Monthly Archives: November 2014


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Istanbul Day 1: Arrival


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I land in Istanbul Atatürk Airport about 90 minutes after leaving Athens. Naturally, I again ran into my former work colleague who is indeed travelling on the same flight. I have my E-visa ready and I get through immigration pretty quickly; not so for them, and anyone else who needed to buy a visa at the airport: the queue for that looked like a bundle of fun.
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Athens: Day #2 (part 2)


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I got part one written and posted while waiting for a bus (see here), writing part two while traveling on said bus. How efficient I am! Although I’m a day behind and have to catch up somehow; clearly current efficiency is no guarantee of past efficiency, or something. Anyway, on with the show! Just finished on The Acropolis…
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Preparation: The Balkans


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Nice was a short sharp trip over a couple of days but that was really just a precursor to, and solo-travelling practice for, the next one. The Balkans (not to be confused with the Baltics!), specifically Athens and Istanbul, is where I’m off to now.
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Ireland visit


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I won’t be able to make it back to family home in Ireland this Christmas so I’ve hopped over for a few days now instead. These trips are always fairly quiet and relaxing; I don’t have any friends back here to be catching up with so it’s just hanging out with whichever of my family are at home and only doing bits and pieces besides. Quite nice, really!
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