Category: World Trip 2024 Balkans
A 33-day European focused adventure visiting Finland, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Poland, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Singapore from 5 April 2024 to 5 May 2024.
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When visited: Saturday 06 April 2024Time of day: Late Morning (10 am)Operator: Finnair (Linked to Oneworld Alliance)Rating: 3 / 5 SUMMARY This is a basic lounge for intra Europe travel in the Schengen Zone. It’s fine for refreshments, a nice seats and maybe some finger food while you wait for your flight.
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When visited: Friday 05 April 2024Time of day: DinnerOperator: Qantas (Linked to the Oneworld Alliance)Rating: 4.5 / 5 SUMMARY I last visited this lounge on 08 June 2023 so less than 12 months ago. This Qantas Lounge was upgraded a few years ago and as a result is very modern and provides everything you need.…
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When visited: Friday 05 April 2024Time of day: MiddayOperator: Qantas (Linked to Oneworld Alliance)Rating: 3.5 / 5 SUMMARY The Qantas International Business Class Lounge Melbourne is known as ‘the dungeon’ for good reason. It is located in the basement and has no natural light. While functional and having all the modern facilities and options an international…
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Wednesday 10 April 2024Highlights: The interactive tour of The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine, the intense visit of Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory Today was a free day to decided what you wanted to do. In the morning most of the group, including Darby and myself selected a visit to The “Wieliczka” Salt Mine which cost 240 PLN…
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Tuesday 09 April 2024Highlights: Visiting Palace Pławniowice, Exploring Wawel Royal Castle Today was a long travel day from Berlin, Germany to Krakow, Poland. This is a roughly 600 km trip which was originally expected to take 6 hours but leaving at 07:30 and arriving at 17:15 it took 9.5 hours. This was mostly due to…
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Sunday 08 April 2024Highlights: Brandenburger Gate, Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, The Canals of Berlin, the stunning Berlin Cathedral, visiting the remaining section of the Berlin Wall, exploring an underground bunker. Today our Tour CEO Christin kindly offered a tour of Berlin that wasn’t part of the official G Adventure tour. Originally this…
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Sunday 07 April 2024Highlights: Getting lost trying to get to our hotel, meeting our tour group Today we ended our short pause in Helsinki to get to the start of our G Adventures Eastern Europe, Croatia and the Balkans tour starting in Berlin.
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FinnairDate: 7 April 2024Gate: 23Seat: 5A & 6A (Economy Class Seats)Plane: Airbus 320Boarded: 10:55Pushback: 11:23 (Scheduled 11:25)Arrived: 12:19 (Scheduled 12:30)Duration: 1 hours 56 minutesDistance: 1,129 kms This flight was from Helsinki-Vantaa (Finland) Airport to Berlin Brandenburg (Germany) Airport Willy Brandt. This flight was between two countries in the European Schengen travel area so similar to…
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Saturday 06 April 2024Highlights: Landing in a snow-capped Helsinki, exploring the Senaatintori (Senate Square), climbing the steps to the magnificent Helsinki Cathedral, visiting the Kauppatori (Market Square) on the edge of the Baltic Sea, exploring the Temppeliaukio Rock Church. Our trip exploring Europe began today after a 13.5 hour overnight flight from Singapore to Helsinki…
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FinnairDate: 5 April 2024Gate: D33Seat: 33D & 33H (Economy Class Seats)Plane: Airbus 350-900Boarded: 21:10Pushback: 21:48 (Scheduled 21:45)Arrived: 06:25 (Scheduled 06:15)Duration: 13 hour 37 minutesDistance: 9,271 kms This flight was from Changi (Singapore) International Airport to Helsinki-Vantaa (Finland) Airport.
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