Transylvanian Christmas Markets by Air, Rail and Coach with Ledger Holidays. December 2023.
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Transylvania Christmas Markets with Ledger Holidays.  We have been debating a Christmas Markets visit for a while now and when I saw this tour advertised I thought it looked it looked interesting and booked it. At that stage I did not know who the flights would be with as Ledger had not finalised that information. It turned out to be BA from Heathrow. Due to past experience with BA connecting from Manchester, I decided we would go to London the day prior to the flight to Romania.  So yesterday we got a BA flight from Manchester to Heathrow, the flight was due to depart at 17.10 ..read more
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Rugby World Cup 2023, Quarter Finals in Marseille. England v Fiji, Wales v Argentina. More food, wine and beer.
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 It was back to Marseille for the quarter finals weekend.  Direct Manchester to Marseille flights are Ryanair, on a Tuesday & Thursday. So we went on the Thursday flight, this was an evening flight arriving into Marseille airport late at 22.45. The passengers on this flight were mainly rugby supporters, mostly Welsh, as the two quarter finals were England v Fiji and Wales v Argentina. We had tickets for both games.  At Marseille airport there is a bus that takes you to the main station, they are very frequent and it is a good service. It take about 30 to ..read more
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Rugby World Cup 2023, October 5th to 8th, England v Samoa. A weekend in Brussles!
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 Lille was the venue for the last of England's pool  games, this time verses Samoa.   Flying from Manchester we would have had to go to Paris then travel to Lille. So I decided to go to Brussels with Brussels Airlines then get the Eurostar to Lille. also staying in Brussles was a lot cheaper than the inflated prices in Lille.   The Brussles Airlines flight was a morning flight out of Manchester, so we had time to have a great breakfast at the San Carlo at the airport.  The flight was on time and a decent experience. We then got th ..read more
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Rugby World Cup 2023, France. Troyes, Lille then Manchester
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 There were no plans for the next three days, just an idea to stop on the way to Lille.  The drive from Zermatt to Lucerne was very easy and took less that three hours.  We didn't stay in Lucerne, but went on towards Troyes, but got lost in road works and ended up driving through rural France and part of the Champagne route. At last we arrived in Troyes. Only to find that all the reasonably priced hotels were booked up. We did eventually find a hotel with a room, the Hotel La Maison De Rhodes. It was far above our budget but by now we were beyond caring! Next ti ..read more
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Rugby World Cup 2023, France. A visit to Zermatt, Switzerland.
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 The next England game was on the 23rd September in Lille, a break of 6 days and we were in no rush to get back to Northern European weather! We left Nice very early and using the Waze app were soon out of the town heading east towards Genoa, this was an ingesting drive through tunnels and over bridges, all the while seeing Italian green houses clinging to the hill sides. Just before the Porto di Genova we headed inland on the E25. The weather was not very good and it was raining, we were going to Zermatt in Switzerland.  When we got to Iselle Di Trasque ..read more
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Rugby World Cup 2023, France. Nice for the England v Japan game. 15th to 18th September.
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 Having relaxed in Spain, it was an early start on Friday 15th September back to Nice for the next rugby game.  We were booked in at the Hotel So'Co by Happy Culture in Nice. It wasn't a bad journey, and we avoided most of the traffic around Cannes. We parked at the station, this was very convenient as the hotel was opposite the station. The hotel rooms were very small, but had a massive bathroom with a bath! The decor was also odd, just wooden planks and black metal! But the bed was OK.  The Wardrobe A desk! The area that the hotel was in was als ..read more
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Rugby World Cup 2023, France. 11th to 15th September 2023. Spain.
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As we had visited Marseille and surrounds during the Rugby World Cup in 2007, and knowing that we would be back again soon for the quarter finals, we decided to explore a new place and decided upon Spain. We collected the car from its underground car park and set off in the direction of Barcelona.  But first we drove to Marseille airport, to the Alamo rental station and asked if we could swap the car.  Alamo were great and swapped it for us a - very comfortable - Citroën. We drove on the A9 through Montpellier and Narbonne to the Spanish town of L'Escala.  At th ..read more
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Rugby World Cup, 2023, France. 8, 9 and 10th, September 2023. Marseille.
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8th September 2023.  I had thought that I would have time to enjoy breakfast on the sunny promenade of Juan-les- Pins before travelling to Marseilles. But, due to an unexpected visit to an emergency doctor in the morning this did not happen. It was well past lunchtime before we set off to Marseilles.  Again, the roads were very busy, the journey took over an hour longer than Google maps had estimated. As the accommodation I had booked did not have parking. I booked parking with One Park, and the parking was the Mercure Hotel in Vieux Port, (although we were not staying at that hotel ..read more
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Rugby World Cup 2025, France. Part one, Manchester to Nice, 7th September 2023.
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7th September 2023. Time for the Rugby World Cup 2023. France.  It doesn’t seem four years since the RWC was in Japan. As is the normal routine for this event, the planning started about 24 months ago.   Once the dates & venues were confirmed, registration for ticket sales began. The ticket sales were all on line and a very long and stressful process. The tickets were to be digital - very stressful as it means you have to have your phone with you, charged and able to receive data. I much prefer a solid, paper ticket!  Following England, the  pool games would be i ..read more
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Holland America Line, Caribbean Cruise, 22nd February 2023, Oranjestad, Aruba.
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 22nd February 2023, Oranjestad, Aruba.  The ship had docked when we woke up, we were not in a rush as a tour was booked that left at 08.20. The tour was a 4x4 trip to the Conchi Natural Pool in the Arikok National Park.  the ride was very fast and very bumpy. the natural pool was great fun, especially when large waves turned it into a natural jacuzzi.  Once back in Oranjestad we walked to Shoreline beach, as this beach is very close to the airport it has the same experience as St Maarten with out any crowds!  We then walked back through the town, d ..read more
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