Vienna to Zurich
Left the apartment at 0815, Wednesday 25 March. No stress on the U-bahn journey with one change of lines after yesterday’s recce of routes! Got… Read More »Vienna to Zurich
Last day in Vienna
Bev was keen to do a recce of public transport options back to the main station tomorrow for our trip to Zurich in order to… Read More »Last day in Vienna
Leopold Museum & concert at the Musikverein
Monday, 23 March our plan was to visit the Leopold Museum for the Gustave Courbet special exhibition and permanent collection that looks interesting. We arrived… Read More »Leopold Museum & concert at the Musikverein
Vienna on a Sunday . . .
It seems shops are closed on Sundays in Vienna. Managed to find a local bakery and Spar shop at a garage to get a few… Read More »Vienna on a Sunday . . .
Florence to Vienna
Decided to go east to Vienna which was on the old Orient Express routes, even though we’ve had to give up on the idea of… Read More »Florence to Vienna
Florence: a tower, tickets & a garden
On our walk towards the station on Friday we were interested to find the unusual Gothic Orsanmichele Church and Museum, originally built to house the… Read More »Florence: a tower, tickets & a garden
Florence: art and architecture
Thursday 19 March and another new city! Popped down to the square for our breakfast at the corner cafe, la Finisterrare using the vouchers from… Read More »Florence: art and architecture
Bari to Florence
After a comfortable overnight crossing, we enjoyed a coffee in the lounge before going out onto the somewhat breezy rear deck to await arrival into… Read More »Bari to Florence
Delphi to Bari
Our ferry back to Italy is leaving today, Tuesday 17 March and we splashed out on a private taxi as there’s only a bus once… Read More »Delphi to Bari