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Category: Land-based holidays

The Sights of Sydney

Posted on March 12, 2024March 26, 2024 by bollingerbabe

We hadn’t left the Crown Hotel until two o’clock this morning as we were still on British time, enjoying another couple of drinks.  Returning to room 519 we got washed and changed and into our ‘jamas, and settled down to sleep. After waking up at 4.00am and again at 6.00am, I held on until ten…

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To The Other Side of The World

Posted on March 11, 2024March 27, 2024 by bollingerbabe

SUNDAY, 10th MARCH 2024 Woke up at 7.15 this morning and looked out of the window to a dull and wet March day.  However, the weather could do nothing to dampen our excitement, as today we were setting off on yet another fabulous holiday!  Yes!  Today we were due to fly out to Sydney, Australia,…

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A Tour by Tuk Tuk

Posted on June 18, 2022July 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up this morning at eight o’clock and took my time in the power shower, letting the powerful jets of warm water wake me up and wash away yesterday’s grime. I shampooed and blow-dried my hair, then finished getting ready before going down to breakfast. Our other five fellow travellers were there as well; Jane…

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Wandering around Waterfalls

Posted on June 17, 2022June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were up at half-six this morning, feeling quite sad that tonight would be our last night in Croatia. How the time had flown! We had to meet our driver in reception at 8.00am, hence the early start. We enjoyed a good breakfast once again, then returned to room 511 to collect our essentials for…

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The Splendour of Split

Posted on June 16, 2022June 30, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up at eight o’clock and made use of the power shower in the large bathroom, enjoying the feel of the powerful water spray on the skin and hair. Freshly showered, shampooed and into clean clothes, we went down to the hotel restaurant; the other five were already there and, once again, we regaled each…

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The Spirit of Herzegovina

Posted on June 15, 2022July 19, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We were up at 6.30 prompt this morning, and I went out onto the balcony to look at our wonderful view for the last time. We’d had a really enjoyable stay here, but today we’d be moving on to explore some more exciting locations. 🙂 In the hotel restaurant we sat with Jane and Kath,…

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A Day Out in Dubrovnik

Posted on June 14, 2022June 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We got up around 7.30am and I went out onto our fabulous balcony to drink in the perfect view on what was already a cloudless and warm day. Our plan was to take a taxi into Dubrovnik to walk the wall and, after seeing the crowds and feeling the heat yesterday, we figured it would…

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On the Road to Dubrovnik

Posted on June 13, 2022June 23, 2022 by bollingerbabe

We had to be up at 6.30 this morning in order to have our breakfast and pack up our suitcases and be ready to meet our driver in reception at eight o’clock. Today we were due to travel to Dubrovnik, and our itinerary showed us that there were lots of things to see and do…

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Beautiful Budva

Posted on June 12, 2022July 7, 2022 by bollingerbabe

After an excellent night’s sleep, we got up at 6.30am and got washed and dressed and ready for the day ahead.  A quick look out on our Juliet balcony let us see that the sky was blue and cloudless and the air was warm, even at this early hour. We enjoyed a full and varied…

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Manchester to Montenegro

Posted on June 11, 2022June 20, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Dear readers, you will no doubt be surprised to see another holiday blog entry so soon after the last one, and indeed it is a record for us to be taking another trip only a fortnight after we came back from the last one!  But we are certainly not complaining, and we are surely making…

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