OopsyDaisy
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Day 37 – Hanging by the beach
Slow start, might have had one too many, we blame the dancing! Coffee machine coffee and telly before showers Out to scavenge food, noodles are always a good shout so we hit Wok Spot After, we pop by Starbucks for a reliable coffee and wonder to the main area for buses €2.50 pp on the…
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Day 36 – They’rrrre Crete!
Early bird catches the worm, or should we say the train whenever it comes! Up and about with a quick shower, coffee and last minute pack to the metro Hop off the metro to change line… and grab a maccies while we’re at it ???? Back on the metro and our train terminates a few…
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Day 35 – Many views of Athens
Up at a slower pace – coffee with milk admiring our view, shower and head in for some late brunch We go in-between Syntagma and Monastiraki to find Meat the Greek Filled up with good stuff, we go and find a nice new part of town Next to Arch is the Temple of Olympian Zeus,…
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Day 34 – Chillin around the Aegean
Daisy slumbers whilst Dave has morning escopades: a stroll through the shopping district to the Parliament and then the Athen’s Gardens Reunited at maccies but dived somewhere else for some lunch, Everest After, we make haste to the tube to get on with the day and go to Piraeus Turns out to be more of…
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Day 33 – Ahoy Athens!
Wake up from a very refreshing night’s sleep – this place definitely does shutters and beds correctly (even if you could hear the lift through the walls ????) Out after a brisk shower, as you apparently need to mess in the fuse box to get hot water going! Very limited zebra crossings so have to…
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Day 31 – Three countries in one day!
Up and get out but we can, thankfully, leave our bags in the hotel as we have most of the day here before a late flight Unfortunately, we miss our beloved maccies breakfast but go anyways for some lunch Wonder towards the UFO bridge and cross on one side to see if we can get…
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Day 30 – Beautiful, but divided, Bratislava
Up with a hotel coffee and shower – Pension Petit has very comfortable beds but the shower is a little poor (make our old one look pressured!) Out the door to root around the streets: walk through Michael’s Gate to the busy area towards Main Square There’s a Starbucks! Dave’s eyes light up at the…
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Day 29 – TTFN Macedonia
Up and have a wholesome breakfast: a giant kiwi and a large berry yoghurt between us Check out and head to Macedonia Square where we settle for Cafe Trend/London Bistro for some brunch just off of the square Now to adventure as it’s less wet today, we head for the Old Bazaar again and it…
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Day 28 – The Skopje stop
After a late night, and no food – we have a slow start and head out into the rain ????️ So far it’s all looking a bit run down: the drivers are bloody mental and seem to ignore all lights, use the pavements and generally just crash into each other We go through a run…
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Day 26 – The streets and heights of Sarajevo
Up after another decent sleep though curtains in the Balkans don’t appear to be a thing! Head out to investigate what Sarajevo has to offer, including the Eternal Flame Pass Gradska tržnica Markale (meat market) ,eyeing up the smoked beef, and Pijaca Markale food market (fresh fruit and veg) On the notable street of Ferhadija,…