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All posts/entries, for now, from over two decades of global travel. And a few colourful tags, too.

Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul, Turkey

Where East meets West & where Europe meets Asia. Straddling continents & oozing history, one of the major centre points of the world for thousands of years.

Turkish Airlines || Flying High

Turkish Airlines || Flying High

It was good to have a full-service flight experience today. I haven’t had one in a while. An airbridge to the plane, complimentary newspapers (all Turkish, on a flight from Dublin), smiling hostesses, a hot meal complete with menu & real cutlery you could probably...

Prague, Czech Republic (2014)

Prague, Czech Republic (2014)

"... Prague... is overrun. It’s beset. And it’s only March, granted only for a few more hours. I can only imagine what it’s like here these days at the height of summer." Image || Karluv most (Charles Bridge), Prague, Czech Republic. March 31, 2014. Prague, Czech...

Vienna, Austria

Vienna, Austria

I was aiming to be on the 8 a.m. bus out of Vienna, Austria, to Prague but at 6.a.m this morning when my alarm went off I opted for the 1 p.m. bus instead, convincing myself as I turned over that I could do with the lie-in. The day I spent wayfaring around the streets...

Bratislava, Slovakia

Bratislava, Slovakia

One of Europe’s newest capitals yet an ancient and important city to the Austro-Hungarian empire, Slovakia’s Bratislava is a curious place. A city of blended cultures & one offering up a strange mix of old & new, it's a city where you can peer at 20th century...

Budapest, Hungary

Budapest, Hungary

It felt like a long day of train travel today. It was a pleasant rail experience but for some reason the almost 7 hour trip from Zagreb, Croatia to Budapest seemed to take twice as long. ______________________________________________________ Date || March 25, 2014...

Monaco || Five To-dos

Monaco || Five To-dos

Five things to do in tiny city-state of Monaco, arguably the most glamorous, most star-studded & richest place on earth.

Zagreb, Croatia

Zagreb, Croatia

Bloody rain. I'm fairly tolerant of the stuff but twice in as many days now it has, & if you'll pardon the oh-so obvious pun, put a dampener on me gallivanting around gorgeous Central European capital cities. Yesterday Ljubljana, Slovenia & today Zagreb in...

Ljubljana, Slovenia

Ljubljana, Slovenia

What a difference a day makes. I’m sure glad I saw what I saw of Pula on the Croatian Istria Peninsula yesterday when bathed in sunshine because it was a miserable day today in this little corner of Europe. ______________________________________________________ Date...

Pula, Istria Peninsula, Croatia

Pula, Istria Peninsula, Croatia

I've just arrived in Pula on Croatia's Istra Peninsula. It has been an interesting day. I left Venice, Italy, at 11 a.m. & spent 2 hours on a train getting to Trieste, Italy, where I waited for a bus for another hour before sitting on it for the next three hours....

Venice, Venito, Italy (2014)

Venice, Venito, Italy (2014)

I vividly remember last year walking around the mock-up of Venice that is the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada & thinking how it’d be cool to get back to the real thing, recalling with fondness my first & only visit to Venice back in 2007. That was...

Copenhagen, Denmark

Copenhagen, Denmark

The word on the street is that there’s more to Copenhagen, the now-cool capital of the Scandinavian country of Denmark, than that statue. Lots more.

Verona, Venito, Italy

Verona, Venito, Italy

Home To Fictitious Romeo & Juliet & A Very Real Stunning Array Of UNESCO-Listed Churches Church of Saint Anastasia, Verona, Italy. March 17, 2014 Verona on the River Adige in Venito, northern Italy, is famous as the location for the Shakespeare play Romeo...

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