Life's about experiences. These are mine.
At some point during my travels, I seem to have become fascinated by pedestrian crossing lights and have started to “collect” them, well photograph them, at any rate. These are things that most people probably walk by without giving too much of a second glance to, but now I actively seek them out. I think …
Our last day in the German Capital and today we finally got to go up the TV Tower after our aborted attempt yesterday. Fernsehturm The tower is obviously an East German/Soviet Block thing with its very brutal design and a section that is designed to look like Sputnik. Fortunately, there weren’t any stairs and so …
The plan had been for there to have been a male/female split today with the former going up the TV Tower and the latter doing some shopping. This plan was quickly scuppered when we discovered that today is, like in the UK, a public holiday but, unlike in the UK, it is taken a bit …
Continue reading “Berlin 2023 – Day Three – It’s Sunday Again!”
After a quick walk around part of the city on our arrival yesterday today was going to be the day when we explored more. However, we unexpectedly ended up exploring parts of the city where tourists don’t normally find themselves. Our first port of call was Checkpoint Charlie which turned out to be a bit …
Our first day in Berlin sees us tackle the S-Bahn, visit a protest, and eat a “hearty” meal.
We went on a river cruise down the Danube a year ago and were so enamoured with it that we asked my parents if they would like to come with us on a similar trip this year. They did and here we all are. It has been a very long time since I have been …
Continue reading “Danube 2023 – Day One – Stepping Back in Time”
Given we had a bonus stop overnight in Engelszell it seemed rude not to step out and pay it a visit. It was a tiny place with a huge monastery complete with the cliche beer brewing monks. At the other end of the village was a pretty, well tended church and that was it basically. …
Continue reading “Danube 2022 – Day Four – Engelszell & Passau”