As Paul Theroux has said on many an occasion, train travel is the real travel. We couldn't agree more. After our two days in Finland we did what the UK hasn't managed to do in three and a half years and caught a fast train out of the EU. From Helsinki Central Station, with its… Continue reading A train to St. Petersburg
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Copenhagen and Helsinki
After getting the morning train from Roskilde, Denmark, we managed to grab an hour in Copenhagen before our flight to Helsinki. Another smash and grab, like our lunchtime in Hamburg, only this time the weather smiled on our travels. Copenhagen streetscape Not quite believing our luck with the weather after the last few days we… Continue reading Copenhagen and Helsinki
Into Scandinavia
After a week in Ireland, the road was calling again. Up at 3:45am, Tina and I rounded up our sleepy troops and we all kissed Mum goodbye, not knowing how many years it'd be till we see her again. We shoved the boys and the suitcases into the taxi as it idled in the cold,… Continue reading Into Scandinavia
A flying visit to an unseasonally cold Dublin
Tina at the Sally Gap Flicking through an old Bank of Ireland calendar for ideas a few months prior to our trip, I got to May and saw a photograph of Lough Tay, called ‘the Guinness Lake’ in the calendar, at the Sally Gap in Wicklow, only to realise, with some surprise, I’d never been… Continue reading A flying visit to an unseasonally cold Dublin
Getting ready for Europe
First of all, our big news is that we're flying to Europe on the 31st of May. We'll be in Ireland for about a week, then Denmark for a few days, where we'll be just in time to see the fullsize Lego Technic Bugatti Chironat at Lego House. After the Viking Museum in Roskilde we… Continue reading Getting ready for Europe
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