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24 Hours in Athens

I arrived in sunny Athens and rather bizarrely we didn’t have to go through passport control. I taxied to my hotel in an upscale neighbourhood of Athens. My room wasn’t ready so I decided to stroll around Athens and see…

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ROM 101

After crossing the border, I had a 60 minute drive to Constanta, 40 miles away. I found a hotel with a sea view and the smallest balcony I’ve seen in my balcony evaluation studies. I went for a walk around…

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Bulgaria

Shortly before 11 o’clock on the 27th of September, 2024, I entered Bulgaria which was my 100th country. I was on a five hour bus journey with a bunch of Spanish teenagers, but at the least the seat next to…

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Reykjavík, Iceland

The very early taxi ride was most acceptable in a Mercedes driven by a Romanian ex-footballer who played against 1978 World Cup and Golden Boot winner, Mario Kempes in the UEFA Cup in the late 1970’s. Heathrow was heaving -…

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Greek Mainland

After a two and a half hour ferry trip to Volos, we walked to our hotel, the Azur. The room was Tokyo small, but functional and I had a narrow balcony for external activities. I went for a small stroll…

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Greek Mainland

After a two and a half hour ferry trip to Volos, we walked to our hotel, the Azur. The room was Tokyo small, but functional and I had a narrow balcony for external activities. I went for a small stroll…

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Canada and France!

After a grey day at sea we arrived in St John’s which is the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador. With twice as many people as the whole of Greenland, it felt like we had returned to civilisation. Much warmer, but…

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Greenland

On Thursday we arrived in Qaqortoq (three q’s in one word). Nippy, but sunny and we were tendering ashore. Qaqortoq is Greenland’s largest southern town and has a population of a little over 3,000. I took the tender about eleven…

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Iceland to Greenland

I had a nice local chap take me to the ship. When I arrived I was horrified. The queue was enormous and it was raining. The snaking line had no cover so, I dropped my bags and said, “fuck this”.…

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