I fancy a trip, Rough Guide is on the way; here are my notes.
Read moreNorth, South, East & West
There’s how far, north, south, east, west have you travelled meme going around the internet. Here’s two maps that answer this for me. …
Read moreGetting back to Sea
I’d love to go sailing again, once the pandemic is over. Here are some 2021, links and notes …
Read moreMexico
Mexico has a sad and long history, having finished Class Wargames, I am looking to pick up, “Mexico, a brief history”. Here are my other notes & links …
Read moreGlacier Safari
So I am researching glacier safaris in Iceland.
Read moreReturn to Chamonix
Yup, we’re going back to Chamonix, probably staying here., obviously going up in the world; it’s next door to the one we used in 2011.
Read moreSantiago de Compostella
I think I might go there. It’s in Galicia, just around the corner from Coruna but possibly most accessible from Santander, which can be reached by ship or by ‘plane.
Read moreDenmark and Copenhagen
Last weekend we made a quick trip to Copenhagen to visit people and the city. We flew from Heathrow since sadly there were no flights from LCY. We crossed the Oresund Bridge by train, to Malmo, Sweden and saw signs to the Airport. It seems that Flybe go there from Southampton.
Read moreBerlin
I originally wrote this for me, and used it to record stuff I need to plan and visit the city. It’s still pretty much the same. It might be useful for others. I first stayed there at the end of the summer 2005. We stayed at the art’otel mitte im Mitte and visited the centre…
Read moreFrankfurt
Frankfurt am Main, the home of the German Banking System and now the European Central Bank. It’s taken me a while, since I never visited this city while at Sun (1997-2009) but have been there several times since leaving them. Here are my notes on visiting Frankfurt; here are my pictures on Flikr.
Read moreBudapest
The capital of Hungary, this page was created after my second visit which was with some friends. ( A stag night in fact). The first was a business visit in 2009, and the picture above was taken then, all my Budapest pictures on flickr are in this set.
Read moreLondon City Airport (LCY)
It’s been a long time since I updated this page. I tried to travel to Copenhagen last week and couldn’t find a flight. On my return I looked up all destinations and found this page, which lists them all. It seems I could have travelled to Hamburg and then by train, I looked, maybe they…
Read moreBarcelona
I have now been to Barcelona on several occasions. My Rough Guide is so old that it needs replacing. This article was written mainly in the noughties and was updated during our visit to Valencia in 2009; we travelled through Barcelona to get their. Otherwise, Hotels, Airport and Things to Do, or have done.
Read moreTouring in Switzerland
I am not sure Summer is the best time but…, actually I am not sure 2009 is the right time, have you seen the exchange rate? Destinations Zurich, see my Zurich Page for more on Zurich and Switzerland. Lucerne Bern Basel This would mean missing out on Lugano and Geneva Links [jp-rss-feed url=”http://feeds.delicious.com/v2/rss/davelevy/switzerland” numitems=”7″ getdesc=”50″…
Read moreNew York
And I am back in NYC. Jun 2014 I need a new copy of the Rough Guide.
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