Category: Weather
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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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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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Sandy Toes, Rose Island, day 6, 020425
It was a fairly early start this morning. Check-in for our boat trip to Sandy Toes started at 9:15am and we were unsure of how busy it would be traffic wise to get there. It was suggested we gave ourselves an hour to get from Sandals to Paradise Island Ferry Terminal. So we went for…
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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 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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Helsinki, Finland, day 2, 291224
I didn’t have the best night’s sleep in the hotel. I think my body clock was all messed up, with an early start yesterday and the two hour time difference. That along with the excesses of Christmas were surely having an effect on me and I felt very restless. I didn’t rush to get up…
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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 15, Ålesund and Sæbø, 200924
Ålesund – Storhaugen viewpoint We knew that we would be arriving in Ålesund at 8am, so my alarm was set for 6:30am. This was to allow us time to get ready and also have breakfast before we disembarked. We only had a two hour stop here so needed to make sure we had enough time…
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Svalbard Express, day 14, Brønnøysund, 190924
So, I slept right through last night, through the force 8s and 9s that the Captain of MS Trollfjord advised us about yesterday. I think what “helped” was the fact that it was a head wind most of the way, which meant that the ship wasn’t rocking from side to side when we travelled from…
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