Category: Night Sky
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Saint Anthony, Newfoundland, day 16, 041026
From Vikings to Root Canals: A Whistle-Stop Tour of Northern Newfoundland Waking early is easy when your destination is the rugged tip of Newfoundland. I’d already been awake around 5am as I’d been a bit restless, and there was a nice display outside from Lady Aurora. After a quick breakfast, we boarded the tender to…
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Stockholm, Sweden, Day 4, 040126: Taking It Slow in Sub-Zero Temperatures
A Slow, Frosty Start There was absolutely no rush to get out of bed this morning. With temperatures sitting at minus 5, we stayed tucked up a little longer, enjoying the warmth of the room at Hotel Reisen. We’d been sensible the day before and brought some treats back from afternoon tea, so breakfast was…
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Stockholm, Sweden, day 2, 020126: A snowy day exploring Stockholm
A Slow Start to a Snowy Morning We started the day slowly, helped by the fact that it had begun snowing heavily again overnight. Big, soft flakes fell steadily, instantly making everything feel quieter and more magical. With no rush, we eventually wrapped up warm and headed out around 11am. ⸻ The Royal Palace in…
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Sandals Royal Bahamian Resort, day 7, 030425
Today was a chill out day, nothing planned, just to go with the flow. We had breakfast at La Plume, which serves breakfast a la carte, rather than the buffet we have been going to at Kanoo and Tesoro. I had a lovely freshly cooked vegetable omelette with hash browns. It was a perfect start…
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Nassau and Sandals Barefoot Cay, day 4, 310325
On day 4 of our chill-out holiday , we were down for breakfast at about 9am. It was our usual location at Kanoo for buffet style breakfast so I had a mix of fruit and cheeses. Once we’d eaten we headed back to our room to put on the usual suncream/swimwear and went down to…
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Svalbard Express, Day 7, Honningsvåg (Magerøya), 120924
The globe at the North Cape/Nordkapp – 71 degrees, 10′ 21″ north I didn’t have the best night’s sleep last night. The boat was rocking a bit as it headed further north, so it was hard to settle. I had remembered to set an alarm to make sure that we got up in time, as…
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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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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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Italian Job 2, Day 3, Monterosso Al Mare, 260723
We had been organised and packed the night before as we had an early start on Wednesday morning. The hotel arranged a cab for us, which arrived in minutes, to take us to Milano Centrale train station. The intercity 657 took us on a three hour journey down to one of the five towns that…
