The view or two from my "office"

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Are you working or just holidaying (again)?

Doing some professional volunteering, plus some personal R&R.

 

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Some very nice looking apartments riverside Gdansk


Great Armoury Gdansk

 

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Another office view in Valetta. i’m posting this just to annoy @VPS . ( sorry, cheapest of cheap shots. I might have to bring you something back.

 

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Some very nice looking apartments riverside Gdansk
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Great Armoury Gdansk
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One of my fav. cities in Poland.

For meals, check out these places - they're each in a different class/level and we enjoyed meals at all of them.

• Pyra Bar Pyra Bar · Garbary 6/7, 80-827 Gdańsk, Poland
• Restauracja Dominikańska Restauracja Dominikańska · Garbary 2/4, 80-827 Gdańsk, Poland
• Pierogarnia Stary Młyn Pierogarnia Stary Młyn · Świętego Ducha 64, 80-834 Gdańsk, Poland
• Bar Turystyczny Bar Turystyczny · Szeroka 8/10, 80-835 Gdańsk, Poland

An interesting place to head for a drink also is Wiśniewski Gdańsk Wiśniewski Gdańsk · Piwna 22, 80-831 Gdańsk, Poland , which specialises in cherry liquer drinks of all sorts.

 

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Another office view in Valetta. i’m posting this just to annoy @VPS . ( sorry, cheapest of cheap shots. I might have to bring you something back.

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Boo hiss. I’ll probably get banned if I say what I really want to. Having said that it wasn’t the best hot chocolate I’ve had.

 

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In Madagascar, they tend to party/celebrate independence day the night before... then have the actual day, off, to recover. Well played!

 

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Boo hiss. I’ll probably get banned if I say what I really want to. Having said that it wasn’t the best hot chocolate I’ve had.

I didn't have the hot chocolate.

Something cooler and something else to replace all the calories I’ve expended walking up the bloody hills in the heat.

 

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I didn't have the hot chocolate.

Something cooler and something else to replace all the calories I’ve expended walking up the bloody hills in the heat.

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Valetta is lovely but not flat

 

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One of my fav. cities in Poland.

For meals, check out these places - they're each in a different class/level and we enjoyed meals at all of them.

• Pyra Bar Pyra Bar · Garbary 6/7, 80-827 Gdańsk, Poland
• Restauracja Dominikańska Restauracja Dominikańska · Garbary 2/4, 80-827 Gdańsk, Poland
• Pierogarnia Stary Młyn Pierogarnia Stary Młyn · Świętego Ducha 64, 80-834 Gdańsk, Poland
• Bar Turystyczny Bar Turystyczny · Szeroka 8/10, 80-835 Gdańsk, Poland

An interesting place to head for a drink also is Wiśniewski Gdańsk Wiśniewski Gdańsk · Piwna 22, 80-831 Gdańsk, Poland , which specialises in cherry liquer drinks of all sorts.

Walked 10 minutes or so from our great apartment to Dominikanska and had a great schnitzel- after a month of eating out I am looking for "plain food"


Looking back towards the restaurant from our balcony

 

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Last few days in Cornwall before I leave.

I probably should’ve stayed home and sorted all the stuff I need to cull but there’s always tomorrow and if I don’t, I’ll just throw it in the car and worry about it later

Both houses were historic houses of UK members and I had joined that so I’ve certainly got my money’s worth worth out of that. They were also both still family homes so we weren’t able to take photos which I always find quite disappointing.

Prideaux Place the guide for this tour was one of the family and apart from being a bit dippy and pretentious, she was very good



Pencarrow house https://www.pencarrow.co.uk/

 

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Somewhere between SYD and MEL

 

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In Madagascar, they tend to party/celebrate independence day the night before... then have the actual day, off, to recover. Well played!

That first photo is great !

 

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Somewhere between SYD and MELView attachment 453239

That would be the northern end of Tantangara Reservoir. The Murrumbidgee heads through, fairly early in its journey. It's the one feeding in from the top of the left arm.

 

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Walked 10 minutes or so from our great apartment to Dominikanska and had a great schnitzel- after a month of eating out I am looking for "plain food"
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Looking back towards the restaurant from our balcony
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Definitely check out Bar Turystyczny then, it's a milk bar / cafeteria style place and as homey as it gets. I understand eating out fatigue when travelling very much!

 

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Last few days in Cornwall before I leave.

I probably should’ve stayed home and sorted all the stuff I need to cull but there’s always tomorrow and if I don’t, I’ll just throw it in the car and worry about it later

Both houses were historic houses of UK members and I had joined that so I’ve certainly got my money’s worth worth out of that. They were also both still family homes so we weren’t able to take photos which I always find quite disappointing.

Prideaux Place the guide for this tour was one of the family and apart from being a bit dippy and pretentious, she was very good


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Pencarrow house Pencarrow House and Family Friendly Gardens in Cornwall


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Just an additional comment.

Both of these houses are privately owned and of course they need quite a lot of money for upkeep.

They are both used for filming. Pencarrow apparently was used for an ad that Dawn French did for Coles in Australia. It’s also been used for Doc Martin.

Prideaux Place is used to film a number of books set in Cornwall and several times they have actually repainted rooms for a particular series. The lady who was the guide was very pragmatic about this being a family home and things get broken