Category: Food
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Svalbard Express, Day 1, Bergen, 060924
I started studying a part-time STEM degree with the Open University in 2020, and one of my modules was called “Environment: Journeys through a changing world”. Its focus was climate change, life in a changing world, and the anthropogenic activities that are causing the (sometimes) irreversible changes to the environment and our beautiful, fragile planet.…
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Roma, Italia, day 3, 260824
Today we had three things to do.1 – Go to the Lazio football shop2 – Visit the Vatican as it is close by3 – Catch a plane homeIn that order I wanted to get my son a football top from the Lazio shop. It seems to be a “thing” with him, he likes to wear…
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Roma, Italia, day 2, 250824
It was nearly 10am when we finally left the HiSuite apartment to go and find a breakfast place. It was an easy task, we found a charming little cafe called Fico Ristorante, which was about 10 metres away from our front door. The breakfast menu offered omelettes, eggs, pancakes, croissants and all the usual continental…
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Roma, Italia, day 1, 240824
It was an early start after a comfortable night at the Sofitel on Friday night. However, as soon as our heads hit the pillow it felt that we’d had a very rude 4am awakening by our alarm phones. Despite this, checking out and getting from the hotel to LHR terminal 5 is so easy: it’s…
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Geneva, Day 4, 280524
After 17700+ steps yesterday, it goes without saying that we had a well deserved lie-in. We didn’t get up until 9:30am and then weren’t in a rush to get going. When we were ready, we asked at reception for information about going on a boat cruise on Lake Geneva. The receptionist said that there was…
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Annecy/Geneva, Day 3, 270524
We awoke quite early and could hear the rain lashing down outside. Not the best start to our day for our trip to Annecy in France. This had always been part of our plan, to visit the Venice of the Alps. The hour long single bus journey was booked months ago for the princely sum…
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Geneva, Day 2, 260524
We had a much needed lie in this morning, which was great as we didn’t have a plan either. We had a leisurely get up before heading out for late breakfast. It was sunny but cooler than yesterday nearer the lake. We crossed the road towards it with the help of some local traffic police…
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Geneva Day 1 Sat 25.5.24
Setting off from home after work on Friday, we had a sound plan. We were heading to the Sofitel at Heathrow, having a nice meal in their restaurant and then expecting a decent sleep before heading to the airport for our 8:10am flight on Saturday morning. We’d already checked in so all was well. However,…
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Miami, FL, Day 8, 020324, and a run for home 030324
020324 I really didn’t want to get up on Saturday morning. My body was tired of huge food portions as well as American wine and cocktails. However, a check of the weather back home meant that we needed to make the most of our last hours in the US. We packed up our belongings into…
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Miami Nice, Day 7, 010324
We ate breakfast at Palm Avenue Deli in Sarasota before hitting the road back to Miami. Google said it would take just over three hours, but nearly 200 miles on the I-95 South (part of it is called Alligator Alley), and some annoying roadworks that brought the traffic to a standstill, made it more like…
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