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Shopping at the Mitsui Outlet Park and a return to KLIA
Our final day in Kuala Lumpur, why does the time pass so quickly when on holiday! A window table once again at breakfast and the final opportunity to savour one of the Berjaya’s delicious omelettes cooked to order. We then packed our suitcases and checked out of our hotel. The Berjaya Times Square hotel had been…
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Qatar Airways flight from Kuala Lumpur to Manchester via Doha
We boarded our overnight flight to Doha and after a snack of chicken wraps and chocolate muffins I settled back in my seat and watched ‘The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, the sequel to the film I’d watched on my outbound flight. It was equally good. I then fell asleep for a few hours before…
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A short break in Bergamo, Italy
We were up early as we had booked a 6.00 am flight to Bergamo. As it was such an early start to the day we fell asleep before take off and didn’t rouse from our slumbers until we were touching down in Bergamo Airport. In the airport we purchased 72 hour travel passes for the Bergamo…
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A day in Milan, Italy
After breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant we walked to Bergamo’s railway station and bought return train tickets to Milan. Trains depart frequently and the journey time is one hour. On arrival in Milan’s Central Railway Station we marvelled at the ornate hall with its large, curved roof adorned with frescoes and chandeliers. We rode the…
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Visiting Lake Como from Bergamo
Following an early breakfast, we boarded a train to Varenna. Unlike the Milan service, this train was very old and not particularly comfortable but it arrived in Lecco one hour later, on time and it was only necessary to cross the platform for the connecting service to Varenna. This second train was crowded with school children…
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Final morning in Bergamo
We went down to breakfast promptly when the restaurant opened at 7.00 am as we had a morning flight back to the UK. The Cristallo Palace had been quite a good choice of hotel, rated as a 4 star but probably more of a 3 star standard. Staff had been friendly and the W-Fi worked…
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A weekend in Fuerteventura
It was necessary to get up at 3.30 am as our flight to Fuerteventura was scheduled to depart at 6.20 am. Fortunately we managed to sleep for most of the flight so we arrived feeling refreshed. There was little activity in Fuerteventura Airport and we were soon waiting for a bus to take us to…
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A visit to Corralejo, Fuerteventura
After enjoying a good selection of breakfast dishes we walked along to Caletta’s bus station for a bus to Corralejo in the north of the island. To get there it was necessary to change buses in Puerto Rosario. The journey time was one hour and ten minutes. The landscape was barren and devoid of any vegetation but…
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A Day in Caletta de Fusta, Fuerteventura
After the previous day’s rain, we woke to a warm, sunny morning with no rain clouds in sight. To walk off our large breakfast we strolled along the seafront to its end. Just beyond the Sheraton Hotel we came across a small shopping mall and cinema complex. There was a long jetty to walk along…
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Returning home from Fuerteventura
As our flight was not scheduled to depart until 12 noon we had ample time for a leisurely breakfast in the hotel’s restaurant before checking out and walking to the small bus station. The journey took just 20 minutes and the terminal building was considerably busier than when we arrived a few days earlier. As…
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A weekend in Berlin – Day 1
We had spent the night at the Travelodge, Heathrow Central as our flight was one of the first of the morning to depart Heathrow. We had originally booked our outbound flight with Germanwings, however, with less than 48 hours prior to departure, we received an email from Germanwings informing us that our flight had been…
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Reichstag Dome and the Brandenburg Tor, Berlin
We had breakfast at 7.45 am as we had pre-booked a visit on-line to the Dome of the Reichstag building at 10.30 am. The hotel’s restaurant was attractively decorated and smoked salmon, scrambled eggs and pastries set us up for our morning sightseeing. We walked to the nearby U Bahn station and, like the previous day…
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Charlottenburg Palace and Spandau, Berlin
After a short lunch stop we boarded a train from Berlin’s Hauptbahnhof to Charlottenburg, an affluent suburb of Berlin where the beautiful Charlottenburg Palace is located. A walk along wide, tree lined avenues with imposing buildings standing proudly, led us to the Palace. It was a cold yet sunny afternoon, perfect conditions for a walk through…
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Potsdam, Sanssouci Palace and Tiergarten, Berlin
Another lovely sunny morning. On finishing our breakfast our plan was to inspect the largest remaining stretch of the Berlin Wall located near the ornate bridge beside the River Spree. The pieces of wall have now been decorated in modern art / graffiti and plaques explain the historical significance. A train to Potsdam was next on…
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Checkpoint Charlie, Berlin
Our final day in Berlin, so after breakfast we checked out of our hotel but left our luggage to collect later in the day. Then it was on the train to Kreuzberg where we walked for about 15 minutes to reach the Checkpoint Charlie Box. This famous landmark was the best known crossing point between…
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A weekend in Mallorca – Day 1
We had booked an 8.00 am flight to Palma, Mallorcca with Monarch Airlines, so we were up very early to arrive at the airport in good time. We slept for most of the two and a half hour flight and soon found ourselves in Palma airport. We located the bus stop for Palma, Bus…
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Exploring Santa Ponca, Mallorca
After a good night’s sleep we enjoyed breakfast on the restaurant terrace overlooking the pool and Santa Ponca bay. We decided to stay local and explore on foot finding a coastal path that led us onto the main beach and around the bay to opposite where we were staying. The path then came to an…
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Visiting Port d’Andratx, Mallorca
It was too windy to eat out on the terrace so instead we sat by the window so we could still enjoy the view. Afterwards, we walked down the hill into Santa Ponca and caught a bus along the coast to Port D’Andratx. The journey took 40 minutes passing through the resorts of Pegeura…
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Palma, Mallorca
We woke to clear blue skies and warm sunshine so we were able to linger over our breakfast on the hotel’s restaurant terrace. Afterwards, we spent a leisurely couple of hours relaxing on our balcony enjoying the views of Santa Ponca bay for one last time. We checked out of our hotel at noon and caught…
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A weekend in Madrid – Day 1
We took the car to Manchester Airport, leaving home mid morning and as we were quite early we decided to stop for lunch at the Trafford Centre (Shopping Mall) which is north of the airport. Feeling refreshed, we continued onto the Boundary Farm long stay car park which is literally at the end of…
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Exploring Madrid
We woke to the sounds of heavy rain which continued until mid afternoon. Whilst eating breakfast we heard on the news that the UK was experiencing a mini heatwave and a Spanish plume was over the country. Let’s hope Spain gets its sunshine back soon! Our morning sightseeing began sheltering under umbrellas outside the Royal…
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Visiting Toledo from Madrid
After breakfast we took the metro from Principe Pio to Plaza Eliptica where express coaches to Toledo depart from. The journey in a very comfortable air conditioned coach took 50 minutes and terminated just outside the old town. There are signposts to a series of internal escalators which lead into the old town and…
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Visiting Segovia from Madrid
After breakfast we took the metro from Principe Pio to Moncloa where direct coaches leave for Segovia. These are operated by La Sepulvedena. We arrived at the ticket kiosk at 9.15 am planning to buy tickets for the 9.45 am service but we were advised that this was already full and we would have to…
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Visiting Avila from Madrid
This morning we took the metro to the railway station at Chamartin. Here we bought return tickets to Avila. Our train took 90 minutes and only made one stop along the way. Avila is a medieval town lying 70 miles north west of Madrid, its imposing city walls comprise 8 gates, 88 watchtowers and 2500…
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