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Day 41 26 June 2023 Regents Park, Lords and Berkeley Square 

Posted on 27/06/2023 by Greg

Happy 1st birthday to our grandson Aidan. 🎉🎉🎉❤️ This morning we took a bus up the A4201, or Regent St for Monopoly lovers, to The Regent’s Park and Queen Mary’s Rose Garden. We walked in via the impressively looking golden … Continue reading →

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Day 40 25 June 2023 London National Portrait Gallery

Posted on 26/06/2023 by Greg

We left the flat at around 10:30am and walked down to Green Park tube station and got a train up to Kings Cross Station. We walked from there to Amity’s home, Deb’s 2nd cousin, about a slow 20 minute walk … Continue reading →

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Day 38.75 and 39 24 June 2023 Our flight and settling into London

Posted on 25/06/2023 by Greg

Day 38.75 We boarded at 7:20pm and were in the air by 7:45pm on our way out of the EU and into the UK. Deb has a woman behind her coughing, and she,(Deb), isn’t impressed. At least its not a … Continue reading →

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Day 38   23 June 2023  Ljubljana,  Ljubljana  to London 

Posted on 24/06/2023 by Greg

Our plan for the day was simple, take it easy, see if we could get a “later checkout (we have already got our room until 1:30pm), explore Tivoli Park and go to The Franciscan Church of the Annunciation, grab a … Continue reading →

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Day 37 22 June 2023 Ljubljana

Posted on 23/06/2023 by Greg

We had an easy day today, we head to London late tomorrow so we thought we would just take it easy before the adventure hits another gear. We had a late breakfast, which meant sharing our breakfast restaurant with all … Continue reading →

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Day 36 21 June 2023 Vintar Gorge, Lake Bled and Lake Bohinj

Posted on 22/06/2023 by Greg

We were met by our guide for the day and her husband driver at 9am. The weather forecast for today suggests we may have had rain in the afternoon so our plan for the day changed a little. Instead of … Continue reading →

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Day 35 20 June 2023 Opatija to Ljubljana Slovenia

Posted on 21/06/2023 by Greg

We had a latish breakfast, Deb took the chance to go down and have a last look at The Maiden statue. We were picked up at 10am for our drive to Ljubljana. Our driver was the best we have had … Continue reading →

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Day 34 19 June 2023 Opatija

Posted on 20/06/2023 by Greg

No tours, no plans for our day. We travel to Slovenia tomorrow so we had a relaxing day today. Before breakfast we took a walk over to see the statue of The Maiden and the Seagull, Deb wanted a photo … Continue reading →

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Day33 18 June 2023 Hum and Motovun

Posted on 19/06/2023 by Greg

We left at 8:30am, and headed into the centre of the Istrian peninsula to Hum, smallest city in the world. We were told that in Croatian terms, based on Grad, the Croat word for city, which is derived from the … Continue reading →

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Day 32 17 June 2023.  Labin Pula Opatija

Posted on 18/06/2023 by Greg

Our day got under way when our driver, Daniel – an Opatija local, picked us up at 8 :30am and we headed off to Pula at the southern end of the Istria peninsula. Along the way Daniel gave us a … Continue reading →

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