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What has happened in the interim?
Since my return in January 2024, unsurprisingly, I have done a little bit of travelling. Las Vegas- May 2024 As part of my turning 40 year of celebrations, I did have a few trips planned, and one of these that had been planned for some time – a trip to Las Vegas with my best…
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The End
It has been a week since I returned home (well, to my Mum’s) and was reunited with all of my stuff. How do I feel? Like I have an absolutely amazing experience that happened just yesterday, and also a long time ago… Some statistics: I also started trying to do some of the best and…
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Stage 6.9 – The end is nigh
This morning, I woke up in my last hotel bed, packed my bag for the last time, and headed off for my last journey of my trip. It really is all coming to an end, and a sense of misery is rather starting to sweep over me… However, I shall use this time to reflect…
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Stage 6.8 – Home to London
I am starting to write this on Saturday evening with Gladiators on in the background – have I travelled back in time? I am certainly starting to feel like I really have come home. When I set off all those months ago (23 August 2023), I did not have a fixed return date. However, I…
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Stage 6.7 – Amsterdam (and Homeward Bound)
The morning after the night before, i.e., Thurday, I may have been feeling little delicate, and therefore, we had a slow start to the day. We decided to walk into the museum area, stopping on route for an excellent hot dog, to visit the Van Gogh museum. I assume everyone is familiar with Vincent Van…
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Stage 6.6 – Hamburg to Amsterdam (and Delft)
As I head into my last week, I may have fallen a little behind on the blog – I was too busy having a delightful time in Amsterdam with Susan which you shall be hearing more of in this/the next entry to ensure I am up to date before this is all over on Monday.…
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Stage 6.5 – Hamburg and Bremen
Today (Sunday), my alarm went off at 7am (this is not a typo!). Whilst this may seem like utter madness, this was so I could visit the fish market, which is open from 7.30 am every Sunday. A bit like how London’s Smithfield Meat Market used to be, you can purchase alcohol to continue the…
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Stage 6.4 – Hamburg (Goodbye Poland, Hello Germany)
Well, I made it eventually. When I wrote the last post it was all going rather swimmingly, however, our train stopped at the station before Rzepin (where I knew I had to get off and take the rail replacement bus across the border) and we were told we would be there for an hour. News…
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Stage 6.3 – Gdansk (and Goodbye Poland)
Another straightforward arrival in Gdansk and then a short walk to our hotel. It is noticeably warmer here than it has been almost everywhere else during our travels in Poland – the heady heights of -1. An easy walk to our hotel (and perfectly acceptable though it was, the 2 star Ibis did feel like…
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Stage 6.2 – Auschwitz (from Krakow)
According to a 2017 survey, 41% of American adults and 66% of millennials did not know what Auschwitz was, while 22% said they did not know what the Holocaust was. These are very worrying statistics. I am sure that none of you would be in these groups, and therefore surely Auschwitz needs no introduction. As…
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