Ticket to Ride: Heald Edition

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  • Vienna

    Vienna

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    After a bit of a lie in, and a breakfast of waffles and Milka spread (in lieu of Nutella), we (despite the children’s protestations) headed out on the self-guided walking tour which I had found online. Our starting point was the Hofburg Imperial Palace, former home of the Hapsburg family who ruled for hundreds of…

  • Rate my pastry: Vienna

    Rate my pastry: Vienna

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    Jennie: (Surprise) Rhubarb crumble cake Rhabarberkuchen – 8/10 could have had more rhubarb throughout the cake. She was told it was strawberry, but that’s a good surprise! Gideon: #GiantJammyDodger – 7/10 could have had more jam Angus: Giant Jammy Dodger – 10/0 liked the toppings and the loveheart jam bit in the middle and then…

  • Fuelling strategy

    Fuelling strategy

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    We’re off to Vienna today… not too bad a journey, 08:13-13:36 with a 6 minute change. Better not to do it hungry though, so the local Bled Cream Cakes are a great way to start today!

  • Travel day: Roma – Venezia

    Travel day: Roma – Venezia

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    Getting to Slovenia in a day would have been a mission, so we planned for a break in our journey, in Venice. What a hardship! That meant an hour or so in the pool yesterday morning, before we took the Metro to Termini, with enough time to browse and play in the Lego shop at…

  • Rome

    Rome

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    We’re well in to this Italian thing now. Early starts, late finishes, chilling out in between, regular application of pizza, pasta, pasticceri, gelato, and coffee. It works as well in Rome as it did in the Cinque Terre. I’m writing this a bit after the fact, I’ll go light on detail and heavy on pictures,…

  • Travel day: Lunch in Pisa

    Travel day: Lunch in Pisa

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    We took yesterday really easy: swimming in a local spot that we’d not found before, reading and terrace time, a good lie in. That set us up well for a long travel day today. Rome’s pretty easy to get to, there’s a main high speed line from Genoa to Rome, going through La Spezia just…

  • All the Cinque Terre

    All the Cinque Terre

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    We started early, as promised/threatened. The walking path up and over the ridge wasn’t easy, but it didn’t really warrant the “Expert hikers only” signs. Definitely no good for flip flops, which there are signs about, but the main thing is to beat the heat. We carried eight litres of water for the 5km hike…