Friday was more or less a free day. All we had to do was pack and leave Our Chalet and then my flight didn’t leave Geneva until gone 9pm. It takes a while to get to Geneva from Adelboden but not that long so I intended to have a day out to play in Switzerland.… More Our Chalet: Friday in Switzerland with a suitcase
Thursday was our last full day. Really, it was our last day at all. We’d all be leaving fairly early on Friday morning, having accomplished nothing more than a quick breakfast and the last of our packing. We met at 9am at the flagpole with our hiking stuff because today we were going to the… More Our Chalet: walking to the woodcarver on Thursday
After our busy day on Tuesday and our late night, Wednesday started in a leisurely fashion. Instead of being summoned to breakfast at 8am by a bell, we had a casual drop-in brunch from 9.30. It had the usual breakfast items of toast and cereal but it also had two baskets of miniature croissants and… More Our Chalet: Lazy Wednesday
Our first full day at Our Chalet is Tuesday. Monday is spent flying to Switzerland, taking two trains along foggy lakesides and a final bus ride into increasingly perfect mountain views. Then we get settled in and introduced to our new home. On Tuesday we’re up early for the Pinning Ceremony, a celebration of international… More Our Chalet: Tuesday up the mountain
The last city on my itinerary was Perm. Why? I can’t remember. One thing I really like about Iceland’s Snæfellsnes peninsula is that it’s a chilled day, away from the worst of the tourists, seeing the scenery and not having to worry about any particular Major Must-See Site. That’s what Perm is like. In Moscow… More Perm: fighter jets & fallen leaves
After Ekaterinburg, I moved on to Perm. I’d opted to travel by train – I can’t remember if I’d looked at planes and discovered it wasn’t possible or if I just thought they were close enough to do it but for whatever reason, I made that decision. I could have bought the ticket online beforehand… More Trans-Siberian Railway 101
This is the first of the Russia blogs I’ve actually written and I’m still in Ekaterinburg right now. In the giant jacuzzi in my own apartment, actually. For context, I have my own 17th floor apartment overlooking the city and it has a huge jacuzzi and I even have my own private sauna in my… More Ekaterinburg: Religion & Romanovs
One of the permanent annual fixtures on my calendar is an “adventure” with Tom on the day after Boxing Day. You may remember Tom from Lyme Regis last year, Charmouth in 2017, Swanage in 2016 or from our trip to Edinburgh two years ago. We generally go to the coast. We like a bit of… More Lulworth Cove: Tom & Juliet’s Annual Adventure
I thought 2019 was pretty quiet but when I started looking at what I’ve done this year and where I’ve been, I’ve had a really good year! Travel Malta I started the year with a quick and extraordinarily cheap long weekend in Malta, using zero holiday time from work. Highly recommended, would do again if… More 2019 in review
At long, long last, we come to the end of the A-Z of Iceland! Some of these letters have been really hard (you may have noticed I’ve cheated a bit on a few) but some of them – far more of them than the hard ones – have been sitting in my imagination since late… More The A-Z of Iceland: Z, the deleted letter