Continuing our quest to do something different, we decided to spend Christmas 2017 in Bulgaria, learning to ski. So a couple of days before Christmas, we boarded a flight to Sofia in Bulgaria and made our way to the ski resort of Bansko.
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Christmas. Show all posts
Saturday, 3 February 2018
Saturday, 20 January 2018
The Ultimate (Unintended) Christmas Market Crawl and the Snowflakes of Nuremburg
December 2017
Christmas markets are hands-down one of the best things about Winter in UK. Just this week as Mike and I sat down to breakfast at 7:00am I remarked that it was so dark we could well be sitting down to dinner. So you see, it doesn't have a lot else going for it.
Sunday, 22 January 2017
Krakow Christmas
December 2016
As you may know, Christmas is my favourite time of the year. Hands-down. This love for Christmas trees, presents and all things tinsel-related has slowly and inevitably rubbed off on Mike. These past two years I've taken great delight in filling boxes with cards, small gifts and decorations and sending them with love back to NZ. Skype is a wonderful thing, but it's not the same as being home with family. I miss everyone dearly, all the time, but Christmas is an especially hard time of year.
Sunday, 8 January 2017
Köln for Christmas (markets)
November 2016
We had originally planned to go to Munich to experience Christmas markets, beer and German food. Unfortunately, a Lufthansa pilots' strike meant that our flights were cancelled - the day before we were due to fly out. Luckily, after some frantic Googling and booking, we managed to get some affordable flights to Cologne - to experience Christmas markets, beer and German food.
This was a short trip - we'd both run out of annual leave at work, so it was a Friday evening to Sunday evening trip. And Cologne (Köln in German) didn't disappoint.
This was a short trip - we'd both run out of annual leave at work, so it was a Friday evening to Sunday evening trip. And Cologne (Köln in German) didn't disappoint.
Saturday, 16 January 2016
Sunday, 27 December 2015
In Bruges
November 2015
It was back to Belgium for our latest overseas adventure.
We needed to get back and see Flanders Fields, and properly see Bruges given our last trip to the city so short. Our trip was also made more affordable with some help from Eurostar - the compensation from a 73 minute delay on our last trip to Belgium in August knocked off half of the ticket price!
We had a bit of trepidation leading up to the trip - the Paris attacks happened two weeks beforehand, with the pursuit/manhunt in Brussels locking down the city and raising the terror alert across the whole country, up to just a few days before we arrived. We got in to Brussels Midi on the Saturday to see a big police presence - about 10 cars outside one entrance, and groups of officers with assault rifles patrolling the station.
But everything still felt safe, and after transferring trains arrived in Bruges an hour later without any hassles.
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