Almost 10 years since the first trip! Flew in to Malpensa and took the bus to Centrale. There are at least two bus companies (including Terravision and Airport Bus Express) offering the same price. There’s a bus about every 15 minutes. If you buy a return that’s the best deal but that means you will have… Continue reading Milan, Spring 2024
Went to Spain for the first time (I had one transit in Madrid on the way back from Costa Rica in 2019 prior to this)! Ryanair from (West) London hack: we took a train from Euston to Birmingham International to fly Ryanair to Santander rather than trek to Stansted (which would’ve been coach or train… Continue reading Santander (Spain), Spring 2023
I went to work for the day. Returned home. Travelled to Gatwick and then took a flight to Porto. Landed past midnight. Took an Uber to the Passenger Hostel thinking I’d spend less than 6 hours there taking the first train out. But. It was too beautiful. So I stayed until after breakfast. And it’s… Continue reading Passenger Hostel, Porto to Pocinho then Pinhão (Portugal) – October 2022
Took the Tube to Elephant & Castle and then walked to:
We intended to visit both Verona and Venice on this trip and flew in and out of Verona, with the intention of doing a walk around old Verona on the day of our journey back to London, but ended up loving Venice so much that we didn’t spend any time apart from transit & airport… Continue reading Venice – October 2019
My aunt-uncle-cousins came to visit me in London on the way to Dhaka via Bangkok. They landed in Gatwick, and I picked them up, so I bought 4 oyster cards beforehand. At Gatwick there are TFL information desks in the arrivals hall, where you can buy and refill Oyster cards (you can’t get them at… Continue reading London – July 2019
I’ve been to Paris quite a few times before – I documented our Spring 2015 here, but I also remember when we came in September 2013 for the parents’ anniversary soon after they moved back to Geneva from Bangkok. My youngest sister came to Paris on the way to London from New York via Amsterdam in March… Continue reading Paris – June 2019
Day 1: Munich City Centre – and the Isartor side Landed in Munich on Friday morning and took an S-bahn from the airport to Ostbanhopf (Munich Ost) after buying myself an airport-city-day-ticket for 13 euros following these instructions. I left my luggage at Ostbanhopf instead of Haupbanhopf (Central Station) as the luggage lockers were absolutely… Continue reading München & Oktoberfest – October 2018
This is the route I suggest to guests as well as one I’ve done with friends and family who’ve come to visit: Start at Tower Hill – see the Tower of London and Tower bridge. Walk along the “North Bank” through The City via Monument (there are joint entry tickets available for Tower of London… Continue reading Central London Sights: A Route
It’s been about the same amount of time that I’ve lived in London this time round as I had lived in London after being born here. I’ve been to a lot of places in the past year and a half but here are some that stand out & I’ve visited multiple times (about 1 for… Continue reading Lahn-dahn is the place for me
The Spill Queen 