Our drive from Tavira to Benagil required an approach focussed around eating up some time as we had to check out by 12 pm and we can’t check in at our Benagil apartment until 4 pm. Given that the drive was only an hour or so, we decided to have lunch somewhere on the way. […]
We kicked off our first full day in San Sebastian/Donostia with a walk along the beaches that stretch quite a long way from where we’re staying, to the old town. This walk, however, wasn’t one for exercise. This is the beginning of 2 solid days of Pintxo crawling. As mentioned previously, Pintxos is like a
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The drive from Lekeitio to San Sebastian/Donostia was along the northern coastline of Spain, looking out to the Bay of Biscay. This was a lovely drive along a winding road. It would have been the perfect ride on a motorbike but was also enjoyable in the Beemer. We avoided the highways on the way into
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We pick things up as we drive into La Guardia. This little village on top of a hill is one of those quaint little places that is both forgotten in time and modern all at the same time. The walls of the buildings look like they were erected just last week however some of them
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Our journey around Spain begins in Barcelona where we’ve booked into the Yurbban Trafalgar Hotel, which is in a perfect location for walking and seeing some of the main sights of Barcelona. For dinner tonight we managed to get a 20 minute slot at Bar Del Pla, which is highly recommended as having great local
The new drone has arrived which is smaller and more portable than the previous one. We’re looking forward to making use of this technique more often simply due to this portability. Some footage taken during the inaugural flight at Paradise Point below.
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After a sea day travelling from Athens, we arrived at Palermo. Kath had booked a walking tour of the city with Francesca, a born and bread Palermo local who also happens to be writing a book on Sicilian food and wine, and just passed her sommelier’s test. Francesca is a lovely lady who is passionate
We’re in Greece now and again we spend 3 days in 3 different cities, well, 2 islands and a city. We started off in Santorini. To reach the island we had to tender from the cruise ship via local tender vessels. These are run by the local operators and while the ship is capable of
We had a lovely 3 days in 3 different cities in Turkey. As we achieved so much on our first day on the peninsula, we decided to make use of the time to see some of Canakkle, the launch point for anyone visiting the battlefields. This is a lovely little town which survives on a
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One of the key points of difference with this cruise and other cruises taking in Gallipoli for the 100th anniversary is the fact that our cruise is following in the footsteps of the diggers. One of the special privileges of this is the fact that we get to travel through the Suez Canal. This is
Today we are in Safaga, a port town in Egypt on the Red Sea. We have the second of our organised tours today and after being on the ship for over 7 days and just to do something totally different we are going on a boat cruise 😐 I know, sounds totally rediculous doesn’t it,
