Did not tick to many boxes for us, the heat did not help, if you are a culture vulture it is great. Our take on it is of a city full of grand buildings from an age of great empires when it was acceptable to demonstrate great wealth and power by creating grandiose palaces, public spaces [...]
You just have to go because it is there. We have all seen pictures of this city of canals, it is all of that and more. A very popular and busy place. If you go try to get away from the main thoroughfare’s and enjoy the little back streets, if you can ignore the shops. [...]
Well worth a visit, see the photo’s. Know nothing about the history, you can research it if you feel so inclined. Suspect a strong religous influence. Most of us have witnessed, in various forms, people acting as statues, the one in the photo is very good. It is a source of good entertainment for adults and children. The children, screams of delight [...]
We decided to move into France a little south of Switzerland with a view to driving back north in the car to visit Geneva, it didn’t happen. This is not one of the prettiest areas of France and the overall appearance is one little prosperity. However, the wild flora is outstanding and we enjoyed going [...]
A lovely picturesque country. The people are friendly and helpful, it’s clean, lots of high quality fresh produce. The down side, it’s expensive, two orange juices bought in Interlaken, 17 Swiss francs, 10 quid! There is a tax on everything, which you pay in addition to campsite fees. About half as much again, thats why we [...]
Took the train to Luzern from Meiringen. After about a kilometer the train has to make an assent up a very steep incline, this it achieves by using a third rail which is toothed and engaged by a cog wheel mounted under the loco. The transition and climb were very smooth, over the top and down [...]
We took a circular route up to some of the high passes and then down, and then up, and then down again. In terms of distance driven about 8o miles, Linear measurement on a map about half of that. The snow at the tops is still about ten to twelve feet high in places, (see the pictures). [...]
Sanssouci park and palaces are on the outskirts of Potsdam. We entered four of the palaces, they are very grand and luxurious and we were palaced out, giving up on the others. Wish we had simply walked around the grounds and visited Potsdam itself. Never mind it was enjoyable. Two interesting dates in modern history [...]
Berlin, as capital cities go, is not to crowded. We took the tour bus to start with, a journey time of two hours fifteen minutes, most of that was stationary at traffic lights etc. Thought it might give us an oversight of particular locations that we wanted to explore in more detail. We had purchased [...]
This part of Germany is rich in towns with beautiful old buildings and, you wont find them on the tourist map. Wernigerode is one of these towns, lots of historic, functioning buildings. Walking amongst them is a pleasant experience with lots to explore. Photographs can only give you a taster of the intricate details, some are works of [...]
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