Category: Weather
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Northern Ireland , day 2, 210925: Rainbows, Guinness, and a Story from the Cliffs
The day began with the kind of hotel breakfast you could happily linger over for hours. I started with natural yogurt, granola, and fruit compote, followed by a cheese and mushroom omelette so large that I couldn’t finish it. Not a bad start for a day of exploring Northern Ireland’s legendary Causeway Coast. Cancelled plans…
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Northern Ireland, day 1, 200925: A Day of Trails, Tastes & Tales: From Cave Hill to Bushmills
We drove off the Stena Line ferry at about 7am, the morning still fresh and quiet. We were relaxed after our smooth overnight crossing from Liverpool, but with the day ahead of us, we headed straight for our first adventure: Cave Hill Trail, just outside Belfast. Morning on Cave Hill The walk was about 4.33…
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Valletta, Malta, day 6, 280625
We didn’t rush to get up today. We had to check out by 11:00, and our flight wasn’t leaving until 20:15 (or so we thought). So we had quite a bit of time to kill. After we’d had a cuppa, packed our bags and left them with reception until later, we ventured out into the…
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Gozo, day 5, 270625
After feeling well and truly medicined by the wine pairings that accompanied our 7 course blind tasting menu at Legligin the night before, the last thing we thought we’d be doing was catching a fast ferry to Gozo. After having a cuppa in our hotel room, we skipped breakfast and headed to the fast ferry…
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Ħaġar Qim and Mnajdra Temples, Marsaxlokk and Birgu, Malta, day 4, 260625
Day 4 and we had planned a bit of culture by visiting some ancient temples in Malta, which I learned about whilst doing research for this trip. Dated around 3600BC, they were built before Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza. They are located on the southern coast of Malta, near the village of Qrendi. It’s…
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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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