The woes of low-cost airlines
[Nov. 2025] We suddenly decided to fly from our home in northern Italy to London, England to do some errand. Regular airlines were surprisingly expensive, so we decided to fly with low-cost airline Ryanair. Low-cost…
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Boat trip to Greenwich
[Aug. 2024] During our stay in London, we felt we should do some sightseeing so went to a pier on the River Thames. We remembered that we once enjoyed the boat trip to Hampton Court,…
Getting out of the UK for the first time in over a year
[Sept. 2021] We have been stuck in the UK for over a year due to regulations on the Covid-19 and my husband’s broken leg. This has never happened since I started living in the UK….
Fly to Italy during the pandemic
[ Aug.2020 ] At the end of August this year, we were originally planning to go to Japan. But Japan has been virtually adopting a national isolation, so our flight was cancelled. Instead, we decided…
Train with no drivers
[Nov.2012] This is Dockland Light Railway (DLR) which runs in east London. They run without any drivers, just like Yurikamome in Tokyo. I had a look and found that DLR comercially started in 1987 and…
