Tag: swimming
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Świnoujście
We’re getting towards the end of our holiday, and that means we’re chilling out a bit. Świnoujście is on the Polish Baltic coast, in the North West. Getting there was entertaining… we travelled on the bargain 9-Euro-ticket, which had also covered our public transport in Berlin, and we could use for a whole month. It’s…
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Vienna
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…
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Lazy day with swimming
We had a pretty chilled start today. I had an important but sadly failed morning mission to get some Bled Cream Cakes for breakfast. I did manage to buy the rest of our food and drink for the day, for €27, so that was pretty good. We had plenty of reading time, a good lunch…
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Lake Bled
It’s like a warm Windermere here. We had two full days, and spent the first going all round the lake. It’s only about a 6-7km walk, with a bit of uphill if you go to the Castle, which we did. There’s loads to do, and loads of people doing it. It would be a bit…
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Rome
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,…
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All the Cinque Terre
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…