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From my archives: Valkenburg travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/v...

Valkenburg: 24th June2012. Either Brussels Airport is very quiet at night, or they have very good soundproofing at the Airport Hotel. But, it still hasn’t changed my opinion of airport hotels; at t…

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Vagabond Vicky @vickyinglis13.bsky.social · 1d

A driech day in one of my favourite cities, Bergen. Just passing through on a wee autumn adventure in Norway.

The sign opposite the airport which says "Bergen?" in large yellow letters, surrounded by trees in autumn colours. Like the iconic Hollywood sign but designed for drizzlier weather.

The view from my window of the edge of the fishmarket and the fjord ferry terminal in the driech.

And the view of the picturesque city port, though the upper parts of the mountains and the funicular are obscured by rain clouds.

The old wooden buildings of Bryggen world heritage site in the rain.

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 1d

Pic of the Week: There won't be a 'Pic of the Week' next week, as I shall be away. With Autumn fast approaching, though, I'm posting one I took a couple of years ago.

nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 1d

We were extremely pleased with Lake Bled. Then, we saw 'Celebrity Race Across the World', when Alex Beresford and his father visited ... we guseed a couple of weeks after we did. That was really something!

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 1d

From my archives: Ta Prohm travelrat.wordpress.com/2020/01/28/t...

Ta Prohm

Siem Riep: 11th November 2019 The temple of Ta Prohm lies just a short distance away from the other complexes within the site. It is … or rather, was … a Buddhist temple built by Jayavarman VII, th…

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PrairieGirlMb 🇨🇦 @prairiegirlmb.bsky.social · 2d

Lake Bled, #Slovenia. So beautiful in the fall and so thankful we just missed the rain ☔️
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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 2d

From my archives: Amsterdam Historic Museum travelrat.wordpress.com/2010/05/05/a...

Amsterdam Historic Museum

Amsterdam: 17th March 2010 Amsterdam is blessed with an astonishing array of museums and art galleries. What you have to be most careful of here is what I call ‘Agamo’ … (Art Gallery and Museum Ove…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 3d

From my archives: Goodbye, Norway ... For Now travelrat.wordpress.com/2014/02/05/g...

Goodbye, Norway … For Now!

So, that’s it for Norway. But, there’s no sense of ‘crossing it off the list’; we still have plenty of things we’d like to see and do there. A return visit in Spring or Summer … a snowmobile ride ……

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 4d

Today's blog post: Alpenstock travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/10/08/a...

Alpenstock

So, I’ve come to the end of the ‘Portugal Diary’; the next trip starts in about ten days’ time, so I just have a week to fill in. And, for the first time since the blog started … I’ve run out of ‘b…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 4d

From my archives: Cruising on the Li River travelrat.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/c...

Cruising on the Li River

Li River: 18th May 2014 We arrived at Guilin from Chengdu late in the evening, after dark. So, we didn’t, at first, see the scenery until the morning, when we awoke to a view from the hotel room wi…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 5d

From my archives: Morialta Falls (or should that be 'fell')? travelrat.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/m...

Morialta Falls (or should that be Fell?)

Morialta Falls: 2nd December 2015 I’ve often heard visitors to England’s landmark waterfalls express disappointment that it wasn’t what they were expecting. The trouble is, most visitors come in t…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 6d

From my archives: Rhine Gorge: Pictures travelrat.wordpress.com/2019/01/01/r...

Rhine Gorge: Pictures

Happy New Year, everyone!! Rhine Gorge: 6th April 2018 I’ll start the New Year off with a slide show of our cruise through the Rhine Gorge. I put a video up (the other week? Or last year??) but I h…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 8d

From my archives: Fish n' Chips travelrat.wordpress.com/2021/08/29/f...

Fish n’ Chips

During our post-lockdown wanderings, I’ve been able to do a few things I haven’t been able to do for over a year. One of those things is to partake of fish n’ chips. Real fish n’ chips, that is, fr…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 8d

Pic of the Week: Italy: Not long to go now.

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 8d

When a fish bites your thigh
and you bleed out and die
That's a moray ...

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 8d

From my archives: Shildon travelrat.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/s...

Shildon

Shildon: 19th May 2017 If you have any interest in railway history, Shildon, near Darlington, is a place of pilgrimage. It was from Shildon in 1825 that the steam engine Locomotion, with Geo…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 9d

From my archives: Gibraltar travelrat.wordpress.com/2015/11/03/g...

Gibraltar

Gibraltar: 2nd April 2015 We arrived in Gibraltar about midday, so we only had an afternoon here. But, it’s such a small place that’s easily enough time to see the highlights. Europa Po…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 10d

From my archives: Bruges travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/10/05/b...

Bruges

Bruges: 25th June 2012. Last week, I posted about a visit I made to Bruges many years ago. Today, I’ll tell a little about our stop here on the way home from Maastricht; ostensibly, to compare the …

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 11d

Today's blog post: According to Bradshaw ... travelrat.wordpress.com/2025/10/01/a...

According to Bradshaw …

With the next trip to Italy and Switzerland on the horizon, it’s time to hit the books. The modern ones, of course; the ones that tell you what you ‘must see and do’, and advise you not to order ca…

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Velvet Escape @velvetescape.com · 11d

Famous as the birthplace of Vermeer, Delft is a beautiful town to visit as a day trip from Amsterdam or Rotterdam: velvetescape.com/delightful-d...

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Delightful Delft

Delft is a historic town in The Netherlands. Here are the top things to see in Delft on a self-guided walking tour in the old town.

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 12d

From my archives: Machu Picchu Slide Show/Old Dickie travelrat.wordpress.com/2018/02/01/m...

Machu Picchu Slide Show/ Old Dickie

I had the weirdest dream the other night. I dreamt I was just leaving Machu Picchu when I met my old English teacher. ‘Write an essay on what you have just seen’ he said ‘but do not use the words ‘…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 13d

From my archives: Turban Winding travelrat.wordpress.com/2019/02/28/t...

Turban Winding

Jaipur: 26th September 2018 I assume the real purpose of these two stalwart gentlemen was to guard the two massive silver urns which, you may remember, were commissioned by a former Maharajah. He n…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 14d

From my archives: Metal Menagerie travelrat.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/m...

Metal Menagerie

When I visit Amesbury Town Centre, I usually drop into the Forge Gallery for a chat. This is run by a co-operative of local artists, and there’s such an ever-changing display of exciting stuff ther…

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 14d

Pic of the Week: Since this week marks the 200th Anniversary of 'Locomotion's' historic run from Darlington to Stockton, I had to post a picture of it.

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nomadkeith.bsky.social @nomadkeith.bsky.social · 14d

From my archives: Llanberis Lake Railway travelrat.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/l...

Llanberis Lake Railway

Llanberis 7th July 2009 (cont’d) The Snowdon Mountain Railway wasn’t the only railway in Llanberis that quarry owner George William Duff-Assheton-Smith was responsible for. He also had built fo…

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