Accommodation: Hotel Francais I woke up this morning after a horrendously bad night’s sleep. It was really warm in my room and there was no fan or A/C, so the stagnant heat kept me up all night. I finally got up around 8am, completely exhausted, but ready to start the day. I had breakfast at the hotel which was a standard European breakfast. Breads, meats, cheeses, fruits, yogurts, and cereals. It was nothing special, but it was fine. I hit…
Accommodation: Hotel Francais I got on my flight to Brussels Charleroi on time and it looked like everything should be running smoothly, but once we were fully boarded, they found an issue with the plane that meant we had to sit on the tarmac for an hour while all the paperwork got signed off. Once we finally took off the flight was a simple two hour flight and we got into Brussels at 6pm instead of 5pm. I went straight…
Basel, Switzerland Flight home to Edinburgh It’s my birthday!! I woke up a little later this morning after a great night’s sleep. I had a lovely breakfast at the Hotel Neufeld, and then left the hotel to search for a mountain. I saw on a map that there was a mountain called Uetliberg and it is meant to give a great view of Zurich. I should have researched it a bit more because when I started to drive up there,…
Zurich, Switzerland Hotel Neufeld I woke up at 8am after a pretty bad night’s sleep. This hotel and those pillows that look thick, but as soon as you put your head on it, they just disappear and become paper thin. Not cool. So I got up, packed my things, and headed down for breakfast. The breakfast at the hotel was surprisingly good and I loaded up for the day. I parked the car next to the Vaduz Cathedral, which was…
Vaduz, Liechtenstein Hotel Meierhof I worked a half day this morning from home, and was happy to see the end of that. It’s been a bit hectic at work lately, so this trip is a welcome escape from that. I also have to say that this is the third trip I am using my Nomatic travel bag on, and I absolutely love it. This is the best piece of travel luggage I have ever had, by far. I got a…
Andorra, Europe Plane back to Edinburgh Today was the last day of our short Andorra trip, and we really made the most of it. We got up at 9am, had breakfast in the restaurant in the hotel, and headed up the road toward the French border. Melissa had found a group of lakes online that looked like they would make for a nice hike, so we went for it. We parked up at the end of the road next to…
Llorts, Andorra, Europe La Neu Aparthotel We woke up this morning after a GREAT night’s sleep at the AC Hotel and packed up our stuff to head out. We stopped at a bakery on Plaça de Catalunya called Elias Boulanger and Melissa picked out a few things for us to have for breakfast on the way out of Girona. Our first stop was a town called La Seu d’Urgell, which was recommended by the car rental girl yesterday. We were…
Girona, Spain, Europe AC Hotel Palau de Bellavista This trip started out with something that had never happened to me before, ever. After all the travelling I’ve done, it’s actually amazing that it’s not happened before, but there’s a first time for everything. We woke up at 5am, got a taxi at 5:45am, and we were at the airport by 6:15am. Perfect timing for our 7:45am flight. We had to go to the Jet2.com desk for Melissa to get her…
Verona, Italy, Europe Airplane Today was the last day of our trip, and it cemented the fact that I absolutely love Italy. We woke up, packed up our stuff, and headed out of Lady Capulet Apartments by about 10am. We left our bags at reception, picked up our free rental bikes from the apartment, and headed into the city to explore. We first headed to the furthest church from the city center called San Zeno church, and found that this…
Verona, Italy, Europe Lady Capulet Apartments I really love this country! We started out today with a ridiculous breakfast at the B&B. I don’t know how all Italian people aren’t HUGE based on just what they eat for breakfast. It’s just all sweet things and cakes and breads. I haven’t seen anyone have eggs or bacon or sausage, it’s just cookies, cakes, and pastries. It seems very strange. Of course we didn’t want to be rude, so we partook in…