Hello lovely peeps,
I'm traveling! I've been looking forward to this trip for about a year and now it's really happening! I'm traveling from London to Istanbul, by train, slowly and stopping on the way.
But first let me show you a postcard:
It's one I bought in Zürich a few days ago.
Let me start from the beginning: I flew to Madrid, where I caught a flight to London. I had arranged to stay at a private address through HomeExchange. The couple who hosted me were really lovely.
At the end of the street was a pub and I went and had a half pint of cider with my host:
As it is T-Day, hosted by Elizabeth and Bluebeard, my glass of cider will be my 'ticket' to the party.
I had supper with my hosts and we talked until late.
The next morning I had to be in St Pancras (railway) station at 6:30 to meet the group (8 other people and a tour guide). The tour leader was waiting at the statue of Benjamin Britten. I eventually found it and met my fellow travellers. They seem really nice.
Traveling on the Underground was also an experience:
We took the Eurostar train to Paris:
In Paris private transport took us to the Gare de Lyon (another station) where we had booked a table at the famous Le Train Blue rstaurant:
A very beautiful restaurant in the station.
It was quite an experience and the food was excellent.
We traveled through the Alps, which was beautiful:
After lunch we ended up in Zürich (Switzerland). (Hence the postcard)
We didn't have time to do sightseeing, but we had the whole evening to explore locally. Me and the Irish lady went for a walk.
We saw buildings with beautiful murals.
The Landesmuseum (I assume that is the municipal museum) was stunning:
Next morning we got a train to Vienna in Austria, and had a guided tour through the city with a local guide.
Vienna has lots of stunning buildings and a chequered history. The guide (an older man) was very funny, especially when he talked about his country's history.
Vienna has also got many beautiful parks.
At some point we ran into the Lippizaner stallions from the riding school being led from their stables to I don't know where:
At the moment I am in Budapest (Hungary), but that will be for another day.
I wish you all a happy T-Day,
I probably won't be able to do much commenting as I we'll be on a train most of the day. (But we'll see.)
Lisca
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