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Avignon
Saturday 14 May – While the others set off back home (via cheap fuel in Jersey) we stayed in Avignon. The Palais des Papes is empty but contains some of the largest rooms I’ve ever seen and the living quarters for the Popes over 100 years. Bussed over the river to Villeneuve les Avignon The … Continue reading
Venezia
Thursday 12 May – A day trip to Venice meant that we had to get through customs both sides. Losinj airport normally shuts at 4pm. The staff were happy to work later but a NOTAM on the aerodrome opening hours had to be issued; and wasn’t. This left us with a rather rapid visit. Normally … Continue reading
Super yacht
Tuesday 10 May was the day of the super yacht. After a day in the car scaling the highest peak on the island and a lunch in a distant village we joined the yachting set. In one of the marinas north of Corfu town was bearthed the biggest yacht I’ve ever been on. The joint … Continue reading
Montenegro in depth
The group conducted a pretty thorough tour of the main sites of the country today. First back into the mountains to see the the ‘seas of stone’; the limestone pavements that fill the remote and high valleys. This led us to Cetinje, the old mountain capital where the rulers fled when the Ottomans threw them … Continue reading
Into Montenegro
A lengthy border crossing took us into Montenegro and the warm water fjord at the north end of its coastline. The coast is broken by a narrow inlet which opens into a lake, and then that lake has a narrower inlet into a second hidden lake. The first is surrounded by scrubby mountains while the … Continue reading
Dubrovnik
Highlight of this place is walking around the walls (albeit at £9). I can’t remember seeing such a perfectly walled town containing a strict panorama of terracotta roofs and gothic civic buildings. The fortifications are massive; you feel humbled walking alongside them and impressed as they grow high above the rocky coastline. Each of the … Continue reading