Category: History
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Valletta and Mdina, Malta, day 3, 250625
After we’d had breakfast at the rooftop restaurant again, we went to catch a bus to Mdina as planned. We thought it best to go from the main bus terminal, which is close to the Triton Fountain, and a short walk from our hotel. After we’d sussed out how to get there – line 52,…
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Valletta, Malta, day 2, 240625
It was a leisurely get up before we headed to the rooftop restaurant for breakfast. We managed to get a table outside, overlooking the city. One of the front of house staff showed us the ropes. Breakfast was a combination of traditional English breakfast, continental and Middle Eastern. Once we’d eaten we headed out into…
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Valletta, Malta, day 1, 230625
After a very early get up, we arrived at Gatwick South Terminal with time for a light breakfast before boarding for our 06:15 British Airways flight to Valletta. The aircraft door wouldn’t shut so there was a bit of a delay whilst we waited got an engineer to arrive. We eventually took off at 06:40,…
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Straw Market and downtown Nassau, day 5, 010425
I woke on the morning of 1st April, before it was getting light outside, and I could hear rain. Not just any old rain, a torrential downpour. The windows of our room were steamed up on the outside, so it must have been to do with the humidity, the lush tropical gardens below and the…
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Nassau, day 3, 300325
Today was the day when I thought I’d really overdone it with the cocktails from the night before, in the Piano Bar. It’s great having an all inclusive deal, but it creates opportunities and situations that I’d rather not be in. I still felt squiffy when I got up and wished I hadn’t overindulged. Gluttony,…
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Nassau, day 1, 280325
After leaving work early on Thursday, we travelled down to London on Hull Trains, then had an hour Tube ride on the Piccadilly Line. After enjoying our evening at the Sofitel at London Heathrow Terminal 5, we had an early wake up call on Friday morning. We used express checkout to save ourselves any bother…
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Helsinki, day 6, 020125
We had a bit of a lie in today and didn’t go down to breakfast until about 09:15. We enjoyed a decent breakfast and I even tried the in-house rooibos tea that is produced especially for the hotel. We then went back to the room and I tried out the private sauna for about twenty…
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Tallinn-Helsinki, day 5, 010125
We awoke after the New Year’s Eve celebrations to a blanket of snow in Tallinn. It was roughly zero degrees when we had breakfast and then slightly warmer when we ventured out. We walked up the steps close to the hotel that allowed us to access the upper town. We saw some great views of…
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Tallinn, Estonia, day 4, 311224
Well what a fabulous day to end the year. We started off with a breakfast and champagne before heading out into the Estonian winter. We decided to go to Creative City first thing, but it was freezing cold and snowing. It wasn’t the best day to be wandering around, but I wanted to see the…
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Tallinn, Estonia, day 3, 301224
It was a fairly early start this morning, due to us starting out on the second part of our break. We packed our bags before heading down to breakfast which opened at 8am. The dining area was quiet and we had a good choice of breakfast items again, served with a pot of tea. Afterwards,…
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