Europe 2019
Travel
We travelled for 12 weeks this year. The highlight of our longest trip was attending, our English grand daughter, Hayley’s, 21st birthday. On that ten week trip we visited Hong Kong, Germany, England, Scotland, Spain, Greece, Montenegro, Sicily, Italy, and France.
Hong Kong
We travelled to Europe via a three-day stopover in Hong Kong. The protests were only in their beginning stages when we were there.
Scotland
On our Scotland tour, Margaret’s favourite place was the Queen Mother’s house in Mey, on the far north coast. Stephen’s favourite was Eilean Donan Castle.
Athens
Stephen particularly loved Athens and wants to return there. It is quite difficult to take photographs in Athens and not have the Acropolis in the frame.
Santorini
As I am sure you are aware and can see from the photos and video below, there are some beautiful vistas in Santorini. These, though, are largely confined to the towns and the harbour. The rest of the island is not at all attractive. Although there was only our ship and one much smaller one at the island the towns were jammed with tourists.
Kotor
We did not have any particular expectations of Kotor and so were pleasantly surprised and delighted at what we found there. It is an attractive location that we would like to return to some day.
Messina
Amalfi
The last time we were in Italy was in 2012. We were unable to get to the Amalfi coast because a landslide blocked the road. This time Stephen was determined to get to Amalfi. As usual the fares for trips off the ship were exorbitantly expensive, but we managed to travel to the gorgeous Amalfi by local ferry.
We travelled for 12 weeks this year. The highlight of our longest trip was attending, our English grand daughter, Hayley’s, 21st birthday. On that ten week trip we visited Hong Kong, Germany, England, Scotland, Spain, Greece, Montenegro, Sicily, Italy, and France.
Hong Kong
We travelled to Europe via a three-day stopover in Hong Kong. The protests were only in their beginning stages when we were there.
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Scotland
On our Scotland tour, Margaret’s favourite place was the Queen Mother’s house in Mey, on the far north coast. Stephen’s favourite was Eilean Donan Castle.
Queen Mother's House
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Eilean Donan Castle
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Athens
Stephen particularly loved Athens and wants to return there. It is quite difficult to take photographs in Athens and not have the Acropolis in the frame.
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Santorini
As I am sure you are aware and can see from the photos and video below, there are some beautiful vistas in Santorini. These, though, are largely confined to the towns and the harbour. The rest of the island is not at all attractive. Although there was only our ship and one much smaller one at the island the towns were jammed with tourists.
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Kotor
We did not have any particular expectations of Kotor and so were pleasantly surprised and delighted at what we found there. It is an attractive location that we would like to return to some day.
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Messina
| The port was very close to the town and within a minute we were in the centre of this Sicilian city. We took a buggy ride a walk around the town. We could clearly see our next country, Italy, across the straits of Messina. |
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Amalfi
The last time we were in Italy was in 2012. We were unable to get to the Amalfi coast because a landslide blocked the road. This time Stephen was determined to get to Amalfi. As usual the fares for trips off the ship were exorbitantly expensive, but we managed to travel to the gorgeous Amalfi by local ferry.
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