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- Tag 48
- Donnerstag, 20. Juli 2023 um 14:25
- ☁️ 22 °C
- Höhe über NN: 89 m
EnglandLondon Stansted Airport51°52’34” N 0°14’51” E
Stansted to Spain
20. Juli 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Bus X 2 to Stansted Holiday Inn near the Airport. The restaurant offered three meals or pizza - so we went across the road to the M&S at the servo and bought some delicious food! After an early alarmWeiterlesen
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- Tag 49
- Freitag, 21. Juli 2023 um 12:07
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Höhe über NN: 19 m
SpanienPlaya de las Fuentes40°15’25” N 0°17’27” E
Las Fuentes 1
21. Juli 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
Our first few days in Yvonne’s apartment - work, beaches and dinners - unwinding and enjoying our new norm.
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- Tag 50
- Samstag, 22. Juli 2023 um 09:19
- ☁️ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 9 m
- SpanienPunta de Calamundina40°15’37” N 0°18’2” E
Las Fuentes 2
22. Juli 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 25 °C
Started running again C25K - getting into a rhythm of waking, coffee, run, work until 2pm, lunch, beach, shower, chill time then dinner - either in or out.
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- Tag 50
- Samstag, 22. Juli 2023 um 14:33
- ☁️ 27 °C
- Höhe über NN: 9 m
- SpanienPlaya Romana40°14’6” N 0°16’20” E
More Spain and Market
22. Juli 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☁️ 27 °C
Playing catch-up with photos from our week in Spain!
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- Tag 58
- Sonntag, 30. Juli 2023 um 09:43
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Höhe über NN: 24 m
- SpanienBenicarlo-Peñiscola40°25’40” N 0°24’55” E
From Las Fuentes to Barcelona
30. Juli 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
After 9 nights at Yvonne’s place in Spain we cleaned 🧹 up, washed all sheets and towels and were picked up by Mark the driver who took us to Benicarlo Train station. The tickets cost only 13€Weiterlesen
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- Tag 58
- Sonntag, 30. Juli 2023 um 19:04
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Höhe über NN: 10 m
- SpanienZona Franca41°21’9” N 2°7’38” E
Our final days in Las Fuentes
30. Juli 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Beautiful sunrise, mostly good food and great weather.
So what I’ve learnt about Spain from our week in Spain -
1. The sun rises and sets really late! (7:30am - 10pm)
2. Nobody gets out and aboutWeiterlesen
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- Tag 59
- Montag, 31. Juli 2023 um 03:27
- ⛅ 23 °C
- Höhe über NN: 17 m
- SpanienBarcelona–El Prat Airport41°17’19” N 2°4’26” E
Barcelona Departure
31. Juli 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
After a 2am wake-up we caught another crazy but friendly taxi to terminal 1 Barcelona Airport only to find we couldn’t drop our bags yet.
By 3:30 we were through a very quiet security as we are theWeiterlesen
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- Tag 59
- Montag, 31. Juli 2023 um 08:22
- ☁️ 26 °C
- Höhe über NN: 39 m
KroatienKonavli42°32’25” N 18°19’16” E
Croatia and Montenegro Arrival
31. Juli 2023 in Kroatien ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C
After a fairly uneventful flight which left an hour late we landed only 30 minutes late.
We sailed through the airport because there was no passport control 😳 and our bags came out reallyWeiterlesen
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- Tag 59
- Montag, 31. Juli 2023 um 12:57
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Höhe über NN: 69 m
MontenegroHrid Golubinj42°15’21” N 18°53’51” E
Hotel Edelweiss - that view
31. Juli 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
We were shown to our room on the top floor - and wow - the best view in Sveti Stefan - we are at the highest point in the whole town! We headed down 1000s steps to the beach which was certainly packedWeiterlesen
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- Tag 59
- Montag, 31. Juli 2023 um 17:09
- ☁️ 29 °C
- Höhe über NN: 57 m
- MontenegroHrid Golubinj42°15’19” N 18°53’51” E
Birds and Beach
31. Juli 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C
We are so high up that the little birds come and rest on the balcony. They are after crumbs from our breakfast!
After a couple of hours work with some unstable wifi we headed to the pebble beach. ItWeiterlesen
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- Tag 60
- Dienstag, 1. August 2023 um 09:52
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Höhe über NN: Meereshöhe
- MontenegroHrid Golubinj42°15’22” N 18°53’33” E
A change in the weather
1. August 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Today we woke up to very dark clouds followed by some serious rain. It wa a the perfect excuse to stay in and do lots of work. By lunchtime it had cleared so we headed to our favourite restaurant forWeiterlesen
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- Tag 62
- Donnerstag, 3. August 2023 um 13:48
- ☀️ 30 °C
- Höhe über NN: 6 m
- MontenegroŠkurda42°25’30” N 18°46’11” E
From Sv Stefan to Kotor
3. August 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 30 °C
Well we thought Sveti Stefan was amazing - but Kotor Old Town is the winner. Our apartment is inside the Old Town Walls next to the Clock Tower. I am blown away with the location. We open the windowsWeiterlesen
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- Tag 63
- Freitag, 4. August 2023 um 05:17
- 🌙 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 10 m
- MontenegroŠkurda42°25’29” N 18°46’12” E
The early bird catches the worm
4. August 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ 🌙 20 °C
We got up early at 5am to start our walk up Kotor Ladder to the fortress and used this time to take in the Old Town before the crowds arrived. It was lovely!
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- Tag 63
- Freitag, 4. August 2023 um 05:17
- 🌩️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 10 m
- MontenegroŠkurda42°25’29” N 18°46’12” E
Old Town Kotor at Dawn
4. August 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ 🌩️ 20 °C
Up at 5am to walk up to St John’s Fortress - Old Town was beautiful at dawn with no tourists at all. This UNESCO world heritage site dates back to 168 BC when it was founded by the Roman’s. ThisWeiterlesen
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- Tag 63
- Freitag, 4. August 2023 um 05:24
- 🌩️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 12 m
- MontenegroŠkurda42°25’33” N 18°46’21” E
Walk up to St John’s Fortress
4. August 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ 🌩️ 20 °C
Yesterday the alarm went off at 5am and we headed off through Kotor Old Town, up Kotor Ladder which was a steep 1,200m and over 1,350 steps to St John’s Fortress / San Giovanni. The views over KotorWeiterlesen
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- Tag 63
- Freitag, 4. August 2023 um 14:55
- Höhe über NN: 6 m
- MontenegroŠkurda42°25’45” N 18°46’5” E
Boka Bay Boat Trip
4. August 2023 in Montenegro
Yesterday we took a boat ride out into Boka Bay.
First we went past Perast, a beautiful old town, then we stopped off at the Lady Of The Rock island. This is an artificial island created by bulwark ofWeiterlesen
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- Tag 66
- Montag, 7. August 2023 um 14:54
- ⛅ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 15 m
- MontenegroŠkurda42°25’51” N 18°46’7” E
Apartment Castello
7. August 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
We moved apartments to yet another beautiful view!
Near Boka Bay it was just lovely. Yesterday we took a walk and had an amazing fresh salad and coffee:
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- Tag 68
- Mittwoch, 9. August 2023 um 08:27
- ☀️ 20 °C
- Höhe über NN: 16 m
- MontenegroŠkurda42°25’51” N 18°46’6” E
My 55th Birthday
9. August 2023 in Montenegro ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
Up bright and early - coffee and a relax then we headed to 99 for breakfast. I had French toast with ham and cheese - with a lovely coffee ☕️ . It was so relaxing. I wore one of my two new rings -Weiterlesen
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- Tag 69
- Donnerstag, 10. August 2023 um 14:02
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Höhe über NN: 50 m
- KroatienGradac Park42°38’38” N 18°6’24” E
Goodbye Kotor Hello Dubrovnik
10. August 2023 in Kroatien ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
Danilo picked us up and we had a fairly good drive to the border- shooting to cross at the little border not the big one. There was no queue at all.
Arrived at the new apartment early and theyWeiterlesen
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- Tag 71
- Samstag, 12. August 2023 um 10:05
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: Meereshöhe
- KroatienTri Čavla42°38’23” N 18°6’49” E
Boat trip out to the Caves
12. August 2023 in Kroatien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
We took a 4 hr trip on AWOL -
The first stop were three caves - I went in the first large one - but there were SO MANY PEOPLE that I swam back and chilled on the boat. The other two caves involvesWeiterlesen
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- Tag 71
- Samstag, 12. August 2023 um 12:54
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Höhe über NN: Meereshöhe
- KroatienOtočić Skupio42°40’31” N 17°57’57” E
The City Walls
12. August 2023 in Kroatien ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Up bright and early and walked down the hill to make the almost 2km walk along the city walls.
The views were amazing.
We stopped along the way at a cafe for coffee, and then a FaceTime with Zoe.
WeWeiterlesen
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- Tag 71
- Samstag, 12. August 2023 um 18:57
- ☀️ 25 °C
- Höhe über NN: 33 m
- KroatienMinceta Tower42°38’33” N 18°6’33” E
Last night in Dubrovnik
12. August 2023 in Kroatien ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C
After our usual 1km walk from Zoom Zoom Apartments to Old Town, we headed to the infamous Lady Pipi restaurant. We got there around 6:20pm - but were prepared to wait as they don’t take anyWeiterlesen
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- Tag 72
- Sonntag, 13. August 2023 um 11:09
- ☀️ 28 °C
- Höhe über NN: 18 m
- SpanienBarcelona–El Prat Airport41°17’17” N 2°4’27” E
A week back in Spain
13. August 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 28 °C
We arrived back in Spain for our second stay at Yvonne’s place in Las Fuentes.
It was a week of work all day until
3pm then a few hours relaxation at the beach each day.
Add a visit to the localWeiterlesen
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- Tag 82
- Mittwoch, 23. August 2023 um 09:51
- ☀️ 29 °C
- Höhe über NN: 325 m
- SpanienCastellón–Costa Azahar Airport40°12’23” N 0°4’0” E
Back in the UK
23. August 2023 in Spanien ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
We had a great flight back to Stansted and were so lucky to get a free lift back to Yvonne’s with Ian and Kelly who were in the apartment below us and driving to Swindon.
We have been working hardWeiterlesen
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- Tag 86
- Sonntag, 27. August 2023 um 13:00
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Höhe über NN: 100 m
- EnglandWoodstock51°50’34” N 1°21’37” W
Blenheim Palace and BBQs
27. August 2023 in England ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Day off today spent with Mark , Maria Maddie and Sam. (Plus Josh & Emily later on). The weather was cooler and changeable but we had a great time visiting Blenheim Palace grounds, I especially likedWeiterlesen