Category: seaside & lakefronts

  • Swanage via the Purbeck Breezer

    Before going to London for the Olympic Games, we stopped by Bournemoth in the south of England to visit V. The Purbeck Breezer is a bus service that runs from Bournemouth to Swanage, a seaside town on the southern coast. The Breezer is operated with a fleet of double decker buses some of which have

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  • Amsterdam by day

    We spent a weekend in Amsterdam in December last year after my business meeting.  Neither one of us had visited Amsterdam recently and with only 2 days – we started with a canal boat tour of the city – the best way to see this place properly and leisurely. It was sunny but much colder

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  • Genève, Costa Brava, Barcelona

    We were in Barcelona for a 9-day early summer vacation. IT, who happened to be on business in London, attended a wedding in Paris, and joined us for the week. I had visited Barcelona years ago – before the Olympics were held there in 1992.   We picked this location because my office was going to

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