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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Sep 18, 2019 08:00 PM Nantes to Gdansk
Nantes airport is small, but well organized. They offer free and reliable internet connection. Embarking Ryan flight to Manchester I was happy because they do not check the size and weight of your pack - I do not want to pay extra! :)
In Manchester I was waiting 2 hours for the connection to Gdansk. Sorry - no possibility to connect to the internet - they want all your data, but they do not connect you - shame on you MAN!
It was 10 pm when I landed in Gdansk. One more interesting journey is completed... See enclosed map - it it not necessary to fly to the pother continent to find inreresting places and to meet interesting people!
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Sep 17, 2019 08:00 PM Nancy - city of cyber elephant
My host from Couchsurfing ìs very kind and intelligent. - he charted on the mapall places in the city I have to visit. I like Nancy. It has a huge cathedral, elegant castle of the dukes, there is also Japanese Garden on the river island and the monument of Jules Verne - the writer of my childhood. But they have also something very original - on the other side if the river bridge they you will find the stable of cyber animals. The most popular is the enormous elephant. At 11 am every day it is walking around the square spraying kids withe the water. Oh, la, la!
In the middle of the day I returned to my host enjoying on the way the narrow streets of the old town with historic passage filled with elegant and fancy stylish shops. After lunch it was the time to go to the airport. They have expensive direct "navette" for 9 euro, but the budget traveller should buy 1 hour ticket for local transport (1,70 euro) and take the tram no. 3 to the last stop. The same ticket will be valid for bus 48 going from this stop to the Atlantique Airport. I am going home!....
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Sep 16, 2019 08:00 PM Blabla car to Rennes and onward
Byebye dear Marie-Christine! I had great time in your mansard!
BlaBla car works good in France. In the morning I use it to go from Greenville on the Normandy coast to Rennes - the capital of Brittany. It cost me only 8,50 euro.. for about 100 kms.
Rennes is a big city sufferring from the street works near main station. I took 20 min walk from the station area to the old quarter, where the provincial parlament building is probably the main tourist attraction (on the picture) . Rennes has also nice city parks like Thabor...
In the late afternoon I plan to reach Nantes.
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Sep 15, 2019 08:00 PM Mont Saint Michel - the dream came true!
There is a city bus - one per day from Greenville, where I stay to the famous Mont Saint Michel. Departing 8,41 costs only 2,30 euro each way. The mountain with a monastery on the top is visible from the distance. When you disembark the bus in the pRk you g
have a choice of free shuttle bus or 3 kms walk. I decided to walk, because the weather was excellent and I wanted to take the pictures from different perspective... It was worth! The tide was still high and the majestic mountain was surrounded by shallow water.
It is like an icon of the North France. Listed also on the UNESCO World Heritage list.
You enter through two solid gates an thd bridge. Then you climb up through the medieval street full of shops. Entry to the ramparts is free but to enter the real monastery you have to pay 10 euro. It is worth - thd visitors trail described in thd leaflet in chosen language will take you to the halls, church, crypts, terraces... The church is on the level of almost 100 m. Great views! What a place and what a day!
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Sep 14, 2019 08:00 PM Jersey - la belle
Do not judge this island by the capital city. St Hiller is modern, noisy and crowded. What Jersey has to offer is far from the city.
You can buy day pass for all island buses for 8 pounds but theis frequency especially on Sunday is low (like one bus per hour), so you will not be able to see all in one day. Lucky me! My host - charming lady from Transylvania offered me a car tour and I had a chance to go with her around the island. There are mang nice beaches, stunning cliffs, stone towers and a Devils Hole, but the real jewel of Jersey is hidden in the southwest of the island. It is Beau Port - cozy cove with a great beach... At 1.30 p.m. I said goodbye to my guide in St Aubin on the southern coast (she went to the work). St Auban is full of flowers, has a little castle and stone churches. From here the seaside promenade goes to the St Helier. It was a nice, 3-miles walk in the sun to the capital of the island. Many streets and places has French names here. France is only 20 kms away - I will be sailing there in the evening!
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Sep 13, 2019 08:00 PM The cliffs of Guernsey
Today I had a full day to explore Guernsey Island. The local buses go to the all corners of the island and around - along the coast. The best deal is to buy for 5 pounds "day ticket" for unlimited travel and... start early.
I had a problem what to do with my backpack. In the tourist office on the waterfront they said they are not allowed to keep the luggage. They sent me to the AB Maritime shop on the pier - they have cloak room charging hefty 5 pounds per day - no choice! I took first bus to Jerbourg in the southeastern end of the island. Great coastal path took me from this place along the south coast as far as Saints Bay. I took me about 2 hours with the fantastic panoramas of the coast. Then I took a bus to Fort Grey on the western coast. And in the afternoon bus 91 going around the island took me along the northern coast back to the capital of the island. Great, sunnt day! In the evening I took a big ferry to Jersey. Hungarian friends were waiting here for me...
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Sep 12, 2019 08:00 PM Sark - feudal island without cars
Litte ferry from Guernsey to Sark costs 30 pounds round trip. Afrer an hour of sailind you disembark in the empty pier. Then you have to climb up about 100 m like on the Pitcairn island to the only settlement. They offer horse carriages to vistt the tourist attractions but since the island is only 5 kms long I was walking around - for free. Athd the northern tip the panoramic views of the coast are great. The paths are well-maintained and along them I found plenty of blackberries - what a attraction for the hungry backpacker! :) Unfortunately there is no trail along the picturesque western coast - you go down to see Window in the Rock and you must climb up back to the main road to walk to the next viewpoint. All roads on Sark are gravel roads... They took me as far as Little Sark (Situated like a miniature of Tahiti Nui and Tahiti Iti)
The narrow passage between two islands is a breathtaking place with great views on both sides.
After 5 hours of walking I was back at the pier tired but happy. Sark is very special place ruled stll by landlord and divided to the 40 families living here since ages. Only 600 inhabitants on the island. But what a great nature!
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Sep 11, 2019 08:00 PM To the Channel Islands
The main target of this journey is the iconic Mont Saint Michel. But looking for the best (and cheap) transport solutions I came to the conclusion that I have ideal chance to combine the French Bretany with English Channel Islands. So today the first flight of Ryanair took me to Londond Stansted airport. It was my first time in Standsted. It has huge and modern terminal - they use the train to bring people from the satelite wings to the main building. But shame on you Stansted - the free internet does not work. They want all your data, but the button CONNECT is never active...
I was waiting three hours writing and reading to board finally the turbo-
prop plane ATR72 of Aurigny Air. This is the airline of the Channel Islands. It took us more than an hour to get to the island of Guernsey. In the little airport I grabbed couple of maps and tourist brochures. The mail settlement on Guernsey - St Peter Port is 6kms away so I took a public bus to get there - it cost me 1 pound in cash - Guernsey has own pounds - it means that it has a kind of sovereignty. And that's why I am here...
My host from Couchsurfing is an expat from Nigeria - found him easily.
Weather is nice. Let's hope that everything will be OK!
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Sep 10, 2019 08:00 PM New voyage to the Western Europe...
I make the laundry and in the evening my backpack will be packed again! :)
Low-cost airlines operating from Gdansk are giving me many cheap opportunities to travel to the different corners of Europe.
I decided to visit few places I did not see in the past. So the plan of the next journey will be like this:
Gdansk - flight - London Stansted - flight - Guernsey - ferry - Sark Island - ferry - Guernsey - ferry - Jersey - ferry - Grenville - bus - Mont Saint Michel - bus - Rennes - train - Nantes - flight - Manchester - flight - Gdansk.
Depatrure tomorrow morning! :)
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Sep 09, 2019 08:00 PM Flying to Gdansk
In the sunny morning I still had enough time to take a walk to the GreekCatholic cathedral of St Yur (St George) This main church i Lviv has a beautiful baroque interior. But the advantage of the morning visit was to see the morning liturgy listening to the singings...
Trolleybus no. 29 from the university took me to the airport for just 5 hryvnia paid to the driver. It is cheap but very slow - allow 30 minutes or more and add 15 minutes for waiting at the stop. Once in the modern airport it goes smoothly. Consider to buy in the duty free one liter of local coconut vodka for just 4 euro :) The wizzair staff here do not care much about the size and weight of the cabin luggage. After 1.10 h of flight I landed in Gdansk. Great event, great time in Lviv - I will be there again!
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