Category: Travel
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Official Name: Republic of Austria Established: 976 (Margraviate of Austria) Population: 8,902,600 (2020 estimate) Religion: 57% Catholic, 8.7% Eastern Orthodox, 7.9% Muslim Language: German Capital: Vienna Order of Visit: Fifteenth First Visit: 21 May 2006 Last Visit: 18 April 2024 Duration: 7 Days Visit Highlights: The beautiful Austrian countryside, a brilliant wine and bike tour of…
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Official Name: Czechia Established: 1198 (Kingdom of Bohemia), 1918 (Czechoslovakia), 1993 (Czech Republic) Population: 10,693,939 (2020 estimate) Religion: 75% No Religion, 10.3% Catholic Language: Czech Capital: Prague Order of Visit: Fourteenth First Visit: 14 May 2006 Last Visit: 17 April 2024 Duration: 12 Days Visit Highlights: Terezin Small Fortress, Prague Palace, St Nicks Cathedral, Sedlec…
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Official Name: Republic of PolandEstablished: 960 (Duchy of Poland)Population: 38 million (2022 census)Religion: 71.3% CatholicLanguage: PolishCapital: WarsawOrder of Visit: Seventy eighthFirst Visit: 09 April 2024 (planned)Last Visit: 11 April 2024 (planned)Duration: 3 DaysExpected Highlights: Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum Visit, Wawel Royal CastlePlaces Visited: KrakowPoland Journal Entries
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Official Name: Republic of Finland Established: 6 December 1917 (Independence from Russia) Population: 5,528,737 (2020 estimate) Religion: 68.7% Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, 26.3% no religion Language(s): Finnish, Swedish Capital: Helsinki Order of Visit: Twenty-First First Visit: 08 July 2006 Last Visit: 7 April 2024 Duration: 5 Days Visit Highlights: Parliament Building, ice breakers ships,…
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Tuesday 07 May 2024Highlights: Reunion’s – Darby with Lana, me with Boots and Juno The journey home can be a long one, especially from Europe and today was the end of that journey that start on Saturday 4 May back in Split. Today started with an overnight flight from Singapore (review here).
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Jetstar AUDate: 06 May 2024Flight Number: JQ8Gate: 20Seat: 31F & 32F (Economy Class Seat)Plane: Boeing 787-8Boarded: 20:10Pushback: 21:04 (Scheduled 21:00)Arrived: 05:50 (Scheduled 06:15)Duration: 6 hour 46 minutesDistance: 6,025 kms This flight was from Changi (Singapore) International Airport to Tullamarine (Melbourne, Australia) International Airport.
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Monday 06 May 2024Highlights: Universal Studios Singapore The last day of this trip with a fun activity had suddenly arrived. After a comfortable sleep in Crowne Plaza Changi Airport Hotel we took our main bags to be checked in to the Jewel Early Bag Check in facility. For Jetstar this allows you to drop your…
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Sunday 05 May 2024Highlights: The Jewel Water Show One of the major downsides of living in Australia is how far away for the majority of the world we are. Returning back takes a long time. The first leg getting back was Split to Helsinki (3 hours), than a major transit (8 hours) followed by Helsinki…
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FinnairDate: 5 May 2024Gate: 42Seat: 34D & 34H (Economy Class Seats)Plane: Airbus 350-900Boarded: 23:52Pushback: 00:23 (Scheduled 00:25)Arrived: 17:43 (Scheduled 18:35)Duration: 12 hour 20 minutesDistance: 9,271 kms
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Tour Title: Croatia and the BalkansTour Company: G AdventuresTour Leader: Nadya GinzburgCities Visited: Budapest, Novi Sad, Belgrade, Sarajevo, Mostar, Kotor, Dubrovnik, Hvar, SplitCountries Visited: Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, and Croatia.Dates: Saturday 20 April 2024 to Saturday 04 May 2024 Duration: 15 daysTour Type: ClassicTour Itinerary (PDF) and Journal Entries
