Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
Skye is overcrowded, overpriced and overrated! Alex does not think it’s overrated, but I do. Continue reading “Thanks for nothing!”
Thanks for nothing!
Welcome to Mallaig
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
Mallaig was our final stop on The Jacobite steam train (September 9, 2018). Continue reading “Welcome to Mallaig”
Fort William to Mallaig
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
Today (September 9, 2018) was to be one of the highlights of our Scottish adventure, and we weren’t disappointed. Continue reading “Fort William to Mallaig”
Glasgow to Fort William
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
Diana & Alex:
“I am aware that many people nowadays regard the train as the second-best means of seeing a country. Continue reading “Glasgow to Fort William”
Never read the newspaper!
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
Ali gave us a sleepless night. You know Ali. No, not the loud neighbour upstairs. Ali was the first “named” storm of the season in Britain. Continue reading “Never read the newspaper!”
Trains we took in Scotland
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
We came to Scotland, in part, we wanted to experience some of the most highly-rated railway journeys in the world. Continue reading “Trains we took in Scotland”
We may have found the cleanest city in the world
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
…. Or at least from all the cities we’ve visited so far… Continue reading “We may have found the cleanest city in the world”
We already love Scotland…
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
…yes, and for a very different reason. They value their intellectuals more than their politicians and royalty. Continue reading “We already love Scotland…”
Welcome to sunny Glasgow
Storyline: A Glimpse of Scotland
“Welcome to sunny Glasgow”, the guest house server greeted us with a lovely Scottish accent, as she served us breakfast, “…it is September after all, it’s supposed to rain”, she added catching our puzzled or rather bleary-eyed sleep deprived looks. Continue reading “Welcome to sunny Glasgow”
Gin and Fever Tree tonic
Storyline: 50 years later
Manchester hooked me on gin and Fever Tree tonic. Never thought that in that cold and bone-numbing humid weather I would drink, let alone love G&T.
Manchester
Storyline: 50 years later
Does this grey, wet and cold city deserve more posts? To begin with Alex summarized our experience well in his two posts. Yet I enjoyed it a lot, so maybe there are few more words to be said. A short walk in London and the train trip from Euston London to Piccadilly Manchester aside, this was my first impression of England. Grey, wet, dull and cold…Manchester skies so low, almost touching the canal (was this like Jacques Brel’s song “Le plat pays” about Belgium, where I spent a few years of my life?). Not much different on the other side of the North Sea. The photos we took make a lovely black and white canvas. Continue reading “Manchester”
Going “home”
Storyline: 50 years later
April 12 2018:
Today we are truly visiting my past. We are going to see the house where I lived for my first 13+ years. Last night we researched how to get there on the transit system and found that one bus would take us from Piccadilly Gardens through Salford and Eccles and onwards to Winton. Of course, it’s all Greater Manchester now, and I’m not sure that Winton exists; but the old neighbourhood does. Continue reading “Going “home””
Homeland at last
Storyline: 50 years later
April 11 2018:
Made it through the first full day in my homeland in fifty years. Just. We arrived in London yesterday morning and, jet-lagged and half asleep, had a very filling brunch of much fried, greasy and delicious breakfast food. Spent two hours half-awake on the train to Manchester and, after checking into our small but comfy hotel room on the border of Chinatown and the Gay village, went on a search for a veggie-rich, grease-poor light dinner. Continue reading “Homeland at last”
1. Road trip with Milan
Storyline: Road Trip with Milan 2018
This road trip was quite emotional for me. It was dedicated to my best childhood friend who left us way too young 20 years ago. With this trip, her widowed husband Milan has now fulfilled her dream to travel with me to new places in the world. Continue reading “1. Road trip with Milan”
Vidin to Craiova, the Romanian part
Storyline: Vidin to Ruse Bulgaria via Romania by train Jul – Aug, 2017
There are some 119 km of railroad between Vidin, Bulgaria and Craiova, Romania. Of this, it’s about 30 km from Vidin to Golenţi railway station near Calafat, on new tracks built across the New Europe Bridge (also know as Danube 2 bridge). The bridge was opened in 2013 and the first passenger train between Vidin and Golenţi ran in May 2014. Continue reading “Vidin to Craiova, the Romanian part”
