We spent five days in Bangor, Northern Ireland. Even though the weather was not perfect we thoroughly enjoyed Bangor. Day 1185 – 1190 – 30th May to 5th June 2017 A wonderful small town with lively pubs, cafes, shops etc. A decent marina as well. What would Ireland be without its churches? […]
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This is another post on the series of what it costs to travel the world long-term and what we spend on a daily basis where we stay. With our two month stay in Las Palmas complete, this is what I documented of our daily spending & budgeting. Getting to Las Palmas on Gran Canaria To get […]
The Giants Causeway Scenic Drive Northern Ireland
Giants Causeway and along the Antrim Coast This is one of the worlds most amazing coastal drives, well, that was what I had read in the tourist magazine. You can start at either end of the route and as we were already sightseeing in Londonderry we started at that end heading back towards Belfast to […]
A Visit to Londonderry in Northern Ireland
Today we had a long road trip. First up was a visit to Londonderry or is it, Derry! Our main objective was to see the famous Derry city walls. Having parked the car in a shopping centre garage a lovely lady walked us to the exit for the walls. Before the walk, we fuelled up […]
Las Palmas to Belfast via Gatwick
Antonio picked us up from the apartment at 10.15 am and drove us to Las Palmas airport. Amazing… is what I say about the AirBnB host Antonio. Nothing was a trouble for him and our Las Palmas Airbnb apartment was fabulous. Day 1184 – May 29th 2017 The airport is a 20-30 minute drive from […]
What to See With a Day in Gaeta, Italy
Moni & I were staying in Formia for nearly three months over winter 2016/17. Gaeta is the town closest to Formia and the train station often comes up in a search as Formia-Gaeta. That confused me at first when I was trying to book my train tickets online. Day 1021 – December 17th, 2016 How […]
The Quiet Town of Formia on Province of Latina, Italy
Formia is a quiet town on the coast of Italy just an hour north of Naples. I decided on Formia as our next place to stay as it was reasonably close to Genoa where we would be joining our MSC Poesia for a 7 day Mediterranean cruise. With Formia being on the coast and reasonably […]
Barrakka Gardens and Other Sites in Valletta 2017
Even though we have the pleasure of staying 52 days on Malta, time still flies by and getting to see lots is always a challenge when running a business as location independent nomads. The life / business balance is challenging and sometimes frustrating. Anyway… Today we chose to pop into Valletta. Why today of all […]
A Walk Around St Julian’s & Sliema
We decided on a quick day out to Sliema & St Julian’s today. The bus number 212 from Bugibba brought us all the way to Sliema in just over an hour. The buses are often very busy and this particular bus was full departing the station even before stopping to pick up passengers at any […]
Moni Gets a Miss Birdy Tattoo
We received some really sad news the other day. Our beloved Miss Birdy died in the night at home with her other cockatiel family members near her. RIP Miss Birdy 11/3/17 Miss Birdy was our first cockatiel and will always have a special place in our hearts. Day 1108 – March 14th 2017 Eternal […]