Bologna: Day 2 of 2

What a hike! Started all flat and then I lucked upon seeing this cool rotunda and started walking up to it... all in the correct direction. It was then an incline up through all the porticos. Longest portico in the world! The views up at the Santuario di San Luca were wonderful and were more … Continue reading Bologna: Day 2 of 2 →

Day trip to: Florence!

Woke up at 7am and feeling well rested more or less! Yay to the fella not smoking. I think he was pretty worried as I was coughing still a bit last night and he asked about me haha. Skipped outta the house at about 0810. Brisk, nice day so I wore shorts. People were staring … Continue reading Day trip to: Florence! →

Bologna: Day 1 of 2

Woke up rather well rested though I was coughing due or second hand smoke. 😷 Set off at about 9:30am. Watch out for the uneven paths: some sloping, random gradients, steps, broken concrete...The whole gambit. Popped into a bookstore, Libraccio, as I was thinking of another book to get. Great range of English books 🙂 … Continue reading Bologna: Day 1 of 2 →

Bouncing off to Bologna

Left T's place in Augsburg at about 5:30am and passed by a Bitcoin ATM! How random for Augsburg... Weird. Wow it was 0630, Tuesday and the train is very busy to Munchen. All seats are filled! Train left a bit late but got to Munchen HBF on time. Then I got on early for my … Continue reading Bouncing off to Bologna →

Oktoberfest 2019, Munich & Augsburg

Got up early in Vienna and got to the Eurolines/Nomago bus, no probs. It sure was cold at 0745 and the bus was late 30 mins to arrive... and 20 mins late after the break too! I was getting a bit antsy to ensure the buffer of 1.5 hours I gave myself to get from … Continue reading Oktoberfest 2019, Munich & Augsburg →

Day trip to Bratislava

Woke up early and go out on my way again to go to Bratislava! I swear I saw a bus for 8am but turns out it's 0650 or 0850 so I end up waiting for an hour as I'm super early at 745am at the stop. Finally, I'm on the 850am RegioJet bus. They have … Continue reading Day trip to Bratislava →

Venturing about Vienna

Breakfast with Birgit 😃 was great! We haven't seen each other for 7 years pretty much since we both left Vancouver December 2012. We had a great catch up and she treated me to breakfast which was very generous 🙂 The portions were MASSIVE at the café & restaurant Freiraum. Walked around went to a … Continue reading Venturing about Vienna →

Vrooming off to Vienna

Well what a shit start to my day: I woke up at 430am with a bad case of diarrhoea Super gross and annoying as I felt fine the day before and was in high hopes that it had passed! So, I was stressed that the 10hour bus trip with Arda Tur bus lines would … Continue reading Vrooming off to Vienna →

Bouncing about Berlin

Flight aboard Easyjet was smooth, on time and pleasant enough. I didn't know that they only allowed 1 baggage... so only carry on, not even a backpack or purse! Luckily one attendant was nice enough to let me on through to put my pack for free in the hold (ie: checked baggage area) and then … Continue reading Bouncing about Berlin →

Wine bars for lunch & dinner: Paris edition

La Félicité - Montmartre, 18th arrondissement: excellent service (English and French), very relaxed and warm inside. Simple decor. No outside seating. Open late all nights except Sunday ; Lunch only for Sunday. Excellent wine options and very filling cheese and charcuterie platters. Very good value as it wasn't too expensive overall... 2 bottles of wine, … Continue reading Wine bars for lunch & dinner: Paris edition →