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Warsaw, Old & New Town | Stare Miasto & Nowe Miasto
Well this was my first trip to Poland and the first stop was Warsaw or Warszawa (pronounced “Varsharva”) as it is know to the Polish. Warsaw is the capital of Poland. Warsaw has a population of around 1.7 million and is located just off the Vistula river. My visit in Warsaw was quite short as […]
12Nov2008 | Alex and Dorota | 1 comment | Continued
The Milestone Hotel London
Last weekend Dorota and I had an amazing stay in the luxurious Milestone hotel. The hotel was named after the cast iron milestone that still stands in its original position next to the hotel. We had a fantastic room which was on split floors, the lower smaller floor had a chaise longue and small eating […]
9Nov2008 | Alex and Dorota | 6 comments | Continued
The Amani Children’s New Playground
Following on from my posts about climbing Kilimanjaro for charity I was really pleased to recently get an email from Valerie the director of the Amani Childrens Home. Just a little over a year ago a group of 7 of my friends and I succesfully summited Mount Kilimanjaro by the Machame route raising just over […]
17Oct2008 | Alex | 0 comments | ContinuedSuspended debit/credit card whilst travelling abroad?
Well firstly I can’t believe it has so very almost happened to me again. But this time good on Barclays to only suspend my card when I returned to the UK rather than when I would be in Brussels tomorrow! I received a phone call today from Barclays fraud department explaining that my card had […]
16Oct2008 | Alex | 6 comments | ContinuedHave you ever wondered how they demolish airplanes?
If you ever wondered how they demolish airplanes here is a nice short time lapsed video. It’s certainly not quite as eloquent as I thought it would be!
10Oct2008 | Alex | 0 comments | ContinuedPlanes grounded at UK airports
Many flights from Airports in the UK have been cancelled and delayed by a computer fault at the UK’s main air traffic control centre in Swanwick, Hampshire. All flights out of the UK from Luton airport have been suspended due to air traffic control restrictions. Even arrivals have been subject to delays. Travellers have been […]
25Sep2008 | Alex | 4 comments | Continued
Poor at updating my travel blog
Well I have disappointed myself recently with my severe lack of blogging this year. However on the other hand I have been travelling quite a lot and just haven’t had time to blog. In the last 6 months I have travelled rather frequently and have loved every trip I have been on, in one way […]
23Sep2008 | Alex | 2 comments | Continued
The Eiffel tower, Paris
The Eiffel tower is perhaps the best known landmark in Paris and arguably all of France. It was built in 1889 and was at the time the world’s largest tower. It was built by engineer Gustave Eiffel for the Exposition Universelle similar to the Belgians building the Atomimum for Expo ’58. Eiffel originally designed the […]
20Jul2008 | Alex and Dorota | 16 comments | Continued
Scheveningen Beach, Den Haag, Holland, The Netherlands
Scheveningen is part of Den Haag, which is known as The Hague to us in the UK. Scheveningen was a bit surprise for me to be honest, I was a little shocked to see an amazingly long, wide sandy beach on the coast of the Netherlands! The beach is also complete with a pier, esplanade […]
27Jun2008 | Alex and Dorota | 26 comments | Continued
Kinderdijk Windmills, Holland, The Netherlands
The Netherlands is famous for its dutch windmills, there are more than 1000 windmills in the Netherlands. So we thought Kinderdijk was worth a visit as it’s only just over an hours drive from Amsterdam. Kinderdijk is a small town near Rotterdam where there are 19 old windmills which were built around 1740, which are […]
18Jun2008 | Alex and Dorota | 5 comments | Continued
