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North Ireland – Giant Causeway

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 16, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Landscape Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We left Derry in the morning to Ballymoney . On the way we saw Dunluce castle. The iconic ruin of the castle sitting on a rocky outcrop , connected to mainland via a bridge. In the 17th century Dunluce was the seat of the earls of County Antrim and saw the establishment of a small town in 1608. Our next stop was Carrick-a- rede (rope bridge). Connected to the cliffs by a rope bridge across the Atlantic Ocean, Carrick-a-Rede Island (home to a single building - a fisherman's cottage) is the final destination.…

Sunday Cycling from Northwood to Uxbridge

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 8, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 This was a 27 mile linear Chilterns bike ride starting from Northwood tube station (zone 6) at 10.50am taking in Rickmansworth, Sarratt, Chenies, and Denham before finishing at Uxbridge tube station on Sunday 3rd September. The route was on a mixture of country lanes, minor roads, parks and canal paths as well as cycle paths. The ride also included a couple of hills which is unavoidable in the Chilterns. There was an early coffee stop at Batchworth Lock cafe Rickmansworth then a short climb to the village of Sarratt where we…

North Ireland – Derry

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:September 1, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁮󠁩󠁲󠁿󠁧󠁢 We had an early morning flight from Stanstead to Londonderry . Our hotel was next to river Foyle , with a great view of the other side of the river. It is the only remaining complete walled city in Ireland and one of the finest example of a walled city in Europe. Our first stop was walking over city walls. The Walls are approximately 1 mile (1.6 km) in circumference and which vary in height and width between 3.7 and 10.7 metres (12 and 35 feet), are completely intact. There are 7 gates out of which…

Seahouses – Puffin trip

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 21, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍travel UK 🇬🇧Wild Life

🇬🇧 🇬🇧 🇬🇧 We arrived Seahouses in the afternoon. We were staying in The Olde School house. The weather was very nice . Latter in the afternoon we went for a stroll along the coast. This is basically a large village. There are some of the best fish & chips are available here. Next day we went for all day bird watching trip to Staple Island and Inner Frane. It was breeding season ,the tour departed Seahouses harbor in the morning. We spent around 2 hours at Staple Island. We had to pay a…

Swansea ,Mumbles and Gower

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 17, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel UK 🇬🇧

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 We started early on Sunday. This was our first trip with the little one so I planned to take it easy. We reached Swansea around 12.30. It was a long walk of 2 mile to our hotel, South View Guest house. Though three adults and one child were supposed to fit comfortably , the room was really small and one double bed and another single bed were somehow cramped in. I did not realize that bathroom was shared either. The day was cloudy and windy with light rain at times. Others…

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Portugal: Lisbon and Sintra

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 12, 2017
Post category:Europe 🌍Portugal 🇵🇹travel

🇵🇹 🇵🇹 🇵🇹 I started from Lagos at 2 in afternoon on 27th March. I had to change train at Tunes and reached Lisbon in the evening. My hostel was near Santa Apolonia where I spent 3 nights. First day I roamed in Lisbon. I took classic yellow tram no 28. It connects Martim Moniz with Campo Ourique, and passes through the popular tourist districts of Graca, Alfama, Baixa and Estrela. The delightful Remodelado trams date from the 1930s and in any other city they would be housed in a museum, but…

Germany: Berlin

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:August 3, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Germany 🇩🇪Landscape Luxury / Comfort travel

We arrived Berlin from Prague in the morning by train. It was an early train and we reached to our hotel by 10AM. I wanted to join the walking tour of Berlin , but my dear friends took so long that I did not have time for lunch. The tour was for 3 hours and covered quite a few places like The Reichstag, The Berliner dome, WWII Battlefields, Checkpoint Charlie, Remaining Berlin Wall, The Brandenburg Gate. The guy was awesome and was almost apologetic about Nazi past. He narrated loads of stories about Berlin's…

Germany : Munich

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 30, 2017
Post category:City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Germany 🇩🇪Landscape Luxury / Comfort travel

🇩🇪 🇩🇪 🇩🇪 We stayed the last day of Austria trip at Seegasthof Gamsjaga. This place is on the bank of lake Wolfgangsee. It was a very scenic location food was great specially fish from lake and local game meat. Next morning I walked around the lake and walked towards St Gilgen along the lake. St Gilgen is a very pretty village on the north bank of Wolfgangsee. From St. Gilgen it was almost 2 hours train journey to Munich. We had our return flight in the evening. We took a hop - on hop -…

Austria: Innsbruck and Mayrhofen

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 29, 2017
Post category:Austria 🇦🇹Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Hilly /Mountains Luxury / Comfort travel

🇦🇹 🇦🇹 🇦🇹 Innsbruck is a very popular destination of winter sports . It's capital of Tyrol , western state of Austria. Inn is the main river, the name Innsbruck means bridge over Inn. My accommodation was very close to the river. My first destination was the cable car up to Hafelekar. We went to Nordkette which is a part of Austria's largest natural park. Then we went to the 300-meter high mountain station of the cable car Hungerburg (designed by the renowned Zaha Hadid) to enjoy a breathtaking view of the city. After reaching the Hungerburg…

Austria: Salzburg

Post author:bengalinomad
Post published:July 28, 2017
Post category:Austria 🇦🇹City Europe 🌍Family / Leisure Luxury / Comfort travel

🇦🇹 🇦🇹 🇦🇹 Train from Innsbruc to Salzburg takes approximately 2 hours. Salzburg is renowned for its baroque architecture and is one of the best-preserved city centers north of the Alps. Salzach river is the tributary of Inn and main river in Salzburg. We visited Hellbrunn Palace & Trick Fountains. This was a pleasure palace for Salzburg prince - archbishops. Trick fountain is quite spectacular. Hellbrunn Mountain is a naturally abundant source of water, which inevitably became a central design feature of the palace grounds. The centerpiece is provided by Mannerist trick fountains that…