Old People meandering around Europe by train & ferry

Yesterday was Saturday We went to the Big Market in neighbouring Cattolica - we walked by way of the cash machine and along the port.

If this rambles a bit then excuse me but I'll come to the reason.

It was 2:45 in the morning when we were collected by the driver from Saga.

We're home!

Yesterday was Belfast.

On Saturday we woke up passing the Westermsnn islands - sparsley populated volcanic rocks to the south of the Icelandic mainland.

It's been a while since I updated you on our cruise happenings on #TheBoatTripNorth Yesterday we went on a coach trip titled "Life and Culture in Isfjordur" which was something of a mixed bag First we went into a small, old local Lutheran church and liste…

It was a flying visit to Ayureki today.

I last updated this yesterday lunchtime when we were in sight of Scotland.

I'm writing this on Sunday morning from deck 8 on the Fred Olsen Borealis.

Yesterday was the hottest day of the year, if not the century, and we drove to Southampton for an overnight hotel stay.

Or not!

It was indeed a random thought, but I can do random!

We got up a bit later today, Tuesday, and started off going our separate ways.

Wednesday Today we decided to do different things.

Today was good.

The thought of driving up the M6 filled me with dread.

I had a poor sleep over the north sea and we were turfed out of bed with Stena's usual unpleasant haste - which led me to leaving my scarf behind in the cabin.

We left Cologne on an on-time busy German train which - contrary to expectations - arrived on time too.

Genau is the German word for exactly - and today's journey has been exactly as planned.

Once again I'm having problems getting images into here.

Here's a catch up with yesterday and today.

We had a simple meal of cheese cobs for tea last night after a trip to the nearest supermarket.

Unusually I had a dreadful night's sleep but it was for no reason that I could fathom.

But first.......

We left our hotel in Žilina in plenty of time - in fact too much time.

I admit to doing something that I don't normally do, and don't enjoy.

We were up, breakfasted and out by ten o'clock as planned.

When we woke up we were still in the clouds - it was damp and very misty.

We woke up this morning in the clouds and while we were having breakfast the heavens opened.

After an adequate breakfast we decided to stick to Plan A.

Well it was time to leave Bratislava.

I discovered much too late that the Kofola is very highly caffeinated!

I probably won't be updating this blogging site every day - only on the days we're travelling, or I have some absolutely fascinating insights to share with you all.

The taxi arrived as booked - for some reason this never fails to surprise me, and the silent taxi driver got us to Leicester Station in time for the midday service to London.

We were awake before the alarm this morning.

Today is Friday and we're off on our next adventure on Sunday.

Monday We went to Osborne House by bus.

Saturday This was a very lazy day!

There's little point in updating this if we're not travelling - that's writing for the sake of it!

Last year we travelled along the English south coast from Deal to Brighton - in the same spirit we're now starting a couple of miles along the coast at Worthing to head to Lymington by way of the Isle of Wight.

After a bath in the tiniest bath ever made at the Lille Europe Hilton hotel I slept pretty well, waking up moderately refreshed for a change.

If you've missed the last few days' posts because we've not been travelling - then click on 'View Blog' above for a list of the posts.

We watched some of the Eurovision Song Contest last night on French TV.

For want of anywhere else to go, and not having had any requests or suggestions, I decided that it looked fairly easy to go to Port de Bouc - a seaside area further west, but still in 'Greater Martigues'.

We'd decided to head for a beach today.

Thursday is market day in the big car park near us, but because we were very slow at getting going this morning we got there as it was winding down.

Lyon is a great place.

The way this works is that I'm posting these daily updates, and then at the end of our trip I'll construct a digest for publication at gaylers.me/travel/ Last night's meal on the ferry was splendid.

My regular reminder about names.