Quick it’s the last day in Buenos Aires
It’s time to check out all the final things on your list. Back to the main square for your Eva Perón moment. The pyramid is...
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Tigre by train
Tigre is 24 km from the main city. It is on the River Plate delta. Train travel in Argentina is one of the cheapest forms...
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Quick it’s the last day in Buenos Aires
It’s time to check out all the final things on your list. Back to the main square for your Eva Perón moment. The pyramid is...
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Tigre by train
Tigre is 24 km from the main city. It is on the River Plate delta. Train travel in Argentina is one of the cheapest forms...
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Buenos Aires still
Buenos Aires is a vast city made up of different areas. The original port area was filled with immigrants . Many of these arrived with...
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Back in Argentina, Buenos Aires
Argentina is made up of many sections but Buenos Aires is the capital. The ship is sending us on a bus trip to see the...
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Montevideo, Uruguay
Today is going to be jammed packed and warm. Yes I said warm… you may even need sunscreen. Montevideo is the capital of Uruguay that...
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Puerto Madryn, Argentina
After another rest day at sea, I am sure you are all ready to explore Puerto Madryn. Your first task is to stroll down the...
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Port Stanley, Falkland Islands
Not all cruise ship passengers get to visit Port Stanley. The opening into the Port is narrow so usually passengers are sent ashore by tender...
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And around Cape Horn we go..
Cape Horn is part of a group of small rock islands of the end of Argentina. Just so you have some idea( if you are...
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Ushuaia
Today we are cruising through the Magellan Straits to Ushuaia. It was worth getting up early to see the snow covered mountains and glaciers. Although...
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Punta Arenas,
Land, I can’t imagine how sailors felt after weeks at sea. Two days of luxury and I still can’t wait to get off ….perhaps it...
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Nature’s power
With such wonderful scenery around us, I thought nothing could surpass it, until today. We had planned on visiting Trümmelbach falls yesterday...
Read out allIt snowed!
With rain threatening, we headed off to the Schilthorn. Apart from being a magnificent mountain,well known skiing venue, Schilthorn is known for...
Read out allWe’ve been shrunk and put in a model train set
Our trip was carefully planned with respect to trains , accomodation and locations. John agonised over details, connections, emails were sent between...
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Your intrepid travellers left Lucerne today for Meiringen. The husbands demonstrated their superior strength by taking the suitcases and heading to the...
Read out allAbove the clouds
Swiss people look forward to their days off. They head out of the city when it is fine to enjoy the outdoors....
Read out allAnother day of wonder
Breakfast in Flüelen had been a frugal affair of bread and cheese……but fantastic coffee. The owner hovered telling us we should be...
Read out allMagic!
Today we did not wake early, gulp breakfast, hurriedly brush teeth, cram and zip suitcases and rush out the door. Today we...
Read out allHere we go round the loops.
Six trains today……we were running late for the Glacier Express but it is a tourist train so it was running even later…..which...
Read out allSunny,almost,Zurich
No rain today, haze, cloud but no rain. Well readers, I hope you appreciate the torture we are experiencing to further your...
Read out allOn the trains again!!!
Readers you should be proud of us…and the European train system . Rothenburg to Steinbach. Due : 8.06am. We arrived 7.45am✅ Steinbach to...
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