Laters London - MC and JD's adventure back to NZ
Today is a really sad day. We both don’t want to leave Italy! The two weeks we have had here has been amazing, but there is so much more to see, we will be back!
We packed up our bags and headed to the local cafe for a croissant and an espresso breakfast before wandering down the road to find the bus to the airport. In doing our research for this part of the trip we were originally looking at catching a train from Venice to Belgrade in Serbia for a night then onto Sofia in Bulgaria for a night and then onto Turkey. When looking this up it was going to take 6 trains and about 44 hours of travel to do this, not the best use of time. Luckily we found a Ryanair flight from Venice to Sofia for £15 each. This was an hour and a half flight, so a much better option!
The airport experience was oddly fine, even though the Treviso airport is mainly for Ryanair flights. Also Venice Treviso as Ryanair calls is not actually in Venice, it’s in Treviso. It’s about an hour away from Venice. Once through security we passed on the duty free and went to get one last Italian sandwich and espresso before leaving Italy.
An hour and a half later we landed in Sofia. From the time the plane landed to the time to walked out of the airport was about 20 minutes. This has to be a record for an international flight, even though it was within the EU, we were the only plane landing and the plane was half full. We found the Metro, which is new from the airport and isn’t even on Goggle. All the advice we have read about Sofia says that the taxis are rip off merchants so don’t use them. A Metro sounds like a great idea!
Once in the city we found our accommodation and had probably the most thorough check in ever. Davam was the guy working and he was awesome. He gave us maps, recommended free walking and food tours and once he found out we were looking to go to Turkey he called the bus company to find out the deal with tickets. Absolute legend.
Dinner was at a local Bulgarian place, Moma, recommended by Davam. Bulgarians like meat and beer. As such Jo had a vegetable stew and a wine for dinner. We will see if we can convert her in the next couple of days.
Ciao Italia, zdraveĭ Bŭlgariya
August 27, 2018
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Venice, Italy to Sofia, Bulgaria
Today is a really sad day. We both don’t want to leave Italy! The two weeks we have had here has been amazing, but there is so much more to see, we will be back!
We packed up our bags and headed to the local cafe for a croissant and an espresso breakfast before wandering down the road to find the bus to the airport. In doing our research for this part of the trip we were originally looking at catching a train from Venice to Belgrade in Serbia for a night then onto Sofia in Bulgaria for a night and then onto Turkey. When looking this up it was going to take 6 trains and about 44 hours of travel to do this, not the best use of time. Luckily we found a Ryanair flight from Venice to Sofia for £15 each. This was an hour and a half flight, so a much better option!
The airport experience was oddly fine, even though the Treviso airport is mainly for Ryanair flights. Also Venice Treviso as Ryanair calls is not actually in Venice, it’s in Treviso. It’s about an hour away from Venice. Once through security we passed on the duty free and went to get one last Italian sandwich and espresso before leaving Italy.
An hour and a half later we landed in Sofia. From the time the plane landed to the time to walked out of the airport was about 20 minutes. This has to be a record for an international flight, even though it was within the EU, we were the only plane landing and the plane was half full. We found the Metro, which is new from the airport and isn’t even on Goggle. All the advice we have read about Sofia says that the taxis are rip off merchants so don’t use them. A Metro sounds like a great idea!
Once in the city we found our accommodation and had probably the most thorough check in ever. Davam was the guy working and he was awesome. He gave us maps, recommended free walking and food tours and once he found out we were looking to go to Turkey he called the bus company to find out the deal with tickets. Absolute legend.
Dinner was at a local Bulgarian place, Moma, recommended by Davam. Bulgarians like meat and beer. As such Jo had a vegetable stew and a wine for dinner. We will see if we can convert her in the next couple of days.
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On our way!
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The second longest travel day... so far!
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What we came to Norway for
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Travelling through postcard worthy scenery
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The city of seven mountains
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Our first overnight train and Ryanair sucks
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Tiger Woods and Ellie Lock
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Scotland in the school holidays
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A sleep in and a distillery
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Island hopping in Scotland
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A Ben is a mountain
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Highland weekend
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Hopefully the earliest start of the trip
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Catalonian culture and Spanish summers
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Travel lessons
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The Moorish Kingdom in Europe
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Exploring sunny Granada
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Holy shit it's hot
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Seville round 2
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Back to Madrid
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Spanish Culture and 101 Montaditos
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Travel days and Swiss facts
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Toddlers and Mountains
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Cow fighting and Swiss horn orchestra
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À bientôt Suisse et ciao Italia!
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Back to the seaside!
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Wine tasting and the beach
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Scenic walk and the beach
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Falling Towers and the Renaissance
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Michael and David
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Florence round two
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Avoiding flying Italians
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Tour de Umbria
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Don't go chasing waterfalls between 1 and 3pm
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Saints and signal failure
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Floating city and random catch ups
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Sunsets, pasta and tiramisu
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Ciao Italia, zdraveĭ Bŭlgariya
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More Romans and the Ottomans
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Balkan bites
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Victory Day!
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The oldest city….we have visited
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Pilgrimage to ANZAC Cove
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Living in caves
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Sun comes up, sun goes down
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Hiro tour let’s go!
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It’s a party in the sky with Turkish Airlines!
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Corn, fish sandwiches, and the art of bargaining
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The longest travel day by far
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Chilling and a cultural education
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Famous graves and forest walks
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Living like a local
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Escaping the city
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New York, New York!
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Bagels and memorials
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Old faces and sexy shoes
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J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS
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Green space in a concrete jungle
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“Bonus” night in NYC
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Toronto!
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We can play dodgeball!
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The bright lights of the big waterfall
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Roughriders and Whiskey
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The Sunshine State
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Going to the zoo zoo zoo
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California Sunsets
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I feel the need, the need for speed!... and shopping!
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Beverley Hillbillies
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A day at the beach
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Escape to suburbia
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Back to the hustle
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Last day on tour
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The most beautiful country in the world
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