Europe and Home Final Part – Caythorpe and London
Onwards…..and literally upwards…..at least if you see forward progress as North being up…. In what was an increasingly familiar routine, my belongings get repacked, and I am out for ...
Europe and Home Part 5 – Portsmouth and Glastonbury
The whirlwind tour of the UK continued with a super early morning drive to Eastbourne where my mom dropped me off for the first of many busses around the UK to see a few other friends before my time w...
Europe and Home Part 4 – Bexhill and Mom
A relatively short flight on RyanAir brings me to the good old UK. Feeling pretty tired again with minimal sleep (up at 4 for a 6am flight), but all goes well…..well-ish anyway. There is a wait ...
Europe and Home Part 3 – Pisa
Back on the train! It’s a short hop from Florence to Pisa. I asked two Italians before I left ‘what’s the best thing to do in Pisa’ and their answers were exactly the same̷...
Europe and Home Part 2 – Florence
Bundled on to a train with my stuff in the Italian summer heat, and I am on to my next destination, Florence. First, I am impressed by the trains and facilities in general, comfortable, regular, fast,...
Europe and Home – Part 1 – Venice
So. Saturday night. Flying to Europe from Montreal. On the Plane. I get 3…count ’em….3 seats to myself….thanks to these lovely old ladies moving to a different section. (I didn...