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My travel adventures!
flâneur /flaˈnəː/ Loosely translated from the French as "a person who roams around, deliberately aimless, just observing life."
Sign board heaven
I love a good sign board, but today hit the jackpot of sign boards. I think Berliners love them too. I arrived at the Stasi Museum to be...
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Jun 6, 20232 min read
What a weird day!!!
Left Dresden this morning for the drive to Berlin, but thought I would visit a forbidden city called Wunsdorfm which was on the way....
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Jun 5, 20232 min read
Is this Germany's most beautiful city??
Hard to believe that in February 1945 this city was almost obliterated by bombing, but today attracts over 2 million tourists. I can see...
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Jun 4, 20231 min read
Colditz, Marx and a big brick bridge
Left early this morning for the 4hr drive to Dresden. After about 2hr I took a detour to see something amazing. The world's largest brick...
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Jun 3, 20232 min read
A favourite city and now the Foo Fighters
Hitler declared this city as the, ‘most German of all German cities.’ Nuremberg’s historic importance to Hitler and the Nazis made it an...
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Jun 2, 20232 min read
Hitler's prison and the secret chemical storage bunker
Today travelled from Fussel to Furth (on the outskirts of Nuremberg) to visit the war trials museum tomorrow. However there were a couple...
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Jun 1, 20232 min read
No Fuss in Fussen
Put this place on your "I must visit before I die" list... This is a part of the Alps that I have never seen but it was so worth the...
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May 31, 20232 min read
An amazing day.... The Devil and wooden towers.
Not every day you can combine the devils footprint with the world's largest phone tower made of wood with one of those drives you will...
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May 30, 20232 min read
Much to like about Munchen???
Today started like no other with a fire in my hotel! Four fire engines attended and put the fire out. Interesting no alarms went off and...
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May 29, 20232 min read
Um Ulm
What a day - Left my AirBnB in Malsch early this morning for the drive to Munich, 5 hours via nearly all back roads. It was one of the...
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May 28, 20231 min read
Rhine River Valley and where have I been?
Been MIA the last two days as I have been getting organised for the next month of travel. So yesterday was spent bashing away on my...
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May 27, 20232 min read
11,000 virgins and the Church of St. Ursula
Cologne was the most bombed German city in WW2 with over 262 attacks starting in 1940. From then until March 1st 1945 (when the First...
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May 24, 20232 min read
Prost....or cheers?
Was a little relieved the leave Brussels this morning. The city is filthy- apart from the tourist areas. Where I was staying (near...
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May 23, 20231 min read
Napoleon meets his Waterloo today
The Battle of Waterloo was fought on 18 June 1815 between Napoleon's French Army and a coalition led by the Duke of Wellington and...
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May 22, 20231 min read
Free Beer for all Australians - Europe Parliament finally votes for something useful
Had a terrific day in Brussels today. First step was coffee in the Grand Place and watching tour groups being told facts that they will...
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May 21, 20232 min read
Brussels sprouts
Day one in Brussels but first it was a quick 30 minute train trip from Ghent to Brussels Midi station. Dumped my bag and began to check...
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May 20, 20231 min read
Went to Gent
A quick 30 minute train ride this morning and I arrived in Ghent, which is the historic heart of Flanders. But it's more a mishmash of...
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May 19, 20231 min read
Bricks
Another 18,000 steps today exploring Bruges in Belgium. This town is an I-Phone cameras dream. Everywhere you look is a picture...
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May 18, 20231 min read
On the road to Oslo
Today caught the Eurostar to Brussels, and then grabbed a train to Bruges in Flanders. The Eurostar motors along at 300km per hour so the...
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May 17, 20231 min read
The perfect place to do nothing because there is nothing to do!
The last two days have been perfect - pouring rain yesterday and blowing an Atlantic gale today. So spent the time planning the next...
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May 14, 20231 min read
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