John & Margaret’s Postcards

We love to travel from our home in South Wales (UK) and record our experiences.  

Read about our journeys - mostly great, some a little “unusual". 

We hope you enjoy our stories.  

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2013: Russia • Middle Danube

Russia

 St Petersburg to Moscow

 June 2013

 Viking River Cruises

Middle Danube

 Nuremberg to Budapest

October 2013

Viking River Cruises
2014: Keukenhof (NL/B) • River Elbe (D/CZ) • Iseo (IT) • River Douro (PT)

Keukenhof Tulips

 The Netherlands & Belgium

Viking River Cruises

April 2014

Berlin to Prague

Viking River Cruises

 July 2014

Lake Iseo, Italy

Edwards Red Dragon

August/September 2014

Lisbon, Porto & 

River Douro

Viking River Cruises

October, 2014
2015: Middle Danube • Southern France • Rome & Amalfi (IT) • Lower Danube • River Rhine

Middle Danube 

Passau to Budapest

Viking River Cruises

April 2015

Southern France

Burgundy & The Luberon

Viking River Cruises

July 2015

Italy

Rome, Sorrento

& the Amalfi Coast 

Leger Holidays

August-September 2015

Lower Danube 

Budapest to Bucharest

Viking River Cruises

October 2015

Christmas on the Rhine

Viking River Cruises

December 2015
2016: Destin, FL (USA) • Poland • Dorset (UK) • Puglia (IT) • China


Destin, Florida

House Guests

February 2016

Poland

Warsaw, Zakopane & Krakow

Leger Holidays

May 2016


Dorset, UK

Wimbourne St Giles

July 2016


Lecce, Puglia, Italy

August 2016

China

Beijing, Xi’an, Chongqing, Wuhan, Shanghai

Viking River Cruises

November 2016
2017: West Indies • Eifel Hills (D) • Wales • Iberia (ES/PT) • Central America

West Indies

Viking Oceans

February 2017

Germany

Monschau, 

Eifel Hills & Ahr Valley

 Leger Holidays May, 2017

Wales

Touring With American House Guests

June 2017

Iberia 

Portugal & Spain

Leger Holidays

October 2017

Central America

Viking Oceans

Christmas 2017
2018: Ukraine • The Baltic: Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Denmark & Norway

The Baltic

Sweden, Finland, Russia, Estonia, Poland, Germany, Denmark & Norway

Viking Oceans

June 2018

Ukraine

Dniper River Cruise 

(Odessa to Kyiv)

Viking River Cruises

September 2018
2019: West Indies • Cuba • Normandy (F) • Minnesota (US) • Italy, Croatia, Greece, France, Spain • The Atlantic

West Indies & Cuba

 Viking Oceans

January/February 2019

France 

Rouen, Versailles, Giverny, Camembert, Liseux

Leger Holidays 

May 2019

Minnesota, USA

Home Hosted

 August 2019

Adriatic & Mediterranean

Italy, Croatia, Greece, Monaco, France & Spain

Viking Oceans 

October 2019

Mid Atlantic Crossing: Lisbon-Miami

Viking Oceans

Christmas 2019
2020: COVID Lockdown • Day Trips & Short Breaks

100 Days of Lockdown

The COVID-19 Pandemic

March, April, May & June 2020

Day Trips and Short Breaks

August, September, November 2020
2021: Post-Lockdown UK Breaks (COVID travel restrictions remained in force)

Gwarffynnon, Ceredigion

April 2021

Gwarffynnon, Ceredigion

May 2021

Llanstadwell, Sir Benfro

July, 2021

Hereford Day Out

August 2021

Somerset, England

September 2021

Dartmoor

 Princetown, Yelverton

November 2021
2022: France • Italy • Baltic States (S/PL/D/DK/N) • Umbria (IT) • Wales • Adriatic (GR/MNE/HR/SLO/IT)

France-Italy 

Diano Marina, Italy

Leger Holidays

April 2022

Baltic States & Norway

Viking Oceans

May - June 2022

Gwarffynnon, Ceredigion

Wales

August 2022

Umbria Italy 

Leger Holidays

September 2022

The Adriatic

Athens to Venice

 Viking Oceans

October - November 2022
2023: Corsica • Sardina • France • Scotland • Orkney & Shetland • Norway • Sicily • Italy

Corsica & Sardinia

Leger Holidays

May 2023

Scotland & Norway

Viking Oceans

July/August, 2023

Italy with Sicily

Viking Oceans

October 2023
2024: Cantabria & Basque Country (ES) • Austrian Tyrol • Dordogne (F)

Spain

Cantabria & Basque Country 

Leger Holidays

May 2024

Austrian Tyrol

Leger Holidays

July/August 2024

France

Rocamadour & Dordogne

Leger Holidays

October 2024
2025: Lago Maggiore (IT) • French Alps • Puglia, Rome, Lago di Garda (IT)

Italy

Lago Maggiore 

Leger Holidays

May 2025

France: The Alps

Lyon, Annecy, Grenoble, Chambry, Aix-les-Bain, Chamonix

Leger Holidays

August 2025

Italy 

Puglia 

plus Rome & Lago di Garda

Leger Holidays

October 2025