Cuba – Day 6

After yesterday’s mega-tour, we had a lazy day today – it’s our last day here as we’re off to ‘Cuba – part two’ tomorrow, specifically Paradisus Princess Del Mar in Varadero until Thursday. After breakfast, we headed to the roof-top pool where we stayed until lunchtime, when the sun temporarily disappeared and it became very …
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Cuba – Day 5

This was the day of the MEGA tour. Lillian, from our previous Tour, a few days ago, returned as our Guide, and we set off just before 9am. Unlike Tuesday’s Tour, the distances today were pretty vast, so we had the help of Luis and his air-conditioned taxi! The first part of the Tour meant …
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Cuba – Day 4

After yesterday morning’s scrum in ‘our’ restaurant (masquerading as guests having breakfast) we decided that we’d return to the relative calm of the ‘other’ restaurant by way of the tunnel connecting the two parts of the hotel. Although busy, this turned out to be a smart move, in spite of the slightly chaotic atmosphere. After …
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Cuba – Day 3

After yesterday’s mega-tour of Havana, we planned to take things at a much slower pace today. We took breakfast in the ‘right’ restaurant (and collectively decidied we preferred the ‘wrong’ one that we ate in yesterday), and made a rough plan for the morning. We decided to re-trace the steps from yesterday’s official tour, but …
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Early May Bank Holiday 2015

The forecast suggests that the weather is all over the place this weekend, but we’re hopeful it’ll be good for our trip to Roger, Jane and Oliver later today (Sunday) and our postponed visit (from last year) to Eltham Palace on Monday. SUNDAYWe left home around 11am and arrived just after noon. True to form, …
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Haddock Grate Time!

Another Friday and another meal out! Our regular monthly eat-outs with David and Val had, in past few months, somehow fallen by the wayside, so we put that right tonight by driving over to The Shuckburgh Arms in Stoke Doyle. David acted as chauffeur in his rather swishy-looking new Mercedes convertible (but, it wasn’t warm …
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