Category: Sunset
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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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Svalbard Express,day 16, Bergen, 210924
We woke at about 6:30am with the ship heading towards the Hurtigruten terminal in Bergen. It was thick fog which contradicted the weather forecast, it was supposed to be sunny all day. The ship docked at 7am as scheduled, but we weren’t in any rush. We needed to have breakfast first and say goodbye to…
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Svalbard Express, Day 8, All at sea, 130924
We woke this morning after a good night’s sleep. The swell of the Barents Sea had been kind to the boat on the northbound journey towards Svalbard. Thankfully it meant that there was little rocking and rolling overnight whilst we were in bed. This leg is a 500 mile journey in total, which started when…
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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 5, Reine (Lofoten Islands), 100924
I’ve not really spent much time anywhere else than home on my birthday, except the odd visit to London, or my 21st in Amsterdam. I never would have expected to wake up on my birthday, on a ship sailing down the beautiful Vestfjorden area of the Norwegian Sea. We passed some very dark and brooding…
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Svalbard Express, Day 3, Åndalsnes, 080924
We woke early and opened the curtains to some fabulous scenery around the Vestnes area. The waters were calm and still, everything was just so peaceful. I wished my son, Lewis, a happy birthday for his 28 years young birthday. We got ready for breakfast and went to the Røst Restaurant. There was a good…
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Svalbard Express, Day 2, MS Trollfjord, 070924
Nordhordlandsbrau – Nordhordlands Bridge We woke early to another lovely day, a bit cloudier than yesterday, but still very pleasant. We had chosen our breakfast booking for 8am, so we had plenty of time to pack our bags before we went downstairs. Hotels in Norway | Clarion Hotel® Breakfast was typical Norwegian style, with lots…
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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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Sarasota, Fl, Day 5, 280224
We got up quite early as I had a two hour or so drive from Naples to Sarasota. After breakfast we checked out and were soon on the road. The journey was uneventful, apart from a couple of hold ups with roadworks, and we arrived in Sarasota before lunch. We parked up outside the hotel…
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