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 The Mystical Medieval Central European Gem Of Cobbled Streets & Stunningly Wonderful Architecture “… 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...
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...
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...
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...

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