Day 2: London (13 Mar) #1

Exploring the City of London, with the Gherkin, Leadenhall Market and Millennium Bridge on the list.

Day 1: London (12 Mar)

< Previous Post Series: Expedition I Next Post > In this post: Getting to our Airbnb Exploring Greenwich Dinner at The Golden Chippy Getting through passport control at Heathrow during the morning rush hour took a while. Fortunately families are allowed to be processed together, so it was just a matter of answering a few…

Day 0: MH2- Road to London (11 Mar)

< Previous Post Series: Expedition I Next Post > In this post: Checking In Boarding Departure Supper Service Breakfast Service Overall Impressions It was a relief when the time came to check in, having spent the last few hours at Food Paradise above KLIA’s arrival hall. If you are looking for a perfect example of…

Day 0: Positioning (11 Mar)

< Previous Post Series: Expedition I Next Post > In this post: Malaysia Airlines’ Shenanigans AirAsia AK6115 Penang-Kuala Lumpur Now that I’ve done all my planning and booked everything that I needed to, I can kick back, relax, pack my bags and wait for my flight to London right? Malaysia Airlines’ Shenanigans Apparently that is…

Expedition I: Intracity Transport and Accommodations

< Previous Post Series: Expedition I Next Post > In this post: London Brussels Amsterdam Berlin Switzerland Paris Now that I’ve got the connections between cities sorted, it is time to look at how I’m going to get around in each city. If a city is small or its attractions are grouped together like Brussels,…

Expedition I: Intercity Transport

< Previous Post Series: Expedition I Next Post > In this post: Intercity connections London-Brussels/Paris-London Brussels-Amsterdam Amsterdam-Berlin Berlin-Zurich Travelling in Switzerland Geneva-Paris With a schedule in hand, I can get about planning the transportation and accommodation aspects of the trip. Transportation takes precedence, as our accommodations would need to be located in somewhere with good…

Expedition I: Route Planning

< Previous Post Series: Expedition I Next Post > Now that I have a timeframe and port of entry/exit to work with, its time to get into the nitty-gritty of the itinerary. First of which was: Which cities do we visit in these 20 days? London is a given, since we’re flying in and out…

Expedition I: An Introduction

Series: Expedition I Next Post > Right. Where to start? The idea of an extended trip to Europe or the United States had been floating among my family for quite some time, but it never went anywhere for some very good reasons. For starters, it is quite cost prohibitive, tour agencies were retailing week long/10-day packages…

A Long Overdue Update

Hi hi my dear readers! It has been well over a year since I last posted, and no I have not abandoned the blog, but I think I owe all of you a long overdue update on the current and future state of things. In this post: What has been going on? The current outlook…

Day 4: London (30 Oct) #2

While planning for Deinceps ut Europa II, I figured that I’d want to visit one of London’s markets, since I hadn’t visited any of them on the last trip. I narrowed down my search to three potential candidates: Camden Market, Old Spitalfields or Borough Market. I’ve actually passed by the side of Borough Market near…