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- Rabu, 05 April 2023 09.00
- ☁️ 7 °C
- Ketinggian: 69 ft
WalesNewport Railway Station51°35’19” N 3°0’3” W
All set to go! Jane looks keen!
5 April 2023, Wales ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
The time has finally arrived. The journey begins.
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- Rabu, 05 April 2023 10.30
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Ketinggian: 72 ft
- WalesNewport Railway Station51°35’19” N 3°0’4” W
Why would you want to leave Newport?
5 April 2023, Wales ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
If we had any last minute doubts about going, the journey in the rain to the train station soon dispelled them. Why would you want to stay there, more like!?! 🌧️☔
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- Rabu, 05 April 2023 11.30
- ☀️ 11 °C
- Ketinggian: 92 ft
PerancisGare de l’État44°50’26” N 0°33’31” W
First leg.
5 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☀️ 11 °C
Long, and almost problem free day. Everything was tickety boo until we reached our final destination..... Versailles Chantiers train station. From there it should have been, according to Google Maps,Baca selengkapnya
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- Kamis, 06 April 2023 10.00
- ☁️ 8 °C
- Ketinggian: 440 ft
- PerancisGrand Canal48°48’19” N 2°7’10” E
Nice pad.
6 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C
A bit like the UK in 2023, there was obviously a housing crisis in 17th century Paris. So Louis XIV decided to build his own pad. Didn't make a bad job of it, did he? And........ It's huge.
Of course,Baca selengkapnya
PelancongUnbelievably ostentatious inside I agree but gardens and fountains beautiful
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- Kamis, 06 April 2023 18.00
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 433 ft
- PerancisSaint-Louis48°48’2” N 2°7’30” E
Chez Lazare - Rue de Satory, Versailles
6 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Fabulous little French restaurant in Versailles. Place was buzzing and they cooked the meats on the grill inside the restaurant and in front of you. I had duck skewers in a pepper sauce whilst JaneBaca selengkapnya
PelancongGreat to find these little places tucked away off the beaten track 🇭🇰
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- Kamis, 06 April 2023 23.27
- 🌙 9 °C
- Ketinggian: 433 ft
- PerancisSaint-Louis48°48’2” N 2°7’30” E
Slept with one eye open last night!
6 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ 🌙 9 °C
Started playing cards and I happened to win quite a few hands. All sorts of threats started coming my way, so slept with one eye open...... Just to be sure! 🥺
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- Jumat, 07 April 2023 12.30
- ⛅ 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 79 ft
- PerancisLa Bastide44°50’40” N 0°33’15” W
Beautiful Bordeaux - Day 1
7 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 15 °C
Great couple of days just strolling around this beautiful, old city. England and France fought over the right to control Bordeaux for centuries; and it's easy to see why..... It's stunning.
Also, it'sBaca selengkapnya
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- Sabtu, 08 April 2023 01.30
- ☁️ 9 °C
- Ketinggian: 226 ft
- PerancisSaint-Émilion44°53’35” N 0°9’22” W
Bordeaux 2 - Saint-Emilion
8 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
Simply wonderful afternoon spent visiting two wine making Chateaux, and the BEAUTIFUL village of Saint-Emilion. Oh, and we were forced to sample a few glasses of Grand Cru Saint-Emilion wine as well.Baca selengkapnya
Pelancong
You’re going to HAVE to make a photo book with all these incredible photos!! 📚📸
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- Sabtu, 08 April 2023 21.14
- 🌙 14 °C
- Ketinggian: 79 ft
- PerancisThe Water Mirror44°50’21” N 0°34’11” W
Spanish tapas - Can't help ourselves!
8 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
After our exertions trying to get through all the Saint-Emilion samples on offer this afternoon, we decided to venture back into Bordeaux for some food. We came across this Tapas bar (El Pata Negra),Baca selengkapnya
PelancongI can't lie, Gaynor, it was brought to our table by mistake; but I could see the potential for a photo, so asked the waiter to leave it where it was for a second or two whilst I took the snap! 😂
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- Minggu, 09 April 2023 17.28
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Ketinggian: 466 ft
- PerancisChâteau Comtal43°12’24” N 2°21’48” E
Carcassonne
9 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Over night stop over as we make our way through France and towards Italy. Weather still being kind to us, although there are whispers of storm Noa approaching France and the UK shortly.
We have foundBaca selengkapnya
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- Senin, 10 April 2023 08.45
- ☁️ 11 °C
- Ketinggian: 367 ft
- PerancisCarcassonne Railway Station43°13’1” N 2°21’4” E
Morning coffee down by the river
10 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
On our way to the train station, heading to Nice, we killed a spare 45 minutes with a cup of coffee watching the boats on the river, using the "lock" system to move upstream.
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- Senin, 10 April 2023 18.29
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 89 ft
- PerancisNice Ville43°42’17” N 7°15’43” E
Nice Nice
10 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Ok, so I realise it's an obvious choice of headline for this post. But it sort of sums up our first impression of Nice. It's just..... nice, that's all. But the architecture is interesting.
But ourBaca selengkapnya
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- Selasa, 11 April 2023 10.36
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 95 ft
- PerancisNice Ville43°42’17” N 7°15’42” E
Takes me back to my student days.
11 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Ok....... so......we are students again!
Takes me back to Crwys Road, Cardiff way back when (1978-82 to be precise).
I was planning on doing research for a book to write after this holiday.......Baca selengkapnya
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- Selasa, 11 April 2023 15.03
- ☁️ 16 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.299 ft
- PerancisÈze43°43’40” N 7°21’42” E
The real Nice
11 April 2023, Perancis ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C
After being slightly underwhelmed by our first evening in Nice, our second day was wonderful. Found the 'Old Nice' in the morning and wandered around the market and coffee bars; in the afternoon weBaca selengkapnya
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- Rabu, 12 April 2023 17.51
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Ketinggian: 49 ft
ItaliaGiardini Pubblici Mariele Ventre44°16’17” N 9°23’45” E
Sestri - Weston-super-mare on steroids
12 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Have to hold my hands up here and admit to a mistake in dates. Plan was to go straight to La Spezia from Nice but I got my dates mixed up. Booked our place in La Specia for the following day so weBaca selengkapnya
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- Kamis, 13 April 2023 13.00
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Ketinggian: 154 ft
- ItaliaRiomaggiore44°5’56” N 9°44’19” E
Train strikes force change of plans
13 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
As I have always said to Lissy and Emily, try to make the best out of every situation in which you find yourself.
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- Jumat, 14 April 2023 10.09
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Ketinggian: Permukaan laut
- ItaliaPorto Mirabello44°5’59” N 9°49’41” E
La Spezia Port
14 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
This was due to be our day to visit the Cinque Terre, but it was scuppered by the rail strike. So, what to do on a beautiful sunny day? We planned to take a boat trip to Portovenere, which we wereBaca selengkapnya
You were right, Gary. Simon hadn't shared the link! Catching up on your travels. Impressive start. Have fun xx [Anth]
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- Minggu, 16 April 2023 12.22
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Ketinggian: 233 ft
- ItaliaPiazza delle Erbe45°26’31” N 10°59’54” E
There is no world without Verona walls..
16 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Or so says Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. It is still debated as to whether they actually existed in real life. And if they were based on real people then they almost certainly didn't live in Verona. ButBaca selengkapnya
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- Minggu, 16 April 2023 18.07
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Ketinggian: 223 ft
- ItaliaChiesa di San Pietro Martire45°26’44” N 10°59’57” E
Side street restaurant
16 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
As is our wont, we sought out a "local" restaurant, rather than stick to the formulaic tourist places (all laid up, complete with slick salesman type of waiter to greet you.......you know the sort).Baca selengkapnya
PelancongThere’s a definite theme of food and drink running through these posts GT xx
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- Senin, 17 April 2023 11.30
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Ketinggian: 200 ft
- ItaliaSirmione45°29’43” N 10°36’34” E
Lake Garda
17 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
You can't come to Italy and not spend a day on one of the lakes. We chose Garda as it is only a 20 minute train journey from Verona.
With snow capped mountains in the distance it was no wonder thatBaca selengkapnya
PelancongJane was nagging me for a couple of days for us to go and try it. It was good. 👍
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- Selasa, 18 April 2023 14.55
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Ketinggian: 177 ft
- ItaliaGiardino storico Basevi45°38’44” N 13°46’35” E
Trieste - Vienna by the sea
18 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Today's picture collection of old buildings and selfies comes courtesy of Trieste.
A completely different feel to other Italian towns, it has a Central European feel, deriving from it's history asBaca selengkapnya
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- Selasa, 18 April 2023 17.00
- ☁️ 18 °C
- Ketinggian: 200 ft
- ItaliaParco della Rimembranza45°38’52” N 13°46’33” E
City of coffee..... And petrol pumps
18 April 2023, Italia ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Ok, popped into a cake shop in the afternoon for coffee and cannoli. What else would you expect to see but an old petrol pump!
We had our coffee and cannoli, and then followed that up with some wine,Baca selengkapnya
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- Rabu, 19 April 2023 15.00
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 1.785 ft
SloveniaPivka45°40’53” N 14°11’49” E
Pivka
19 April 2023, Slovenia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Some things on this trip are a given.......the grandeur of Versailles, the serenity of Lake Garda, or the bliss of drinking St Emilion Grand Cru. But every now and then a surprise comes along.
On ourBaca selengkapnya
PelancongAlready the size of a house, Pip.....coming back the size of a 4 bed detached!
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- Kamis, 20 April 2023 12.12
- ☁️ 15 °C
- Ketinggian: 433 ft
KroasiaPetrolejska Luka45°20’39” N 14°24’33” E
A glitch in the matrix?
20 April 2023, Kroasia ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
The most interesting thing about Rijeka was this building under refurb, with a drape over it to make it look like it is still there, as it was. I know it's not much, but that's it. Nothing else.
BUT,Baca selengkapnya
PelancongHaha this reminds me of Disney land where they have the wall that looks like this!
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- Jumat, 21 April 2023 22.18
- 🌙 10 °C
- Ketinggian: 997 ft
- SloveniaTivoli park46°3’10” N 14°30’18” E
I ❤️ Ljubliana
21 April 2023, Slovenia ⋅ 🌙 10 °C
OMG. We've only been here a few hours, but already we are in love. This place is unbelievable.
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PelancongBrilliant.. the back packs as big as you Jane 😊
Pelancong
Well done packing everything you need into a backpack. We’d need one back pack just for mikes shoes if we did this 🤣
PelancongHahaha.... Funnily enough, Mike admitted as much last week when we were discussing this. Guess what we are finding, though? We have too many clothes! I haven't worn some stuff yet and it's washing day on Tues. 😂