Category: Travel
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Miami South Beach, Day 1, 240224
The day started off at Sofitel Heathrow with a 6:30 am wake up to allow us to be at the airport in plenty of time. The hotel is in a perfect location as it is a five minute under cover walk to terminal 5. https://all.accor.com/hotel/6214/index.en.shtml?utm_campaign=seo+maps&utm_medium=seo+maps&utm_source=google+Maps Heathrow was busy but we were fast-tracked through security once…
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Vilnius Day 4, 020124
Today we knew it was going to be cold. The hotel staff had already been telling us every day, and so had numerous weather apps…. After breakfast, I went back to the room to put on several layers and then we went out. I’d wanted to visit the bell tower in Cathedral Square, as it…
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Vilnius Day 3, 010124
After being kept awake by loud music that continued until 4:15am on New Year’s Day, we had a good lie in. Breakfast was extended in the hotel until 1pm (did they know something we didn’t) so we didn’t get there until nearly midday, which was perfect. Once we had eaten, we wrapped up even more…
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Vilnius Day 2, 311223 New Year’s Eve
The day started at a leisurely pace with a lovely breakfast in the hotel. We had a good choice of cold cut meats, cheeses, salad, fruits, pastries and yogurts. There was also a menu if we wanted anything cooked to order, such as omelette or boiled eggs, so plenty to choose from. We went out…
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Vilnius Day 1, 301223
Today started at the very unsociable hour of 4am, to allow us to prepare for our flight from Stansted at 6:30am. Radisson Blu was a few minutes walk away from the terminal so it had been a great idea to book our overnight stay there. Even better that we’d booked a fast track route through…
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Italian Job 2, Day 15, Venice then home 070823
Monday morning started ok, with a bit of a lie-in. We had a great view of San Marco basin from our room, with San Georgio Maggiore church tower in the distance. It was a beautiful day. We had to check out of Hotel Paganelli by 11:00, so packed and left our bags downstairs. We weren’t…
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Italian Job 2, Day 14, Murano and Burano, 060823
We had a leisurely get up on Sunday. It was a beautiful sunny morning even though there had been overnight rain. We tried a restaurant nearby that did different breakfast options. The waiter got a bit grumpy with JC when he asked to change his coffee from a cappuccino to an americano as this wasn’t…
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Italian Job 2, Day 13, Venezia, 050823
We had a smooth checkout at the hotel on Saturday morning, and a taxi was ready within five minutes to take us to Stazione Porta Nueva. The 11:00am Trenitalia Frecciarossa train was taking us on a 75 minute journey to Venezia Santa Lucia. We had a complimentary lunch box given to us on the train…
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Italian Job 2, Day 12, Verona, 040823
Breakfast was good in the hotel on Friday morning. I would have gone back for seconds but an old guy had coughed into his hand and then pretty much touched every piece of serving cutlery…. I knew I wouldn’t starve. We had pre-booked La Casa Di Giulietta (The House of Juliet) for 9:45am, on Via…
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Italian Job 2, Day 11, Verona, 030823
We were up quite early this morning as the latest check out time was 10:00am. We also thought it might give us a head start with the traffic as we left Riva Del Garda. How wrong we were; we were no sooner leaving Riva before the traffic had built up and came to a virtual…
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