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Wandering the World

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Category: Switzerland

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Snow

Switzerland Day 6

A flight delayed by snow, an emergency ascent during landing, baggage collection issues, and then a broken down train - was I ever going to make it into central London and eventually home?

January 5, 2019

Dusk in Zurich

Switzerland Day 5

A day seeing Lake Zurich, a couple of churches (one with a view), and a museum.

January 4, 2019

Geneva Train station

Switzerland Day 4

Finishing off exploration of Geneva, and then taking the train to Zurich

January 3, 2019

United Nations Office of Geneva with flags of member nations on flagpoles in front

Switzerland Day 3

A day spent looking at everything we could find to see in Geneva

January 2, 2019

Christmas lights in Geneva

Switzerland Day 2

I arrived in Geneva, explored a little, and soon found out just how expensive Switzerland is

January 1, 2019

Christmas at Tiffany's

Switzerland Day 1

As 2018 drew to a close I headed down to London to start a new adventure

December 31, 2018

Switzerland

My friend, James, was back in the UK for Christmas, and the new year. His easiest route back to Canada was going to be via Zürich in Switzerland. As it was a place neither of us had visited, he invited me to join him for a short stay starting in Geneva - and taking a train from there. Whilst I was in Canada after the Chicago Marathon, we booked the hotels; having booked the flights during the sum …

December 30, 2018

Recent Trips

Cyprus
I didn't expect to be going back to Cyprus for a third time; though the timing of the marathon there, and knowing the conditions for it there would be warmer than in the UK made it a good choice. Carm…

Denmark
At the start of our Super Halfs journey, we set off for Copenhagen to do the first in this six race series that spans Europe. It was a chance for us both to explore a city neither of us had been to be…

Vienna
> “And I’ll dance with you in Vienna, I’ll be wearing a river’s disguise. The hyacinth wild on my shoulder my mouth on the dew of your thighs. And I’ll bury my soul in a scrapbook, with the photograph…

Hungary
Budapest is a city my sister has wanted to visit for several years as she thought "the buildings look cool". Having changed my mind about returning to Greece just yet, I decided this would be a good o…

Cyprus
My first trip to Cyprus had been for a half marathon race that never took place. It'd been postponed until 2022, but due to timings I decided to defer until the 2023 event as it'd work better that way…

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Recent Races

Leicester Half Marathon
Another week, another half marathon. Could I edge closer to being a sub-90 runner again, and beat Copenhagen and Cardiff? I certainly wasn't sure, but I was going to give it a go.…

Principality Cardiff Half Marathon
The second of the Super Half series, and one as close to home as we'd get. Though maybe races being closer to home don't always mean they're going to be easier to get to...…

The Big Half

Rutland 10K

Guernsey Ultra 36 #GU36

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