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Walking the Amalfi Coast: Ravello to Amalfi
Today’s adventure started in the village of Ravello, a 40 minute drive from the hotel. On arrival we were greeted by the local band! The morning was spent exploring Ravello. I decided to visit the amazing Villa Cimbrone. Time to taste the local specialty made from the abundant local produce, lemon. At 12.30 the group…
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Walking the Amalfi Coast: Day 1.
Within an hour of leaving home I’ve dropped my bag off, passed through security and am sitting in the departure lounge. The two and a half hour flight from Manchester to Naples departed a little late. Once arrived had a bite to eat before the transfer to Bomerano. Bomerano is around an hour’s drive from…
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Dutch Running Weekend
Friday afternoon and a quick drive to the airport and walk to the recently renovated Terminal 2. Obviously my gate, gate 11 was at the furthest point from the departure lounge. First time flying KLM and very impressed with the complementary inflight snacks and drinks. The flight only lasted 50 minutes so had to be…
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Day Out to Keukenhof
An early drive to the airport. Met up with my fellow MAD WI ‘extreme day trippers’ inside terminal 1. A few of our group had a slight hiccup with boarding passes and security, but once sorted we congregated in Pret for a bit of pre-flight breakfast. Once onboard the plane, the pilot mentioned delays due…
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Day Trip to Iceland
What a wonderful day, the day we went to Iceland (the country not the shop). Very early Saturday morning Andrea (organiser extraordinaire and driver) toured around the streets of Offerton, Marple and Strines picking up Liz, Linda, Wendy and myself, our group of MAD WI ‘extreme day trippers’, to catch the 7.10 flight from Manchester.…
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Day Trip to Cork
Quiet early morning drive to Manchester Airport for the 9.15 flight to Cork. Short flight to Cork. Bus transfer stops outside the terminal. Decided to take the bus to Kinsale. About 35 minutes to Kinsale for €4.50. TFI app was useful for purchasing tickets and viewing the timetable. Kinsale is a small coastal town renowned…
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Autumn Cruise Adventure Day 8: Le Havre.
Overslept! Awoke 9.45 and hastily got ready as was meeting friends at La Vista at 10.30 to go to MuMa in Le Havre, which fortunately does not open until 11. MuMa lived up to expectations. Although the ground floor was closed, the upstairs gallery hosted a fabulous exhibition of paintings. After a hot chocolate in…
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Autumn Cruise Adventure Day7: Zeebrugge
Slept so well! Quick dash to grab a smoothie and pastry for breakfast from the buffet on deck 16, the deck above me. Then disembarked at 8.20 to join the excursion to Bruges. Bombarded with information from the moment the coach driver started the engine. Half an hour later and enlightened on the import and…
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Autumn Cruise Adventure Day:6 Rotterdam
This morning there is a particular song by The Beautiful South I can’t get out of my head! After a leisurely breakfast disembarked to join the coach for this morning’s excursion to Kinderdijk, an UNESCO world heritage site. As with all excursions the outward journey is full of information. About an hour out of Rotterdam…
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Autumn Cruise Adventure Day 5: Sea Day
The morning started with a lovely breakfast at the Pearl Restaurant Today was a fund raiser on the Promenade Deck in which I participated. 5 laps of the deck for Teenage Cancer Trust. After a warming drink time for the Iona vocalists. Today after the breathing exercises we tackled Supercalifragilistic. The weather was fantastic so…
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