Postcard 2 from Norway – Oslo – The Unsupervised Scandy Tour
Today is a wall to wall sunshine, bike hire (again) and ferries sort of day. I leave the SmartHotel as they’ve quadrupled their prices as the town is flooded with …
Today is a wall to wall sunshine, bike hire (again) and ferries sort of day. I leave the SmartHotel as they’ve quadrupled their prices as the town is flooded with …
The original plan was to fly in to Bergen, wander the streets and take a cable car up the mountain but I was beaten to the peak by the pilgrim …
Today was a wonderful day with my own personal guide to show me around Geneva. It begins with a natural move in bed, just changing position and my toe rubs …
Hergiswil, Interlaken Ost, Zweisimmen, Montreux and Geneva The Interrail Planner App is on fire today. It wants to route me to Geneva through Bern and miss out all the good …
So, it’s wet. Yesterday was great though so the yings and the yangs are in balance. I take my time with breakfast which is part of the deal and it …
Luzern, Kriens, Pilatus Kulm, Oberhaupt and Hergiswil The train drops us smoothly into the centre of Luzern (if you’re looking it up try Lucerne) and I make my way out …
The weather forecast could be better but the morning seems promising so I’ve been on the app and booked tickets to Luzern. It’s the 9:15 change at Orten and only …
The Ireland, Italy, and Geneva Interrail adventure is just a memory, but the reality is it’s only a fortnight ago and in between was the wonderful Costa Music festival in …
All goes well with planning the Arona to Geneva trip with only one change of trains at Stresa. The wait is slightly over an hour so we take the opportunity …
Easypeasy, hmmm – but not everything goes to plan!.Do we go direct to Geneva. Well we could! We could always take in an Italian lake, after all, I’ve never been …
Cecilia had been talking about the Cinque Terra part of Italy for some time. I can’t describe my expectations as I’m not sure I had any but the one thing …
Florence is a fabulous city and I’ve added a few more pictures to illustrate the astonishing beauty of the snappily titled ‘Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore’ and the astonishing …
Vatican City, St Peter’s and The Dome.The intention is to get up early and join a minor queue to tour St Peter’s Basilica so we rise at about seven thirty …
Back at street level now and after a little bit of thoroughly enjoyable aimless wandering we buy tickets for an open top bus. The process is interesting though and the …
Rain – lots of it.The Pilgrim has gone to Herculaneum and I’m thinking about a cable car to the top of the local mountain. In fairness, mountain is probably not …