Monumental Madrid (September 2013)
We caught the fast train (cruising speed 300kph) from Barcelona to Madrid - 2:45hrs to cover 500km. It was a smooth and comfortable way...
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Andrea P
- Jul 16, 2020
- 6 min
A weekend in Paris (April 2009)
Well, Etihad, despite any misgivings about Middle Eastern airlines after Ruth had her arm slashed by Emirates several years, ago, the...
Andrea P
- Apr 1, 2020
- 7 min
Barcelona!
The next stage of Bill's holiday was a high-end rail/river tour of the highlights of Northern Spain and Portugal, so he was booked into...
Andrea P
- Oct 20, 2019
- 2 min
41 Degrees Experience
‘To call 41’ Experience a restaurant is to call Frank Gehry a draughtsman. The Adria creation is superlative sensory theatre, with every...
Andrea P
- Dec 25, 2017
- 7 min
Christmas in Vienna
Having left Melbourne at 6am, Emirates dropped us into Vienna at 8pm, and Lidia was on hand for our first walking tour - of our...
Andrea P
- Oct 4, 2016
- 16 min
Jordan: Amman - Jerash - Madaba - Petra
After settling into my room at the Kempinski Amman, I headed down to breakfast at 6.30 and tucked into a pair of fried cackleberries but...
Andrea P
- Oct 8, 2014
- 8 min
Persepolis Plus
The drive from Isfahan to Shiraz takes about six hours, across a mostly barren landscape, but it’s full of interest, nonetheless. There...
Andrea P
- Oct 1, 2014
- 6 min
To Isfahan
Fifty kilometres out of Hamadan is the Iron Age mound of Tepe hush-i-Jan. In the middle of a vast plain, it’s a stiff climb up to the...
Andrea P
- Oct 1, 2014
- 5 min
Hamadan (ancient Ecbatana)
It’s day four swathed in headscarf and shapeless garb and I’m over it already. But Iranian women have to live with these cleric-imposed...
Andrea P
- Oct 6, 2013
- 9 min
Potted History of Shanghai
Originally a fishing village, its name means ‘on the sea’, which it isn’t these days. By the time of the Qing dynasty (established in...
Andrea P
- Oct 1, 2012
- 4 min
London Games
Welcome to the first Great British Games. This major event has taken over from the erstwhile Olympic Games, which sank ignominiously due...
Andrea P
- Feb 20, 2008
- 14 min
A week in Havana
Having cleared immigration at a snail's pace, and settled into our hotel with a welcome mojito and a burst of "Guantanamera", we decided...
Andrea P
- Oct 5, 2005
- 27 min
A Christmas Serendipity
Having departed Oman, we spent a couple of days delightfully at sea, and at leisure. Lazy breakfasts to start, a bit of sport baiting the...
Andrea P
- Oct 4, 2005
- 17 min
Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
Arriving at Dubai airport at 3am is not as easy as it should be. Having walked a country mile to board an up-escalator, one then strolls...
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