02.03.2020 Berlin. Cutting it very close, the Mongolian Embassy came up with their final question about which COVID-19 infested countries I had been to in 2020. They had already asked me to write statements about my travels to China, Taiwan, South Korea, Hong Kong and Japan. Fortunately these were all in 2019. Now over the …
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21.-24.01.2020 Blackburn Flew in to Manchester and rented a car to go to Blackburn to visit my old mum and dad. Sons get to unblock troublesome drains, replace toilet seats and pressure-wash things. Daughters doubtless find it easier to do other kinds of domestic stuff. 24.-27.01.2020 London Then down to London for my grandson’s First …
20.12.2019 Palma de Mallorca. On the Road Again. After six bleak days in Germany, I got a car to Schönefeld Airport with Roland and we had Bloody Mary’s in the lounge. I got a worldwide lounge pass recently, courtesy of one of H’s credit-card accounts, which is a great thing as you can take cheap-as-chips flights with Business-Class pampering …
23.11.2019 Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain. This is going to get repetitive as it involves a number of circuits of the western Mediterranean in the good ship AIDAsol. I flew into Palma from Berlin and was met by H at the airport. Boarded the ship and we were off. A day at sea and then …
03.-06.11.2019 Brussels, Belgium. We flew to Brussels to deal with some stuff related to a former business of ours. While we were there I got in touch with Cousin Mike who lives near Antwerp. I’ve not seen Mike for many years when he was by chance flying a plane I was on between New York …
We are topping up some skin damage in Florida during the month of October. 01.10.2019 I flew to Miami via Vienna and drove for hours across the Everglades to our accommodation in Palmetto on the Gulf Coast. The next day I collected H and Roland from Tampa Airport. All a bit awkward but it saved …
Dad’s 90th Birthday and family reunion 19th-27th September 2019, Newlands Valley, near Keswick, Cumbria. 19.09.2019 Flew from Berlin to Manchester and rented a car. Drove to the Dunkenhalgh Hotel, checked in and carried on to mum and dad’s. Duncan and Lesley had arrived a week earlier from Australia to sort stuff out. We all went …
09.09.2019 Berlin to Hamburg to Rostock, I drove to Hamburg airport to collect H who had just flown in from Norway. The weather was nasty with heavy rain the whole way. Drove on to Rostock arriving in the early hours. Rostock is a frequent place for us to visit as H’s head office is in …
This trip is essentially a repeat of last month’s Norway fjords cruise. 07.08.2019 Hamburg-Altona; We took a taxi and train from Berlin to Hamburg then had dinner sailing down the Elbe. 09.08.2019 Bergen; A warm sunny day. We walked to the Fisketorget and had some fish and beer for lunch. 10.08.2019 Hellesylt/Geiranger; H booked us …
08.07.2019 Hamburg Altona. After 10 days putting a new roof on the carport I was ready for a rest. Collected Roland from Neukölln and we got an early train from Berlin Hbf to Hamburg Altona. We were met by H at the station and a short taxi ride to the ship. We had a nice …
2019.06.11 Hamburg, Germany An early train to Hamburg-Altona to join the AIDAsol. Cruised down the Elbe and then two days northwards through the North Sea. This trip will take us on a 17-day cruise to the Orkney Islands, Iceland, Spitsbergen, North Cape and down the fjords of Norway to Bergen and then back to Hamburg. …
2019.04.29-30 Prague, Czech Republic A quick visit for some cheap medical stuff and a stroll over the Charles Bridge. 2019.05.11-12 London, UK Had a bit of tourism in London from our usual base at the Tower Hotel. We Ubered to Leadenhall Market and then the nearby Duck & Waffle 40-odd floors up in the Heron Tower. …