Trip: Europe 2014
There are [12] stories from my trip: Europe 2014
GERMANY | Tuesday, 24 Jun 2014 | Views [305]
Sunday 22 June to Tuesday 24 June 2014
Our last major destination on this trip - I write this in our hotel in Frankfurt after leaving Munchen this afternoon, as we catch a plane in the morning to commence our trip home (insert sad face here)
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AUSTRIA | Sunday, 22 Jun 2014 | Views [374] | Comments [1]
Thursday 19 June - Saturday 21 June 2014
Switzerland has Interlaken, Austria has Innsbruck.
Both places are visually sensational.
Soaring snow capped mountains are to be seen in every direction here, and it is just beautiful. It is one hell ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Wednesday, 18 Jun 2014 | Views [407]
Tuesday 17 June - Wednesday 18 June 2014
I was going title this story Saucy Salzberg. Opposite the hotel is a turkish bakery and next to that is a very gaudy and very loud visually sex shop. I can hear the inevitable question from here. No, I did ... Read more >
AUSTRIA | Tuesday, 17 Jun 2014 | Views [521] | Comments [1]
Saturday 14 June to Monday 16 June 2014
Arrived in Wien after another long day on trains. To get here, we had to take the return journey from Krakow to Katowice. This time, we were in a modern, comfortable train. It didn't go any faster though as ... Read more >
POLAND | Saturday, 14 Jun 2014 | Views [404]
Wednesday 11 June to Friday 13 June 2014
Our primary reason for visiting Krakow was to visit Auschwitz, but as we discovered, there is far more to Krakow than that.
After spending most of our day travelling by train from Prague, we finally arrived ... Read more >
POLAND | Thursday, 12 Jun 2014 | Views [378] | Comments [1]
Thursday 12 June 2014
Generally our blog describes the happy incidents, the scenery, the food and most things great about travel.
Not today.
We travelled by minibus to Oswiecim to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp. It turns out that Auschwitz ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 11 Jun 2014 | Views [365]
Wednesday 11 June 2014
I promise not to make a habit of writing about train trips, but this one is worth a few words.
We arrived at Prague station to catch our train. The electronic display board showed our train, but not a platform. Given the ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 11 Jun 2014 | Views [372]
Sunday 8 June to Tuesday 10 June 2014
Arrived in Praha (yep, that is what the Czechs call the city) mid afternoon after one of the most scenic train journeys we have ever had. The section from Berlin to Dresden was typically European - unbelievably ... Read more >
GERMANY | Sunday, 8 Jun 2014 | Views [323]
We have been fortunate enough to have seen some remarkable scenery on our train journeys in Europe.
The trip from Berne to Interlaken was terrific, as were sections of the journey of Paris to Lyon and some of the trip to Blois from Paris.
After ... Read more >
GERMANY | Sunday, 8 Jun 2014 | Views [348] | Comments [1]
Thursday 5 June - Saturday 7 June 2014
Left Brugge at 8am, changed trains at Brussels and onto Koln where we boarded another high speed train, heading for Berlin. This part of the journey l was particularly looking forward to as this was a part of ... Read more >
BELGIUM | Wednesday, 4 Jun 2014 | Views [243] | Comments [2]
3 & 4 June 2014
Readers may recall that on our last visit to Brugge (l understand that it is also called Bruges) it rained and consequently we decided that one day we would return and revisit the town. To revisit on this trip was a decision made ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Tuesday, 3 Jun 2014 | Views [222] | Comments [1]
Saturday 31 May to Monday 2 June 2014
Arrived in London at 4.30 pm on Saturday 31 May after leaving Melbourne at midnight on the same day. Arriving at your destination more than 24 hours after you left, but arriving only 16 hours later by the clock ... Read more >
