence10 published a blogMontevideo, Uruguay
March 21st 2024
After our return from Ushuaia, we stayed at the nice hotel, Palacio Paz, near our previous Sheraton Hotel and in a nice park setting. I'll go more into some random nights in Buenos Aire later, but thi ...
8 hours ago - WonderYears published a blogTakayama: Day 76 to 80
April 19th 2024
After Hiroshima, my plans were a bit fuzzy, but I headed to Takayama in the Gifu prefecture, to use it as the base for a few places I wanted to visit. Takayama is the largest city by area in Japan, ...
12 hours ago - moonman published a blogEtna
April 22nd 2024
Today we decided to go to Mount Etna. We consulted Google Maps and then got into the Volkswagen Taigo and we were ready to go. Pedro has been doing very well with his Sicilian driving. It seems that h ...
13 hours ago - moonman published a blogCatania airport and travel to hotel in Giardini Naxos
April 21st 2024
Arrived in Sicily today flying into the Catania airport via Rome departing initially from Chicago. We had one hour for our plane transfer in Rome. We did a quick walk through the airport and through i ...
22 hours ago - ozray published a blogDay 16 - Journey to Osaka
April 22nd 2024
Early start so we could try the hotel's buffet breakfast at their Slow Cooking Restaurant. We left at 8:30 and reached Platform 11 easily, for our last Shinkansen bullet train to Osaka departing 9:11. ...
1 day 1 hours ago - JenGog published a blogTurkey 12 - Istanbul / The Roman Hippodrome /the Serpent column /The Egyptian and the Walled Obelisks / the industrial looking chimney and the trams
April 21st 2024
Istanbul is a city that offers a great deal to the traveller . So much history to uncover and so different to the usual city breaks . Has it been worth coming ? We had no doubts about that . Istanbul ...
1 day 3 hours ago - Zephyr published a blogIstanbul #1: Walking Tour and Basilica Cistern
January 9th 2024
An overnight flight meant an early morning arrival into Istanbul. Getting through the airport was unproblematic and I made it down to the airport shuttle. The bus journey was quicker than I had antici ...
1 day 6 hours ago - lexispence10 published a blogAntarctica! - Days 11-12, Drake Passage and the End
March 18th 2024
Immediately after our last excursion to the landing at Portal Point, we were on our way. We had 2.5 days to cross the Drake Passage and get back to Ushuaia in time for our flight out. Our last night, ...
1 day 15 hours ago - John Miranda published a blogWalls Come Tumbling Down
April 7th 2024
We left Alston in Cumbria and crossed into Northumberland. It was a short drive to Haltwhistle, following the route of the River South Tyne. You automatically think and associate Newcastle as being on ...
1 day 18 hours ago - JenGog published a blogTurkey 11 - Istanbul /the Blue Mosque /Halfway through the 4 days/superlatives and adjectives
April 21st 2024
We have reached the halfway point of our city break in Istanbul . And what a three days it has proved to be. We had joined the queues leaving the mausoleum to head out into the street and to try to fi ...
1 day 19 hours ago - MarcieKingsbury published a blog
Marcie's Big Adventure - Day 14/ Last Cruise Day - Dover, England
April 20th 2024
Hi Everyone, Today is our last day of cruising. The port is Dover, England. When this cruise was booked last year, I had booked myself a tour I really wanted to go on. My (then) cabin mate said tha ...
Marcie's Big Adventure - Day 14/ Last Cruise Day - Dover, England
April 20th 2024
Hi Everyone, Today is our last day of cruising. The port is Dover, England. When this cruise was booked last year, I had booked myself a tour I really wanted to go on. My (then) cabin mate said tha ...
1 day 21 hours ago - ozray published a blogDay 15 - Himeji Castle
April 21st 2024
Easy start to day. Left Hotel Flex at 8:20 and reached Platform 14 at 8:40 for our Shinkansen bullet train, Mizuho, to Himeji. This one is older than the others we've been on, but still very comfortab ...