It’s 2025 and Mel is holidaying in Europe!!
But because I’m crap at using social media and you all want photos, you get this blog instead. Caveats: It’s been a hot minute since I’ve made a website and done any blogging, so there are bound to be teething issues. This isn’t likely to be fancy, but probably will be rambly as I download All The Things. Read what you want to, nosey at the photos, leave the rest. I’ll try to keep this fairly up to date-ish…depending on internet availability and brain capacity! Probably I’ll drop a few at a time when I get the chance…and then disappear again for a few days 🙂
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Split & Diocletian’s Palace
Old town, complete with old palace. Check. Labyrinthine walkways and “roads”. Check. Churches and columns and arches…and a sphinx (sure thing). A bazzillion tourists – yep. But it…
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Hello Croatia… & Cruising
Bok (hello). Why am I in Croatia? Great question. The brilliant excuse for this trip is Andy’s 50th (friend and work colleague) and the end of my trip…
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Leaving England
The last time I was in England, the money was made of paper, it was hard to find south-east asian food outside London (it was all Indian etc…
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If you like churches
I am definitely more of a castle girl than a church goer, but having popped by my two local castles (Warwick and Kenilworth), I thought it was time…
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Kenilworth Castle
Everyone needs a local ruin – and this castle is (was?) mine! Today’s adventure was a local bus ride to Kenilworth to visit the castle, and dodging a…
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Wandering to Warwick
So, I tried to walk to Warwick (about 3 miles) along the river walk, canal and various off-road paths, which is what I used to do quite frequently…
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