... I started this blog. Just over a week after my father passed away I was looking for an outlet, an escape. Having recently returned from Greece I decided to start writing about my travels. It proved to be very helpful and I now also have a fabulous collection of travel memories to look back... Continue Reading →
Europe 2018 Trip Summary
23 nights 4 countries 7 overnight locations 30+ places visited Too many trains to count 19000 steps/14km average walked per day 1 blister Many new foods and plenty of pastries 11 bags of Haribo brought home for the kids 😀 The details Munich 3 nights with day trips to Bamberg and Zugspitze Accommodation: Hotel Buddy... Continue Reading →
Travel Day: Munich to Bologna and a First Look at Bologna
My third full day in Europe brought yet another early start. I was ready to leave Germany, well not really, I'd happily live there, but my itinerary was ready for me to leave. Next stop Bologna. I think I said in an earlier post that food was a big motivator in my planning so for... Continue Reading →
A Day Trip to Zugspitze & Eibsee from Munich
I woke up on my second full day in Munich still undecided about what to do. I had three main options. Stay in Munich and wander, head to Chiemsee which is a lake with a castle on an island in the middle, or visit Zugspitze, Germany's highest peak. Zugspitze had been my first choice, I... Continue Reading →
A Day Trip to Bamberg from Munich
I have been to Germany twice before and Munich once. Four years ago I had 4 nights in the city, using at as a base for day trips to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Neuschwanstein and Dachau. Again this year I used it as a day trip base. It is in such a fabulous location with... Continue Reading →
Arrival and a Quick Wander in Munich.
Then, I was finally there. Munich. Europe, my happy place. It took, what seemed like, forever to get out of Munich airport, mainly because my bag was about the last one off a packed A380. I don't remember much about the airport, by then I was on over tired autopilot; get luggage, find an ATM... Continue Reading →
Europe Trip 2018: Planning, Reflections and Off I Go.
It's time for a break from writing up old trips and to start sharing my recent adventure. In May I spent 23 nights in Europe, just me, my camera, my walking shoes and my appetite. My fourth trip to Europe in just over four years. The planning for this trip was erratic at best. Having... Continue Reading →
Berlin Day 3
I visited Berlin in June 2016. My third day was another big day. On my list of things I wanted to see was the Haus der Wannsee-Konferenz. It was the location for the meeting where the leaders of Germany confirmed the 'final solution', the plan to exterminate the Jewish race. I had watched the movie... Continue Reading →
Berlin Day 2
I visited Berlin in June 2016. I woke early day 2 and decided to revisit many of the sites I had walked past the night before, this time in friendlier light with less crowds to get some better photos. Brandenburg Gate. Holocaust Memorial. Hitler's bunker. Gendarmenmarkt. Reflections in the Spree. Berliner Dom. St Marienkirche and... Continue Reading →