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Sun, 7 Aug 2016 | By nn-onthemove | Photo Gallery
We left Passau for Vilshofen, entering our last lock about an hour after departure. It was a beautiful summer afternoon and a bit of a sad one as we had to pack and get ready for an early departure tomorrow. The bags have to be out of our rooms at 7 and ...
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Sun, 7 Aug 2016 | By nn-onthemove | Photo Gallery
On Sunday morning, after transiting through several locks, we arrived in Passau. It was a very misty morning with difficult views of the castle on the hill top and the small town at the confluence of three rivers. We joined the morning walking/hike to ...
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Sun, 7 Aug 2016 | By jaynem | Views [336]
We arrived at our hotel about midnight last night and had a short but good sleep. Our flight was from Prague to Berlin with a one hour stop over then Berlin to Stuttgart. We are getting to know many airports and of course how to change terminals, which ... Read more >
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [313]
Up early and on the buses to visit Nuremburg, where Hitler held his Nazi rallies and the Nurmeburg Tribunals were held. The tour was by bus and it was disappointing that we did not have the opportunity to stop and take photos. It was so interesting to ... Read more >
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [313] | Comments [1]
This morning we were on the coaches by 8.30am to go into Wurzburg to visit the Wurzburg Palace Residence. What an amazing place. Based on the Palace of Versaille the building is so impressive from the outside, but once you get inside it is breath taking.... Read more >
Tue, 26 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [560]
Today we continued our cruise on the Rhine River and this morning we had a very entertaining demonstration by one of the leading glass blowers of the region. Family Ittig has been on the glad blowing business for generations. Hans has learnt the trade ... Read more >
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [264] | Comments [1]
Today we sailed through the Rhine Valley past many little towns, vineyards and castles. It is absolutely picturesque, beautiful green country side, rolling and steep hills and so much to see. We stopped after lunch at Rudesheim. We caught a mini train ... Read more >
Fri, 22 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [358]
This morning we cruised past Cologne and saw the Dom from the river and took some photos. What a magnificent building. Even though we have seen it before it is still amazing. We continued up the river to Bonn and had lunch. We decided to go for the light ... Read more >
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [324]
Today we decided to stay in Wuppertal and have a good look around. We walked into town and through the shopping area into the town square where there is a huge fountain and large important buildings. Gerard pulls out his new camera for the first time ... Read more >
Sat, 16 Jul 2016 | By jaynem | Views [326] | Comments [1]
Day One 13 th and 14 th July 2016.
Today we leave for Europe after it snowed in Ballarat yesterday and Melbourne got to a maximum of 8 degrees. It is very cold and the warmth of the European summer is inviting. Having taken Ava back to Lara ... Read more >
Sun, 19 Jun 2016 | By wanderlustgail | Views [838]
Something reminiscent of ashes brushed across my face and landed in my hair as I approached the entrance to Dachau Concentration Camp. They were floating around everywhere, creating a disorienting haze in the unseasonably brilliant early spring sun. ... Read more >
Tags: concentration camp, dachau, germany, khalil gibran, kz dachau, sabbatical, solo, travel
Sun, 5 Jun 2016 | By wanderlustgail | Views [593]
My last days in Germany found me in Frankfurt am Main, a city I had never visited despite having passed through so many times before, both by plane and train. I am not the only traveler who has been skipping it. Out of the millions of people who transit ... Read more >
Tags: asparagus, budget, craving, frankfurt, germany, main, sabbatical, solo, spargel, travel
Sat, 7 May 2016 | By wanderlustgail | Views [578]
Munich’s lesson for me was this: I need people.
I know it’s obvious, and everybody says it, and I have even said it. I have known it to be one of those universal truths, but I haven’t really always believed it, not deep down on a ... Read more >
Tags: germany, maugham, munich, people, sabbatical, solo, travel, truth
Sun, 1 May 2016 | By wanderlustgail | Views [699] | Comments [1]
Leipzig was planned as a time for me to rest and reacquaint myself with Germany, but it had more in store for me than just that.
Reacquaintance
My first ever solo flight was when I went to Germany for my exchange student year more than ... Read more >
Tags: completion, germany, leipzig, reacquaint, readjust, realize, rest, sabbatical, solo, travel
Wed, 28 Oct 2015 | By welcometomyworld | Views [520]
After a long bus and ferry arrived I arrived in Berlin. The bus station was busy, dirty and full of all sorts of people. I was super hungry and went to order McDonald's only to be rudely told that they didn't take visa cards. If I knew this was going ... Read more >
Tags: berlin, germany
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