tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-293285082024-03-09T10:51:11.284+01:00COUNTRIES and CITIESGattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.comBlogger283125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-88681679042578298612019-10-29T07:00:00.000+01:002019-10-29T07:00:02.148+01:00VIENNA - AUSTRIA Vienna's imperial grandeur is the legacy of the powerful Habsburg monarchy. Their home for more than six centuries, the Hofburg palace complex, incorporates the Burgkapelle (Imperial Chapel), where the Vienna Boys' Choir sings Sunday Mass, and the famed Spanish Riding School, where Lipizzaner stallions perform elegant equine ballet, along with a trove of museums, including in the chandeliered Kaiserappartements (Imperial Apartments). Other immense palaces include the baroque Schloss Belvedere and the Habsburgs' 1441-room summer residence, Schloss Schönbrunn, while 19th-century splendours such as the neo-Gothic Rathaus (City Hall) line the magnificent Ringstrasse encircling the Innere Stadt (inner city).<a href="https://www.lonelyplanet.com/austria/vienna"> More about Vienna</a><br />
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Vienna was our last city to visit before we returned to Munich where our tour ended.<br />
Of course in half a day you only get a glimpse of Vienna and you have to decide if you want to come back or not. <br />
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Entrance to the Ringstrasse encircling the Innere Stadt (inner city).<br />
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The city hall <br />
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we crossed a market<br />
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and saw the Sissi Museum only from outside. But I had seen already a lot of her rooms and furniture and also the movies of course So I didn't regret that I had no time to visit it<br />
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Schloss Schönbrunn, an enormous castle with two wings, one for the emperor Franz Joseph and one for his wife "Sissi" Elisabeth.<br />
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We have seen quite a lot of Vienna, unfortunately I had difficulties with my camera and had to stop taking pictures.<br />
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Our group gathering towards the bus which would take us to our hotel.<br />
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Early evening our guide took us what she called the best Restaurant for "Wiener Schnitzel" that they would be very good and tasty. I fortunately don't remember the name, it was in a basement. Indeed the decoration was beautiful, very old and romantic, but the Schnitzel was the worst I have ever eaten and my travel friends agreed with me. Even our guide didn't mention the Schnitzel again the next morning ! At least I have something special to remember : The worst "Wiener Schnitzel" I have eaten in my life was in Vienna where it comes from !<br />
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Now when I think back I liked Vienna very much ! Despite the fact that it is such a huge city, it gave me the feeling of well being and not too much hustle and bustle<br />
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The long shopping street with all famous brands represented, the cafés, bars and restaurants everything looked warm and cosy.<br />
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I certainly would go back there and really visit the city ! Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-76488044736905014332019-10-22T07:00:00.000+02:002019-10-22T07:00:04.283+02:00AQUARIUM NAUSICAA - BOULOGNE SUR MER The year's end excursion for the seniors of our city took us to Boulogne sur Mer where we visited the <a href="https://www.nausicaa.co.uk/the-aquarium/">Aquarium Nausicaa</a> (all details here) The French Tourist Office describes it as the biggest of Europe. As everything is always the most beautiful, or the biggest or greatest in France, I wasn't surprised when I saw it. It was not so big at all and all signs for the different species of the water world was placed like in a mace, and as everybody walked of their own, I did it with my two friends and of course got lost turned around had to ask several times and finally gave up. But apparently we didn't miss a lot, but what we saw was really very interesting. I had never seen so many different fishes of all sizes and colors in my whole life !<br />
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From the city itself we only saw a few houses from far. We had come for the Nausicaa aquarium and lunch which for some seniors is more important then the subject of the excursion ! <br />
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We got out of the bus and walked along the sea to the Aquarium.<br />
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At the entrance we were checked for arms and weapons and had to go through a scanner, but this is normal nowadays everywhere. There was a nice bar with a beautiful view on the sea but unfortunately it was closed. I don't know why because it was around 11 am.<br />
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We had this nice green bus and after having seen all the water creatures, we went into a very nice restaurant, where we had 5 courses and drinks as much as you wanted included in the price. We stayed there for at least 3 hours and then walked back to the bus again to return home.<br />
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Even here we met our friend Napoleon from the battle of Waterloo. <br />
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From out of the Bus window a glimpse on Boulogne sur Mer<br />
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Little fishes, I don't remember their name<br />
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and this monster was busy to swallow a shrimp, which was sitting on its head and had walked slowly down directly into his mouth. <br />
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Another huge fish<br />
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Jelly fishes in all forms and sizes<br />
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Isn't that a friendly smile ?<br />
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Children trying to catch a fish through the glass<br />
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Herings<br />
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Fake grotto with different aquariums inside<br />
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A feeding place, but I don't know for whom may be sea lions, which I haven't seen. There are feeding times.<br />
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A few very impressive fishes<br />
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A cute chameleon<br />
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It is an ideal place for people who love the sea and its creatures <br />
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Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-88555314973109713492019-10-15T07:00:00.000+02:002019-10-15T07:00:09.105+02:00NORTHERN COUNTRIES TOUR - SALZBURG When we arrived in the morning in Salzburg which translated means Salt Fortress, it was very hot already around 30°. Therefore I only discovered the "Altstadt", the old town of Salzburg with the house where Mozart was born, and the Mirabell palace with its wonderful park. <br />
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If you are interested in the history of Salzburg you can find it <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salzburg">here</a><br />
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Our guide took us first to the house where Mozart was born. It was a quite big house which also was a museum. For those interested in music it was certainly worthwhile to see it from the inside.<br />
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I didn't because in this limited time I wanted to see other things. I noticed that the town was full of Mozart souvenirs on cups, plates etc the full marketing program and of course the famous "Mozartkugel"<br />
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A Mozartkugel, is a small, round sugar confection made of pistachio marzipan and nougat that is covered with dark chocolate. It was originally known as Mozart-Bonbon, created in 1890 by Salzburg confectioner Paul Fürst and named after Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.<br />
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I wandered along the main street in the old city and admired the beautiful old houses all in pink colors, which looked so cheerful. <br />
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There was one boutique or shop of all kinds in this very long street, or maybe it seemed so long because of the increasng heat.<br />
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The name of the street was Getreidegasse, no idea why it was named like this it means Croplane.<br />
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From time to time I went into a souvenr shop to cool down, and rest at least inside the shops they had airconditoning. <br />
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I didn't buy anything there was nothing to my taste and the prices quite expensve.<br />
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From time to time there were these "tunnels" between the houses which led on parks or "Biergarten" which means Beergarden. <br />
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It was nice and cooler there and I wanted to have a drink but apparently I wasn't the only one the Biergarten was full. Besides was a market, which I overlooked, there were mostly vegetables.<br />
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and then I had enough, I wanted to sit down, watch the people and have a cool drink. I found this nice restaurant just opposite the Mozart house which had an owl as sign. After my beer and a snack had this wonderful Ice Coffee. Others from my group saw me sitting there and as there were some free seats, they almost fell on the chairs. We were exhausted from the heat, too much is too much. We came to the conclusion that from what we had seen of the city it was a real cozy little town, now it's not so little because there are many districts and we had only seen the old town. <br />
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In front of the Salzburg cathedral<br />
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After we had all met at the Mozart house again we returned to our bus, through the beautiful park of the Mirabel castle.<br />
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Even if I missed some tourist attractions like the Salt Mines of Salzburg, and many other things because of the awful heat, I would love to return there and spent some more time.Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-83557110611197224982019-09-24T09:28:00.000+02:002019-09-24T09:28:50.769+02:00A SIGHTSEEING TOUR OF BRUSSELSI have done sightseeing tours in almost all big cities I have visited except in my own town Brussels. As the weather was beautiful and it was the Sunday "Brussels without cars" I thought it would be a good idea to make this tour. My two neighbor girls came with me.<br />
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It is nice to see all streets without cars, except a few with a special permission, and the public transports, bus, tram and metro of course, and for free !! <br />
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We looked around and I tried to take pictures.<br />
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There were still some beautiful houses left, which hadn't been destroyed to built modern glass boxes. There were a lot of people in the streets and there was a cheerful atmosphere<br />
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There are a lot of parks in Brussels where people sat on the grass or walked around<br />
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In the background you can see the Cinquantenaire, which was built for the 50th anniversary of Belgium and hosts now a museum and showrooms.Everywhere were bikes or scooters and a lot to eat and drink !<br />
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This is the Brussels North station. Above is how I knew it when I took the train everyday for work and underneath how it looks today. I didn't recognize anything ! The only high building where balls were organized and a lot of companies had their offices and where I used to go dancing when I was 18, had also disappeared ! <br />
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The whole area had been demolished and replaced by glass boxes, I had the feeling to be in Dubai ! Then I thought if somebody would drop me in a city I wouldn't know where I am, because now they look all the same ! Sad. <br />
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Here lives the King Philip and Queen Mathilde with their 5 children. <br />
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Opposite of the castle is a huge park again and a memorial of a king.<br />
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Fortunately some areas are untouched and the old beautiful houses are still standing.<br />
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The Basilique, sitting on a hill. It's a catholic church, which has also a theatre and a restaurant. <br />
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The canal which connects Brussels to the Antwerp port<br />
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There was a whole group of bikers arriving<br />
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This beautiful Art-Deco building escaped the massacre<br />
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Les beaux Arts, theatre and exhibition hall<br />
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The museum of music<br />
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The street leading to the Palais de Justice (Justice palace)<br />
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The outside of the National museum<br />
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A beautiful church<br />
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On the hill where in the past criminals were hanged, there is now a huge wheel from which you have a wonderful overview from Brussels.<br />
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Just one car, where usually there are traffic jams<br />
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This had been the old Belgian TV Station <br />
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The Schumann station in the middle of the area where all European institutions are and also a lot of embassies.<br />
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The European parliament<br />
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All this didn't exist when my father worked for the EU (at that time Commun Market) <br />
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Houses like this were all demolished there are only a few still standing.<br />
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A rather special architecture<br />
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I don't know why this old bridge leads to a very modern building<br />
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There was a square surrounded with these European offices I think it is the Schumann square, but I am not sure I had never seen this ! I think last time I was there must be 40 or so years ago !<br />
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And here is the Berlaymont office which houses the headquarters of the European Commission, the executive of the European Union (EU). <br />
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and these are the surroundings I recognized the street where I had been two weeks before in the German embassy.<br />
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Our sightseeing tour lasted nearly 4 hours, because we made the two parts, the North and the South.<br />
It was so interesting, but also a bit sad, because the Brussels of my youth had disappeared. Only a few things hadn't changed. Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-60272723303049232342019-09-17T07:00:00.000+02:002019-09-17T07:00:12.637+02:00BUDAPEST - HUNGARY When I was for two days in Budapest I fell in love with this city ! I can't say why, but it was such a charming town and people were all so friendly. We stayed for two nights in the Ibis Hotel which fortunately was located in the center of Budapest. In our free time I could travel on the bus for free because I was over 65 and I was not even Hungarian ! In my own country I have to pay for seniors ! I also found Budapest very modern, there was Wifi nearly everywhere, it looked clean and I tried to see as much as possible in this short time and therefore took a sightseeing bus, which I could use the whole day. It was so nice to sit on the top and have a nice view over the streets and houses.<br />
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I won't describe its whole history you can find it <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest">here</a>. Budapest has something for everyone – from dramatic history and flamboyant architecture to healing thermal waters and a nightlife that is unrivalled in Eastern and Central Europe.<br />
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Architecturally, the city is a treasure trove, with enough baroque, neoclassical, Eclectic and art nouveau buildings to satisfy everyone. Overall, though, Budapest has a fin de siècle feel to it, for it was then, during the capital’s ‘golden age' in the late 19th century, that most of what you see today was built.<br />
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And here are some photos I have taken in Budapest. <br />
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Fisherman's Bastion<br />
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a look over Budapest <br />
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Castle and Parliament<br />
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Chain bridge<br />
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Views of Budapest's streets from the sightseeing bus<br />
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View from our hotel window ! Interesting how people live<br />
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<a href="https://www.newyorkcafe.hu/new-york-cafe.html#">The New York Café</a> outside. It was close to our hotel and the bus station was just at their door. Unfortunately I didn't go inside, which I sincerely regret, I didn't know what a beautiful café it was !<br />
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Saw it later on Internet<br />
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reminders of comunist times<br />
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In the evening we had a cruise on the Danube, with Champagne ! It was absolutely gorgeous ! The views !! I have seen a lot in my life but I was really impressed <br />
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cruise ships on the Danube<br />
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and all these beautiful illuminated buildings <br />
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and at the end of the cruise the moon.<br />
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There were a lot more to see in Budapest, I only had an overlook, a city to visit again, that's for sure ! Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-77241551450004800512019-09-10T07:00:00.000+02:002019-09-10T07:00:06.840+02:00DINANT - BELGIUM With my friends I had booked a day trip to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinant">Dinant</a>.<br />
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Its story is one of many battles. First of all, Dinant has been there a long time. The first mention dates from the 7th century! Isn’t that amazing? The Citadel of Dinant is a fortress located in the Walloon city of Dinant in the province of Namur, Belgium. The current fort was built in 1815 on a site which was originally fortified in 1051 when the region was ruled by the Prince-Bishopric of Liège<br />
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Dinant was exposed to quite a few battles in the Middle Ages, as it had a strategic location on the Meuse river. Also in World War 1 there was a lot of destruction, when French and German troops fought for the town in the Battle of Dinant. 80% got destroyed. But just as every place that saw destruction, it got rebuilt and is a beautiful place to visit now!<br />
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Our bus first drove us to the the Citadel of Dinant. We visited the fortress, but I preferred by far the beautiful views you had from up there over this picturesque little town.<br />
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BTW Alphonse Sax who invented the saxophone, was born here in Dinant. Now it has a special centre entirely devoted to him, but the visit to this place was not included in our program.<br />
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It rained a bit when we arrived at the entrance of the citadel<br />
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I saw this tower probably with canons inside to shoot the enemy and an airplane from WW I<br />
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The views over Dinant were just beautiful. It looked like a toy town. <br />
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Then we went inside. The walls were very thick, you could never have a problem with your neighbor.<br />
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Our guide showed us the prison. In the first cell was a surprise as he said. Indeed when you looked inside you saw your own face in a mirror ! <br />
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These terrible "machines" were from long before the WWI time ! The guillotine to cut your head off and another one for thieves, to cut the right hand off ! <br />
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There was a blacksmith and a bakery<br />
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Dormitories for 40 soldiers ! Must have kept the officer awake because of the snoring noise ! <br />
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and the kitchen<br />
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The guide explained the history of all battles which took place here. This finished the guided tour and we went to the cable car.<br />
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It was very funny, because most of us had never taken or long time ago a cable car. <br />
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Now we could see all the houses in reality, which seemed to be toy houses from high above where we had been, on the top of the rock !<br />
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Along these houses was the river Meuse on which we had our lunch cruise. <br />
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We sat at the beautifully dressed tables and had a wonderful meal, while looking outside on the landscape.<br />
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Meanwhile the sun had come out and we could sit on the deck<br />
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We had been there, behind the church !<br />
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views from the boat.<br />
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After almost 3 hours our cruise ended and we went back to the cable car which took us up again to the Citadel, where our bus waited to take us home.<br />
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Next time we will see a bit more of the city. It is really a worthwhile place to see or even spend some holidays. <br />
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<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-62036313040401190912019-09-03T07:00:00.000+02:002019-09-03T07:00:03.908+02:00BANSKA BYSTRICA - SLOVAKIAOn our way to Budapest we made a lunch stop in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bansk%C3%A1_Bystrica">Banska Bystrica</a> in Slovakia.<br />
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We drove through a beautiful landscape.<br />
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I only have seen the most important things in Banska Bystrica, enough to appreciate this little town which receives tourists in winter for ski holidays and for summer holidays. <br />
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The pride of Banská Bystrica is its central square rebuilt into a throbbing pedestrian zone with an original charm and atmosphere. I enjoyed to walk around this square and admired the beautiful multicoloured houses.<br />
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The square<br />
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The museum<br />
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The Barbican<br />
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a fountain<br />
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The tower<br />
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The museum<br />
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Apparently it can be best admired from the Clock tower. But I didn't go up there. It was built in 1552 as part of the town prison. The most beautiful building of the southern row of the square is Thurzos House, which today is a museum.<br />
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After having walked around this rather huge square, I was hungry and I found a nice restaurant. I looked for something to eat and of course wanted something special from the country. I finally had a "Langos" which were potato dumplings with sheep cheese and roasted bacon. It was delicious.<br />
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The visit was short, but I would say it is worthwhile to return into this little town. Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-65219075087552145752019-08-15T07:00:00.000+02:002019-08-15T07:00:03.607+02:00NORTHERN HIGHLIGHT TOUR - KRAKOW-POLAND When we visited Krakow, I immediately loved this city. It had a special charm. Unfortunately a part of the photos I have taken have disappeared. I only can show you a few one. But still it gives you an idea of the city. <br />
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Krakow had been the capital of Poland (today it is Warsaw) but still is the capital of the historical region. With just under 800,000 inhabitants and 327 km ² area it is the second largest city in Poland and visited annually by about 9 million tourists.<br />
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It is a student city. Just under a third of Krakow residents are students. The former capital is one of the oldest and most beautiful cities in Poland. Unlike most Polish cities, Krakow was not destroyed during the Second World War and therefore has one of the most complete buildings from the Romanesque to the Art Nouveau of Europe with particularly many architectural monuments from the Gothic and Renaissance.<br />
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In 1978, Karol Wojtyła, archbishop of Kraków, became Pope John Paul II—the first Slavic pope ever, and the first non-Italian pope in 455 years.<br />
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The hotel we stayed in, was my favourite of all hotels I have slept in during the tour !<br />
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It was an old hotel but very modern inside, it had kept the old furniture in the public places and there were little crocheted table clothes everywhere. It looked so homely. Our room was very huge and very comfortable.<br />
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This was the view I had looking out of the window. Just opposite the street was a cat café !<br />
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As a cat lover this was of course something for me. When I had finished my sightseeing tour and had walked around enough, I had a coffee here with a delicious piece of cake. The cats wandered around and the huge ginger cat kept me company.<br />
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Walking through the beautiful city park<br />
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I arrived at the Barbican – a fortified outpost once connected to the city walls. It is a historic gateway leading into the Old Town. A very impressive building.<br />
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Inside Barbican<br />
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When the pope visited his home town in 1979 he stayed in the Bishop's Palace which is the second largest palace in Kraków and has been the residence of Kraków's bishops since it was first built in the 14th century. Today the Palace is most famous for having been the residence of Cardinal Karol Wojtyla from 1958 to 1978, before he became Pope John Paul II. During his visits to Kraków as Pope he would often make evening appearances in the 'Papal Window' to address the crowds<br />
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In honor of the pope<br />
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The market place <br />
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I stopped on this huge place and sat outside in a restaurant while watching the colorful carosses, I had a plate of Pierogi. Pierogi are dumplings that are most often filled with "ruskie" ("ruskie" meaning "Ruthenian" - with curd cheese and potato), meat, cabbage, mushroom, They are delicious and I can only recommend ! <br />
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Here you will find everything you should know if you intend to visit <a href="https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Krak%C3%B3w">Krakow</a>. I think I should go back there and visit the city more. From what I have seen it was one of my favourite cities. <br />
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Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-85195582812851143722019-08-10T22:06:00.000+02:002019-08-11T00:34:48.338+02:00AUSCHWITZ AN AMUSEMENT PARK ?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveQ8hgVZINashajJDEW7wAgKDEv4L42JPBUgAh3qeTbGqVVGQB5L69I1PX48iJOfIkLR2ONJaEjXwieeGq5b3iCEWGkoq_lXCsAUPDtMsJUw5F1p6Tm8odOUYKnDpTkmbI54W/s1600/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1600" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiveQ8hgVZINashajJDEW7wAgKDEv4L42JPBUgAh3qeTbGqVVGQB5L69I1PX48iJOfIkLR2ONJaEjXwieeGq5b3iCEWGkoq_lXCsAUPDtMsJUw5F1p6Tm8odOUYKnDpTkmbI54W/s320/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" width="320" /></a><br />
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When I saw that our tour also included a visit to Auschwitz my heart sank ! Long forgotten memories suddenly came up again. As a child and adolescent, I had seen and heard so much of it and attended an exhibition with the school, as there was no Auschwitz Museum back then. I remembered people coming back from there as skeletons, but as a kid I did not understand anything, that came later when we visited this exhibition. It was terrible. I was in such a shock that I got a high fever and had nightmares, I saw skeletons with huge eyes standing in each corner of my room. So I told our guide that I would wait in the bus or next to the bus along with others who did not want to go either.<br />
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To my surprise our guide told me that there was a nice restaurant where I could eat something and wait or walk around in the park ! A restaurant and a park ?? I had imagined an ugly dark place only with these barracks around and nothing else. I didn't know that 70 years later it had been transformed completely and was now a "Museum" which should teach the world that "such an horror should never happen again".<br />
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I think that all over the world, it's known that Auschwitz has become a symbol of terror, genocide, and the Shoah. Over 1.1 million men, women and children were killed here under atrocious circumstances.<br />
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Auschwitz is the biggest tourist attraction in Poland, with over a million visitors each year, but whereas a typical museum pays tribute to beauty or knowledge, this one is all about hatred and intolerance and what it can lead to. And still a lot of people didn't get it.<br />
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Auschwitz has also become a big business. The entrance fee is around 30 Euros. More expensive with a guide. Imagine a family of only 4 persons, not everybody can afford this horror show.<br />
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When we arrived, I was surprised to see a nice parking place with huge trees around, and I wondered if the trees had seen what happened here over 74 years ago, when the allies finally discovered this place. <br />
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A parking like for every attraction park<br />
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a lot of buses from everywhere<br />
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I saw a barack from far and felt cold<br />
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People chatting and laughing, sitting on benches. Children ran around, it was amazing that there was not a playground !<br />
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Memorials of all countries in the world stood there, nobody was very interested.<br />
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Some people were interested in the commemorative plaques<br />
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I watched the entrance. People of all ages were there, old and young couples, even little children ! <br />
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Outside a map of the concentration camp<br />
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and this nice restaurant, where I had a coffee, I couldn't eat. Here it was rather empty but then it filled up with people coming out of the camp. Most of them where smiling or even laughing I only saw one old lady who cried. <br />
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That's all I could see from outside and honestly for me it was enough !<br />
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I talked to a lady who was probably as old as me and she told me that her mother had been here and survived by miracle. She was so sad of what she saw here ! Even showers to refresh the tourists. <br />
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At least one Israeli tourist complained about the mist-spraying showers, that “they looked like the showers that the Jews were forced to take before entering the gas chambers.”<br />
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The Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum said it has installed sets of “showers” at the entrance which are meant to cool off tourists from the summer heat !! Business is business !<br />
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One of my group told me what she has seen inside. People taking selfies in front of the gas chambers ! Laughing at the hairs which lay there and found that they were good to make wiggs !<br />
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Having fun out of the windows, riding on a cross, balancing on the rails of the train who took the victims to the camp, having fun with the shower or make the "Heil Hitler" sign ! The worst was the mini skirt ! Although I haven't seen a "souvenir shop" it must have been outside.<br />
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As I had no pictures of what the lady had told me I just googled "Tourist behaviour in Auschwitz" and this was the result.<br />
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I was disgusted, I was shocked, no wonder that there are still the same attrocities going on ! Nobody has learned anything ! The only thing perhaps, how to make money ! I wonder where all this money goes ?? <br />
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Linking to <a href="https://lindaghill.com/2019/08/09/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-august-10-19/comment-page-1/#comment-134095">SOCS Linda.G.Hill</a>Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-60495510188306712572019-08-08T09:56:00.000+02:002019-08-08T10:02:21.742+02:00NORTHERN HIGHLIGHT TOUR - PRAGUE - CZECHOSLOVAKIA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ8_rf5VNZxS8xqPMqkKL4DvFvXqN5saBNJsBcVmDvUE04PLS80HAG5HctVR2eYNmzDXQJn1Tphersa5gqDfc2004Nm_nnZRNLo3yTcFZ05zjQanA8fL0CV0DoqvRmxkNaFwF/s1600/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" imageanchor="1"> <img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1600" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ8_rf5VNZxS8xqPMqkKL4DvFvXqN5saBNJsBcVmDvUE04PLS80HAG5HctVR2eYNmzDXQJn1Tphersa5gqDfc2004Nm_nnZRNLo3yTcFZ05zjQanA8fL0CV0DoqvRmxkNaFwF/s320/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" width="320" /></a><br />
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approaching Prague<br />
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We checked into this huge box hotel, named Hotel Krystal, I don't know why, and for the first time in my life I slept on the 10th floor !! The view would have been nice if the hotel would have been located near Prague !<br />
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View out of our window on the outskirts of Prague <br />
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Our bus stopped at the river for a parking place and we had a first look on the Charles Bridge. There also were a lot of ducks and a strange animal which came towards us, some of us believed it was a rat, but we weren't sure and even our guide didn't know. Then it returned into the water and swam away. <br />
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In Prague it was pouring ! Therefore I didn't see very much from Prague this afternoon on the first day, but umbrellas, when our bus took us to Prague ! The local guide in Prague didn't walk but was jogging so we jogged after him wet like cats I didn't even have time to take a picture, which anyway in the rain wasn't possible. My mood sank ! I quickly bought an umbrella which didn't help very much !<br />
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Then of course I didn't see the guide anymore but our guide had a yellow umbrella, so I ran after the next yellow umbrella, which was the wrong one. Fortunately I found the group again the guides had to stop at a traffic light.<br />
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Finally we reached the <a a="" attractions="" czech-republic="" href="https://www.blogger.com/%3Ca%20href=" https:="" old-town-hall="" poi-sig="" prague="" www.lonelyplanet.com="">Town Hall Tower</a>" where we stood beneath and waited for the Astronomical Clock to get into action. Each hour in only 45 seconds 12 apostles parade past the windows above the clock, nodding to the crowd. Death rings a bell and inverts his hourglass.<br />
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There was such crowd watching with umbrellas and wet clothes that it really wasn't a pleasure. It's certainly not a place to go in July when many countries have their school holidays. Anyway I saw the tower, but can't remember the apostels ! <br />
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Walking through the city center we saw a French market, with French products only. No time to stop but we had the whole day off the next day to come back if we wanted to. <br />
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It was a shame that on these old buildings "street artists" had left their traces !<br />
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At a moment we arrived at the <a href="https://www.praguego.com/attractions/charles-bridge/">Charles Bridge</a> a Gothic stone bridge that connects the Old Town and Lesser Town. It was actually called the Stone Bridge during its first several centuries. Its construction was commissioned by Czech king and Holy Roman Emperor Charles IV and began in 1357.<br />
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A total of Baroque statues began to be placed along either side of Charles Bridge in the 17th century. Now many of them are copies and the originals can be seen in the Lapidarium museum. The most popular statue is probably the one of St. John of Nepomuk, a Czech martyr saint who was executed during the reign of Wenceslas IV by being thrown into the Vltava from the bridge. The plaque on the statue has been polished to a shine by countless people having touched it over the centuries. Touching the statue is supposed to bring good luck and ensure your return to Prague. <br />
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The shiny plaque. Apparently it brings luck to touch it. <br />
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From the bridge you had a beautiful view over the river.<br />
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Our next stop was the Prague Castle a castle complex built in the 9th century. It is the official office of the President of the Czech Republic. The castle was a seat of power for kings of Bohemia, Holy Roman emperors, and presidents of Czechoslovakia. The Bohemian Crown Jewels are kept within a hidden room inside it.<br />
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According to the Guinness Book of Records, Prague Castle is the largest ancient castle in the world,[ occupying an area of almost 70,000 square metres (750,000 square feet), at about 570 metres (1,870 feet) in length and an average of about 130 metres (430 feet) wide. <br />
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Of course we only could see a small part of it and not the inside either. <br />
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I had a look into the castle and at the many statues surrounding the court.<br />
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To my surprise there was a guard change at the Palace, like for a King or Queen, but this was only the President, and I had never seen a President's guard change ! Shouldn't be in a Republic ! But of course it's good for the Tourist industry. The King of Belgium has no guards anymore, he didn't want that they were standing still freezing in the winter and melting in the summer.<br />
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The view over Prague was very nice a pity that the sky was so grey.<br />
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We also went into the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Vitus_Cathedral">St Vitus Cathedral</a> Built over a time span of almost 600 years, St Vitus is one of the most richly endowed cathedrals in central Europe. It is pivotal to the religious and cultural life of the Czech Republic, housing treasures that range from the 14th-century mosaic of the Last Judgement and the tombs of St Wenceslas and Charles IV, to the baroque silver tomb of St John of Nepomuk, the ornate Chapel of St Wenceslas and art nouveau stained glass by Alfons Mucha.<br />
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When we crossed this square I thought it was a Christmas market, but the little houses were souvenir or food shops. Probably during Christmas time, they just change the decoration.<br />
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The next day we were free and could explore the city alone. <br />
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I walked a bit through the old city and the bridge <br />
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and a bit along the shopping boulevard which looked very modern<br />
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watched the police arresting two street acrobates<br />
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and finally found in a park this memorial commemorating the Second World War.<br />
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Our stay in Prague ended with a cruise on the river Vltava (Moldau) <br />
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It was a very pleasant cruise and we could see a lot along the riversides and a lot of ships !<br />
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There was a buffet dressed for us and to my surprise I was served a non alcohol beer the same brand they serve in Egypt and which I had never found anywhere else ! <br />
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Our cruise boat.<br />
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All in all it was Prague which I liked the less from all the big cities I have seen on this tour. Maybe because everybody had told me what a beautiful city it was and I had expected too much. Or it is just a city you have to stay much longer then just 2 days. <br />
<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-88014326965264391652019-08-06T07:00:00.000+02:002019-08-06T09:40:28.159+02:00NORTHERN HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - NURNBERG/GERMANY <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ8_rf5VNZxS8xqPMqkKL4DvFvXqN5saBNJsBcVmDvUE04PLS80HAG5HctVR2eYNmzDXQJn1Tphersa5gqDfc2004Nm_nnZRNLo3yTcFZ05zjQanA8fL0CV0DoqvRmxkNaFwF/s1600/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1600" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWZ8_rf5VNZxS8xqPMqkKL4DvFvXqN5saBNJsBcVmDvUE04PLS80HAG5HctVR2eYNmzDXQJn1Tphersa5gqDfc2004Nm_nnZRNLo3yTcFZ05zjQanA8fL0CV0DoqvRmxkNaFwF/s320/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" width="320" /></a><br />
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Ready for the start !<br />
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The first stop of our tour was Nürnberg.<br />
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Nuremberg is the second-largest city of the German federal state of Bavaria after its capital Munich, and its 511,628 inhabitants make it the 14th largest city in Germany. We stopped there for a few hours.<br />
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I had been in Nürnberg long time ago for the famous Nurnberg Toy Messe (fair). Of course the exhibition hall was not in the new one you see today, because it was in 1965 when I was 22 years old ! At that time I worked there to translate German to the visitors into English and French. From the city I haven't seen very much, at that time I also was more interested in Nürnberg's night life together with my colleagues.<br />
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This time I visited the city center of <a href="https://www.britannica.com/place/Nurnberg">Nürnberg</a>. <br />
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The city is famous for its medieval walls and ancient castle, gingerbread cookies, toy manufacturing, Gothic churches, Nürnberger bratwurst and the Christmas market. The city dates back to the year 1050 and for around 500 years, it was the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire, sometimes referred to by historians as the First Reich or first German empire. <br />
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In January 1945, 90% of the old city of Nürnberg was destroyed when it was bombed by the Allies because of its historic importance to Hitler and the Nazis. The famous Nürnberg Castle and the city wall were damaged in the bombing raid, but have been restored. Much of Nürnberg was rebuilt to look like the original, but there are also modern buildings, as shown in the photo below.<br />
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Because of its close association with the Nazi party, the city of Nürnberg was chosen as the site of the International Military Tribunal, the war crimes trial, which started in November 1945 at the Justizgebäude (Palace of Justice). After the war, Nuremberg was in the American zone of occupation and American troops were stationed in the city until 1992. My aunt my mother's sister was a translator in this trial and translated German into English. Later she married an American and followed him to the States in Madison/Wisc.<br />
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The city is the home of the unique National Germanic Museum, chartered in 1852; it features a complete collection of Dürer’s printed graphic works and is the largest museum of German art and culture. Of course we had no time to visit it.<br />
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When I hear the name Nürnberg, it makes me think of Christmas ! and his Christmas market called Christkindelsmarkt (Christ Child Market). It was the start of Christmas markets all over the world. Historians assume that the market has its origins in traditional sales at the weekly market between 1610 and 1639.<br />
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Nürnberg is famous for its Ginger Bread (Lebkuchen) which can be traced back to the 13th century. While lebkuchen are popular all over Germany, the ones sold in Nuremberg stand out because of their unique taste. These concoctions are made of flour, ginger, cloves, cinnamon and nuts, and simply melt in your mouth. They come in various shapes and with creative toppings.<br />
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Very much recommended to try is the "Bratwurst" of Nuremberg a sausage which is not allowed to be over 9 centimeters (3.5 inches) long or more than 25 grams (.9 ounces) in weight, it can only be made out of minced pork and its fat content should not exceed 35%. Also, only sausages produced in Nuremberg have the right to be called Nuremberg sausages. Nuremberg produces over 3 million sausages every single day, much of which is exported to all over the world.<br />
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The Nuremberg Bretzel (pretzels) is everyone’s favorite bread and is found everywhere you look in Nuremberg.<br />
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Of course I had to try the Bratwurst and also bought a "Bretzel" filled with cheese for the way.<br />
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I walked along the streets and around the market place, I admired the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Nuremberg">Frauenkirche</a> <br />
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and watched a photographer taking pictures of two couples in wedding outfits in front of the city hall.<br />
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Little wooden Christmas figurines. Nurenberg is also famous for its Christmas decoration. Funny to see in July !<br />
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Around the market place, you had the choice between Nurenberg's specialities ! <br />
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Bratwurst !!<br />
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A well<br />
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Nurenberg's river crossing the city <br />
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Busy shopping street<br />
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and some female "monks" who tried to convince the tourists for a better life in heaven or whatever !<br />
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Of course there are many other things to see, like the castle, but I didn't have the courage to walk up the hill and see it.<br />
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At least I had seen enough from Nurenberg to decide if I want to come back for a little longer or not. Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-55356274530850949182019-08-01T08:37:00.002+02:002019-08-01T08:50:09.012+02:00NORTHERN HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - KRAKOV SALTMINE - POLAND<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj208qseQGExxnj47A3b-NwJsAzmHBb85DgUQjJlNyWUUfjUx6QJIdPoIKS-n88SM3uenPpmsBrIVf4VSLgkOpltKxX37aIU1_QI4TC9DkfWLfnqkZfbcDUgMxjreYSJH_Lo/s1600/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1600" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj208qseQGExxnj47A3b-NwJsAzmHBb85DgUQjJlNyWUUfjUx6QJIdPoIKS-n88SM3uenPpmsBrIVf4VSLgkOpltKxX37aIU1_QI4TC9DkfWLfnqkZfbcDUgMxjreYSJH_Lo/s200/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" width="200" /></a><br />
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Only 15 km from Krakow our bus drove us to the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wieliczka_Salt_Mine">Wieliczka Salt Mine</a> one of the oldest in the world built in the 13th century continuing table salt production right up until 2007, making it one of the world's oldest operating salt mines. Today salt is no longer mined in Wieliczka, but this original underground complex is preserved in a great condition, making it a world-class monument. Wieliczka Salt Mine was recognised in the UNESCO’s World Cultural and Natural Heritage List due to its breathtaking underground chambers carved entirely in salt.<br />
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We were warned, we had to walk a lot down the mine.<br />
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It started with the first shaft to Level I of the mine. It is situated 64 m underground, and we had to go down 380 stairs. The next levels lead us even deeper, 135 m more in the underground. In total there are 800 steps along the whole route. Going down was Ok, fortunately we didn't have to go up the steps but took a funny elevator. Difficult to describe there were 3 or 4 cabins one on top of the other and we were squeezed inside like sardines in a can. When the elevator stopped the load of the first cabin walked out then went down so that the second cabin could be liberated etc. We all laughed inside because nobody had ever taken a lift like this. Fortunately none of us was claustrophobic ! <br />
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It certainly was a very amazing mine, not at all what I had imagined. I had thought we would see raw salt rocks and how it had been cut out and carried to the surface, instead we walked miles and miles of long corridors, covered with wood and I didn't see any salt, but the air was smelling so pure and the walls tastedd salty, I tried it.<br />
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Everywhere you could see saints in salt or Marys in salt, in short a very catholic mine ! <br />
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On the last level there was the chapel of St. Kinga, where on Sunday mornings a mass is held and couples get married here ! I think these people are very brave to go down 800 steps to attend a mass ! <br />
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Everything you see here is made out of salt.<br />
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Due to the dim light, my pictures are not so good, but still gives an idea of what I have seen.<br />
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Down the 800 steps ! <br />
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It looks like stone but is sculptured out of salt ! <br />
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Horses were used to pull the wagons filled with salt. According to the guide they were very well taken care of ... but the poor things never saw daylight and a field ! But the air is very good and so not so terrible like the horses working in coal mines.<br />
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and we walked and walked and listened to the guide, sometimes the long corridors were interrupted by a religious sculpture in a corner.<br />
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An underground lake looked very beautiful in turquoise colors<br />
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A huge bassin filled with salt water<br />
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and finally I could see some real raw salt blocks <br />
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There also was a souvenir shop deep underground and of course out of salt.<br />
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There also was a restaurant which was closed, as it was quite late.<br />
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We then took the elevetor cabins, squeezed together by 5 or 6 people depending on each others volume !<br />
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It had been a very interesting tour, but for me the mine was not a mine anymore and I could hardly imagine people doing their very hard work here. With all these underground lakes, pits and chambers that have been made into detailed chapels, and an array of statues and monuments, all carved from salt it didn't look at all like a mine to me. Maybe because I had visited a coal mine which of course was completely different. <br />
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Linking to <a href="https://lindaghill.com/category/prompt-2/">One Liner Wednesday</a>Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-77630215441309588252019-07-30T07:00:00.000+02:002019-07-31T10:35:03.271+02:00NORTHERN HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - GRAZ-AUSTRIA<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj208qseQGExxnj47A3b-NwJsAzmHBb85DgUQjJlNyWUUfjUx6QJIdPoIKS-n88SM3uenPpmsBrIVf4VSLgkOpltKxX37aIU1_QI4TC9DkfWLfnqkZfbcDUgMxjreYSJH_Lo/s1600/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1600" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj208qseQGExxnj47A3b-NwJsAzmHBb85DgUQjJlNyWUUfjUx6QJIdPoIKS-n88SM3uenPpmsBrIVf4VSLgkOpltKxX37aIU1_QI4TC9DkfWLfnqkZfbcDUgMxjreYSJH_Lo/s200/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" width="200" /></a><br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graz">Graz</a> is the capital of Styria (Steiermark) and the second largest city of Austria with a population of just below 300,000 - about 40,000 of which are students of its six universities.<br />
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The ex body builder and ex governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger was born here. There is even an Arnold Schwarzenegger Museum with objects and photos from his childhood home.<br />
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I found some photos on Internet compared to his statue of earlier years he has shrinked a bit. We had no time to visit it, and honestly I was also more interested in the city ! Anyway it's interesting to know !<br />
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The Opera<br />
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A Pavillon like café<br />
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Fountain in the old town<br />
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Loved the architecture of this Bank<br />
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Townhall <br />
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A bar/restaurant<br />
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Our group<br />
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If you order a plate with porc in Austria, you will never be disappointed ! The food is real good !<br />
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The pig and I have the same smile (almost)<br />
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Graz has really a spectacular architecture from all periods. We only stayed there for a couple of hours so I didn't see everything, and it was hard to take pictures because our guide wanted to win a marathon. But at least I have seen enough to make my own opinion and I think it's a nice city to visit ! <br />
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<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-22966324156291623172019-07-28T12:36:00.000+02:002019-07-31T10:35:27.776+02:00NORTHERN HIGHLIGHTS TOUR - LJUBLJANA - SLOVENIA <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj208qseQGExxnj47A3b-NwJsAzmHBb85DgUQjJlNyWUUfjUx6QJIdPoIKS-n88SM3uenPpmsBrIVf4VSLgkOpltKxX37aIU1_QI4TC9DkfWLfnqkZfbcDUgMxjreYSJH_Lo/s1600/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="1600" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWj208qseQGExxnj47A3b-NwJsAzmHBb85DgUQjJlNyWUUfjUx6QJIdPoIKS-n88SM3uenPpmsBrIVf4VSLgkOpltKxX37aIU1_QI4TC9DkfWLfnqkZfbcDUgMxjreYSJH_Lo/s200/Eastern-Highlights-Map_3CE.png" width="200" /></a><br />
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On our tour we also visited <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ljubljana">Ljubljana</a>, Slovenia's capital and largest city. It is one of Europe's greenest and most liveable capitals. Car traffic is restricted in the centre, leaving the leafy banks of the emerald-green Ljubljanica River, which flows through the city's heart, free for pedestrians and cyclists. In summer, cafes set up terrace seating along the river; it almost feels like a nightly street party.<br />
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Slovenia was part of Yougoslavia before it broke into pieces. <br />
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Having checked in to our Hotel in the afternoon, we met in the Hotel lobby for a walking tour with our guide.<br />
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The first thing I noticed while walking down the street was that almost all houses or walls or whatever was covered with graffitis ! <br />
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It needs to be said though, graffiti are officially illegal, but there are some spots where they are perfectly acceptable. It seems that a place named Metelkova is one big art show. Unfortunately I haven't seen this place, but there were so many graffiti over the whole town, that for me it made no difference. The graffiti often get repainted. The ones you see in this blog post, may not be there anymore when you decide to visit Ljubiliana <br />
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I have been told that this “underground” subculture rebels against authority and capitalism after the country had been under communist regime. So some artists expressed their new "Freedom of Speech" in painting ! For tourists there are even "Graffiti Tours"<br />
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We wandered through the city <br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Bridge_(Ljubljana)">Dragon bridge</a> has also a cute legend that Jason (Greek mythology) was the founder of Ljubljana, and he and his Argonauts killed a dragon. This is one of the four dragon statues on the bridge.<br />
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According to local legends, when a virgin crosses the bridge, the dragons will wag their tails. As it was so hot I sat just in front of the bridge in a café and had a drink. I stayed there for at least an hour but the Dragons didn't wave with their tails ....... <br />
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It still is the use in so many European countries to hang a lock on bridges to lock your love. It had started in Paris, the love-lock "Pont des Arts" bridge, has removed the locks because they became too heavy for the bridge. <br />
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Along the river was one café, restaurant, pub etc side by side ! You had the choice ! <br />
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Beautiful buildings all over the town. <br />
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Here we were waiting for the others to walk back to our hotel.<br />
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Even the huge old communist buildings were "decorated" with graffiti.<br />
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I liked this town very much, from what I have seen in this short time, it is small and really beautiful and there is a lot going on for all age groups. For me it would be worthwhile to go back and explore it more. <br />
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<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-49185678181339528092019-06-04T10:27:00.000+02:002019-06-04T10:27:59.460+02:00A DAY ON THE YVOIR ISLAND We had booked a daily excursion to Yvoir a little town near Namur at the beginning of the Ardennes. It had been important for the resistance against the German attacks in 1940.<br />
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We were very lucky this day it was sunny and even a little too hot 30° ! <br />
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Our first stop took us to Spontin a little town where the train station was located. We took an old train which was built from 1890 to 1907 and closed for public use in 1960. In 1992 volunteers restored it for tourists throughout the summer. It allows to discover a beautiful valley. <br />
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The train inside had wooden seats and we were happy that we didn't have to travel for miles and miles !<br />
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After this adventure with a few stops because there was something to be made at the engine, but don't ask me what, we returned to the Spontin station and our bus.<br />
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We arrived at the station and climbed in the train. Nicole and I in front of the bus, and then Myriam and Nicole in the train.<br />
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I loved the local bricks which were used for all buildings. This was the station.<br />
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We saw a lot of green, but also very rocky wild looking places and then buildings<br />
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Little villages<br />
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The next stop was the Yvoir Island. We drove through a beautiful landscape and picturesque little houses and villages and arrived at the Meuse river where a little ferry which took us to the island only 400 m long and 100 m wide, it covers an area of 2.5 ha (6.1 acres).<br />
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Our bus dropped us off and we walked through the city to the ferries.<br />
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On the ferry<br />
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There was a restaurant on the island, a playground for kids, a beach and boats of course. We had a nice meal, a barbecue and a Tiramisu and coffee.<br />
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Walking towards the restaurant where we had our barbecue<br />
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Nicole, Myriam and me <br />
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Views from the island<br />
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After 3 hours the Bus took us to a Brewery which was built in 1858. It started as a little Brewery annexed to a farm. The beers were only sold locally. With the creation of the beer "La Gaulloise" a dark strong beer, the brewery became too big and was bought by another Brewery. Today the annual production is 94.000 l !<br />
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The brewery and its Brasserie where we got our drinks.<br />
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A very strong beer called "Skull" and the label of the Gauloise which made the Brewery so famous.<br />
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We just assisted politely the tour a little bit <br />
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admired the huge copper container from inside and outside<br />
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and the awards and then we disappeared and went outside to have our free drink in their Brasserie's garden, unfortunately I forgot to take a picture ! And I hadn't even tasted the beers ! <br />
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Just in front of the Brewery stood this old carriage pulled by horses, with which the deliveries were made.<br />
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We have enjoyed our day very much, it felt as if we had spent a few days of holidays ! Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-55660571265839978572019-04-30T07:00:00.000+02:002019-04-30T09:01:23.461+02:00THE KEUKENHOF FLOWER PARC- NETHERLANDSThe history of Keukenhof dates back to the 15th century. Countess Jacqueline of Bavaria (1401-1436) gathered fruit and vegetables from the Keukenduin [kitchen dunes] for the kitchen of Teylingen Castle. Keukenhof Castle was built in 1641 and the estate grew to encompass an area of over 200 hectares. Read more <a href="https://keukenhof.nl/en/about-keukenhof/">here, the whole history of the Keukenhof.</a><br />
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I will not copy and paste the history of the Keukenhof, because if you want, click on the link above and you have it all.<br />
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The most important is the incredible beauty of this huge flower park and fields. The park’s focus is on the 7 million spring-flowering bulbs, which allow the 100 participating companies to show their living catalogue. 500 flower growers present an enormous variety of cut flowers and pot plants at the over 20 flower shows.<br />
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The following photos show you what I have seen during an excursion from Brussels to the Keukenhof nearly 230 km from Waterloo, where I live. <br />
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Our bus and all the others from all European countries and the entrance<br />
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The first glimpse through the bus window when arriving<br />
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Flower arrangements, I love the Jeans flower "pot" !<br />
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Different buildings with flower arrangements<br />
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Nice idea to sell ice cream in an old Volkswagen ! From the wind mill's first floor you have a wonderful view on the blooming tulip fields<br />
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Photo found on Internet<br />
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Photo shooting or wedding ?<br />
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I am sitting between the Jeans flower pots, Hare Krishna also admire the flowers, Nicole poses and Myriam takes pictures !<br />
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Black rose<br />
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Also a very creative idea ! A shopping bag as flower pot !<br />
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and to end our tour we saw a few little animals and also working people not only tourists !<br />
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After 5 h we had a lunch break, returned to the bus and went to Scheiveningen the beach of Den Haag and had a drink there.<br />
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It had been a wonderful day seeing all these beautiful flowers and flower arrangements ! What a creativity !<br />
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<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-20681757682863352692019-02-19T07:00:00.000+01:002019-02-19T08:15:52.057+01:00PARC DE LA SAUVAGERE - BRUSSELS/UCCLEI was looking for a park not too far from my home, to have a little walk in a nice place. I discovered one I had never heard of and of course my friend and I went there to enjoy the early spring weather in February. It's a small park covering an area of 4.5 hectares (11 acres) , dated from the late nineteenth century. At that time, the garden was smaller and consisted of a castle, a large driveway and some massif trees. After a period of abandonment, the castle was demolished in 1957 and the town acquired the park in 1964. I tried to find at least an old picture of the castle, but it had simply disappeared from history, as so many mansions and castles in the 50/60 !<br />
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The only building was at the entrance maybe responsible of the park is living in here.<br />
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There is also a big playground for kids <br />
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and also animals<br />
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This one hoped for food, but it was not allowed to feed them ! We only saw swans, ducks, and chicken, the other animals were probably still in the stables, because there should be donkeys and a llama. Normally we don't have 15° in February ! <br />
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The whole park consists of a mixed wood including maple, ash, oak, hazel, remarkable chestnut trees as well as a giant sequoia. With its 4.89 meters circumference, it would be the largest specimen located on the territory of Uccle and is among the 10 most beautiful in the Brussels region.<br />
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a pond with swans and (invisible) ducks<br />
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and a "left over" of the castle park<br />
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We saw the first snowdrops !<br />
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Spring was in the air that day, I have to return in summer with my grandson !<br />
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_Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-52280678354234871092018-11-13T10:15:00.002+01:002019-01-30T02:49:00.805+01:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR - BERLIN Here is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started.<br />
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Coming from <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/11/northern-country-tours-poznan.html">Poznan</a> we arrived in Berlin late afternoon. Before checking in our hotel we made a tour through Berlin with our bus, to give us an overview of the city.<br />
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During World War II, large parts of Berlin were destroyed in the 1943–45 air raids and during the Battle of Berlin. The Allies dropped 67,607 tons of bombs on the city, destroying 6,427 acres of the built up area. But I want to focus on Berlin of today. The history of Berlin you can read in Wikipedia.<br />
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I was quite impressed when I saw how it was now rebuilt with an obvious sense of creativity, keeping reminders of the past a little bit everywhere but fitting into the modern Berlin which apparently has a vibrant culture to enjoy, (you can read more about Berlin today <a href="https://www.lonelyplanet.com/germany/berlin">here</a>)<br />
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Most of the pictures I have taken from our bus or from a sightseeing bus. The city is so huge that in such a short time to get the best overview of the city is by sightseeing bus ! We even had to take two, because one showed the western part and the other the eastern part. <br />
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Brandenburg Gate a landmark and symbol all in one with over two hundred years of history. A former symbol of the divided city, it drew visitors who used to climb an observation platform in order to get a glimpse of the world behind the Iron Curtain, on the other side of the barren "death-strip" which separated East from West Berlin, geographically and politically.<br />
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When Germany was reunified following the fall of the Berlin in November 1989 Brandenburg Gate quickly reinvented itself into the New Berlin's symbol of unity. It was officially opened to traffic on December 22, 1989 and 100,000 people came to celebrate the occasion.<br />
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Today it's full of tourists from the whole world. I honestly was a bit disappointed I had imagined this gate much bigger, as I had always compared it to <br />
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the "Cinquantenaire" in Brussels, which had been built for the 50th anniversary of Belgium. I haven't visited the inside of the Brandenburger gate, I thought anyway I want to come back.<br />
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Checkpoint Charlie was the best-known border crossing between East and West Berlin during the Cold War. At the height of the Berlin Crisis in 1961 U.S. and Soviet tanks faced each other here.<br />
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It is a reminder of the former border crossing, the Cold War and the partition of Berlin. The barrier and checkpoint booth, the flag and the sandbags are all based on the original site. <br />
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Checkpoint Charlie also was the setting for many thrillers and spy novels, from James Bond in Octopussy to The Spy Who Came In From The Cold.<br />
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Today as an interesting tourist attraction this dark past seems so far away. <br />
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Just south of the Brandenburg Gate is Berlin’s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_to_the_Murdered_Jews_of_Europe">Holocaust Memorial</a>, with its two thousand, seven hundred and eleven gray concrete slabs, or stelae. They are identical in their horizontal dimensions (reminiscent of coffins), differing vertically (from 20 cm to more than 5 m tall), arranged in a precise rectilinear array over 2 ha (4.7 acres), allowing for long, straight, and narrow alleys between them, along which the ground undulates. The installation is a living experiment in montage. The text in question is the title of the memorial: in German, Denkmal für die Ermordeten Juden Europas - a Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe.<br />
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Without that title, it would be impossible to know what the structure is meant to be. I walked inside these concrete stelaes and waited for my usually so blooming imagination, but I just felt nothing, I was only thinking how do I get out of this maze with my inexistent orientation sense.<br />
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Here you can read <a href="https://www.visitberlin.de/en/memorial-murdered-jews-europe">how and why</a> it had been created by the New York architect Peter Eisenmann, because I still cannot understand this creation, in my opinion it would have been better to create something understandable to everybody ! <br />
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I saw people walking through with question marks in their eyes, some laying on the ground to take pictures looking up into the blue sky. I saw some people reading leaflets explaining the site, looking around and didn't understand either. Others took it for a hide and seek place, which was really shocking or climbed on the blocks and made selfies. Of course there was a sign to behave respectfully but apparently people can't read. <br />
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The Berlin wall was a barrier that surrounded West Berlin and prevented access to it from East Berlin and adjacent areas of East Germany during the period from 1961 to 1989. In the years between 1949 and 1961, about 2.5 million East Germans had fled from East to West Germany,the wall followed a 154 km (96-mile) zigzag path, but only 43 km (27 miles) of the wall divided East and West Berlin; the rest of the barrier separated West Berlin from the surrounding East German countryside.<br />
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Nowadays there’s almost nothing left of it. The remains of the Berlin Wall today make it one of the top things to do in Berlin.<br />
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An interesting way to know where the wall was is to follow a walking or cycling route through the city. This way you make sure that you’ll see all the remnants of the Berlin Wall. This road network is named ‘Berliner Mauerweg‘ and has become one of Berlin’s major attractions since its opening in 2005.<br />
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I saw the quite a lot of the remaining wall out of the bus and some pieces had nice graffiti, others were left as it had been, or replaced by sticks or lines on the ground. If you want to learn more about the Berlin wall here is a link.<br />
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History of the <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/Berlin-Wall">Berlin Wall</a><br />
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<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-5485985156217199322018-11-05T10:06:00.000+01:002018-11-07T11:36:20.908+01:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOURS - POZNANHere is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started. <br />
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We had a long drive this day, from Warsaw to Berlin. Therefore we made a longer stop in Poznan, halfway in the middle. At least we had the opportunity to see the city through the bus windows, but then we had some free time to explore the city. It looked very warm and welcoming.<br />
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Poznań is a city on the Warta River in western Poland. It’s known for universities as well as its old town, with Renaissance-style buildings in Old Market Square. It was nearly the end of our 5.700 km trip and we wanted to save some energy for Berlin where we should arrive in the evening. Therefore we concentrated our visit on the old city and the old Market Square, which seemed to us the most interesting and beautiful place.<br />
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We strolled towards the market <br />
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The architecture of the houses and buildings were beautiful. There also were a lot of souvenir shops<br />
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and then we entered the huge square<br />
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With lots and lots of restaurants, we choose a very nice one, just opposite of the Town Hall<br />
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The houses looked all so cheerful in their pastel colors<br />
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Poznań Town Hall houses the Historical Museum of Poznań, with exhibits on the city. The town hall's clock features mechanical goats that butt heads at noon. Of course we wanted to see this event, because the legend sounded so funny. We were lucky sitting opposite the Town Hall and waiting for our meal while we too made necks like giraffes to see the goats ! Everybody had his head in the air ! <br />
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<a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-fighting-goats-of-poznan-poznan-poland">Fighting goats of Poznan legend</a><br />
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and then they came out ! It was really worthwhile that we had waited. This video is not mine, I couldn't upload it to the post, but I found this one on YouTube. (they start to fight in the middle of the video)<br />
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When we had had our lunch and seen some of the souvenir shops, we slowly walked back to the bus. <br />
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There were so many statues on the square too, I liked this one.<br />
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It's certainly a town I would recommend to visit.<br />
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<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-440755744360580712018-10-29T22:29:00.001+01:002018-11-06T08:07:57.641+01:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR - WARSOW (Poland)Here is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started. <br />
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When we arrived in Warsaw the capital of Poland, I could see out of the bus windows the varied architecture from Gothic churches and neoclassical palaces to Soviet-era blocks and modern skyscrapers. It looked very modern and not at all as I had imagined. To be honest I had very mixed feelings. I had heard so much about Warsaw when I was a child, which had impressed me, like the story of my great grandma who died on the street in a trench fleeing from the Russians. My grandpa's family had a farm in Poland. I don't know very much about it, but it was enough. Today apparently the farm is still there.<br />
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We made a sightseeing tour around Warsaw with a Polish young woman as a guide. What we saw looked all very modern and charming, nothing reminded the dark times of WWII. Finally I asked the guide where the Warsaw ghetto had been. First she faked that she hadn't heard me, but as I insisted she pointed behind her where houses stood and nothing special and said it was there. I understood she didn't want to talk about it. <br />
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The fact is that 90% of Warsaw was destroyed in WWII and the population dropped from 1.3 millions in 1939 to 162.000 in 1944. Poland suffered the most in terms of percentage of the population (17% of the population died) during WWII ! <br />
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Warsaw in 1945<br />
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and of course there were lots of memorials only I haven't seen them. <br />
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This house is still standing as a reminder<br />
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Warsaw is a wide spread town. Rather than being centred on an old market square, the capital is spread across a broad area with diverse architecture: restored Gothic, communist concrete, modern glass and steel.<br />
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When I saw this I couldn't believe that I was in Warsaw !<br />
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Nice old houses along a wide boulevard and not old cars but very modern once<br />
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The buses were yellow and the whole city looked welcoming and friendly.<br />
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shops, shops and shops !<br />
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and even palm trees<br />
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All these photos I took out of the bus,<br />
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Except this one it was the view I had from my hotel room in the Radisson Blu<br />
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Our bus stopped near the Lazienki park and we started to walk through the city. <br />
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<a href="https://www.inyourpocket.com/warsaw/chopin-monument_18412v">Chopin Monument</a><br />
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The park was very beautiful and well entertained <br />
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We learned that almost half the area of the city is green. There are as many as 95 parks with Łazienki on top of the list. In the summer, the famous Chopin Concerts take place in a unique outdoor setting.<br />
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The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warsaw_Uprising_Monument">Warsaw Uprising Monument</a> is dedicated to the Warsaw Uprising of 1944. Unveiled in 1989 ! It was enormous ! <br />
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Panoramic photos from Wikipedia<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palace_of_Culture_and_Science">Palace of Culture and Science</a> was a gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland, the tower was finished in 1955. It is the tallest building in Poland by architectural height (237 m) with theater, sports field, and 30th-floor terrace.<br />
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The St. Alexander church was built in honor of Tsar Alexander I of Russia in 1825. The church itself was designed to be similar to the Pantheon in Rome and was hit by 9 bombs during the first nazi bombing. Reconstructed with most of its similarity, it still misses two of the original towers.<br />
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When we arrived at the old town I was delighted ! It was so beautiful and looked so old, I couldn't believe that it had all been destroyed and rebuilt exactly as it had been before. <br />
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A labyrinth of winding cobblestone streets, ornate facades and picturesque squares with plenty of charm, I could understand why the Old Town is Warsaw’s top tourist area.<br />
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A window into the ‘once-upon-a-time’ of Warsaw’s golden days as one of the country’s architectural pearls in addition to being its cosmopolitan capital, the Old Town represents much more to Warsaw’s citizens than UNESCO accolades. They had rebuilt it entirely after the Warsaw Uprising of 1944 ! Therefore the Old Town is also symbolic of Warsaw’s rise from the ruins of WWII. Varsovians’ can be proud of what they have achieved, it's really a wonderful job they have done. <br />
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Honestly I was so surprised that here too on a market I could pay with my bankcard ! I didn't need local money ! <br />
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The Warsaw mermaid, symbol of the city ! It's standing on a fountain where people refreshed their feet (it was very hot) birds and dogs drank the water.<br />
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Everywhere you could see shops selling Amber. Here was even one who had a Titanic model in Amber ! <br />
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We ate in an old restaurant, nicely decorated and what I found so nice was that the Goulash soup was served in an emptied bread ! <br />
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Little streets leading to the market square<br />
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The pastel colored houses looked beautiful<br />
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We had a drink here on the terrace<br />
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and listened to the Beatles<br />
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Then it was time to leave. The next day we would drive to Berlin.<br />
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Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-59346432647481940962018-10-26T16:23:00.003+02:002018-10-26T16:23:56.994+02:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR - TRAKAI - LithuaniaHere is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started. <br />
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On our way from Vilnius to Warsow in Poland, we stopped in Trakai still in Lithuania It was an absolutely lovely place, with its red-brick, fairy-tale castle, quaint wooden houses and pretty lakeside location. Fortunately we stopped there for a couple of hours and not only a short moment.<br />
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Trakai is a popular tourist destination and the administrative centre of the district municipality. The town covers 497.1 square kilometres (191.9 square miles) of area and, according to estimates, is inhabited by 5,357 people. A notable feature of Trakai is that the town was built and preserved by people of different nationalities. Historically, communities of Karaims, Tatars, Lithuanians, Russians, Jews and Poles lived here.<br />
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As I had never heard of a community called Karaims, I googled and found out that they are an ethnic group derived from Turkic-speaking adherents of Karaite Judaism in Central and Eastern Europe.<br />
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The main attraction of course was the Trakai Island Castle a 14th-century fortress in the middle of Lake Galvė. Once a home to Lithuania’s grand dukes, it now houses the Trakai History Museum, with archaeological objects, coins and crafts. On the lake’s southern shore are the stone ruins of the Trakai Peninsula Castle.<br />
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We had not even a moment to go over to the castle but could see it very well from our restaurant on the beach !<br />
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The view on the lake and the castle behind<br />
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A huge garden behind the restaurant<br />
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and a nice terrace with view on the sea<br />
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We walked around and enjoyed the beauty of the beach and the garden<br />
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to the beach promenade<br />
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Our bus waiting<br />
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for rent, to pedal on the lake<br />
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Decorations<br />
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For children to play<br />
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and when we drove away I could see the lovely houses of Trakai.<br />
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It's a pity that it isn't not yet so well known by Western Europe countries. Except some German tourists. <br />
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One moment in time I would have loved to stay, but we had to leave for Warsow<br />
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Linking to <a href="http://fiveminutefriday.com/2018/10/25/fmf-link-up-moment-day-26/">Five Minute Friday </a> (Moment)<br />
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Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-91708387717138526282018-10-22T16:08:00.000+02:002018-10-23T09:40:35.756+02:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR - VILNIUS - LITHUANIA Here is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started. <br />
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The first time I heard about Vilnius was because a French singer had murdered his girlfriend a French actor. So a part from this drama I knew almost nothing about this town.<br />
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When we arrived and drove through the city I immediately liked it ! It looked so homely and the buildings and houses were just beautiful.<br />
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Of course I wanted to know a bit more and learned that the city was founded in 1323 by a grand duke who attracted Jewish and German tradesmen and merchants with generous tax exemptions.<br />
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For centuries it also became a destination for those fleeing religious persecution (there was even a Scottish Calvinist community in Vilnius) or tough trade guild regulations. The city’s coat of arms features Saint Christopher, the patron saint of travellers.<br />
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The same liberal attitude continued through the centuries, and today the city still has its Catholic, Protestant, Jewish and Ruthenian Orthodox quarters. For two centuries from 1569, it was the co-capital of what was then Europe’s biggest empire – the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. Later, Vilnius withstood Russian tsarist and Soviet occupation, and in 1991 gained its freedom and independence.<br />
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The Cathedral Square in Vilnius is the main square of the Vilnius Old Town, right in front of the neo-classical Vilnius Cathedral. It is a key location in city's public life, situated as it is at the crossing of the city's main streets and reflecting the city's diversity.<br />
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We even had the honor to see a defilé of a group of Hare Krishna disciples !<br />
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Gate of Dawn<br />
This 1500s city gate is a prominent landmark housing a chapel with an icon of the Virgin Mary.<br />
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St. Cathrine's church<br />
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St. Franciskus and Bernard<br />
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Vilnius market<br />
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a memorial of terrible times<br />
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A nice park<br />
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Nearly in the middle of Vilnius, we crossed a bridge and arrived in the (miniature) Independant Republic of Uzupis created by 12 Lithuanian Artists in 1995 on April's fool day ! It even has a 12-man army. It's a funny story which you can read <a href="https://theculturetrip.com/europe/lithuania/articles/the-republic-of-u-upis-bohemia-in-lithuania/">here</a>. We met the new weds again, they posed on the bridge for their wedding pictures.<br />
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A sculpture of an angel was placed in the central square of Užupis in 2002. The bronze angel, also created by sculptor Romas Vilčiauskas, has become the symbol of Užupis.<br />
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We walked through the charming little streets <br />
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until we arrived at this green house at the right.<br />
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Here you could buy a stamped Constitution of the Republic of Uzhupis<br />
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A little extray of the constitution :<br />
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Everyone has the right to love.<br />
Everyone has the right not to be loved, but not necessarily.<br />
Everyone has the right to be undistinguished and unknown.<br />
Everyone has the right to be idle.<br />
Everyone has the right to love and take care of the cat.<br />
Everyone has the right to look after the dog until one of them dies.<br />
A dog has the right to be a dog.<br />
A cat is not obliged to love its owner, but must help in time of nee (sic).<br />
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The text of the whole constitution is <a href="https://www.wandertooth.com/republic-and-constitution-of-uzupis/">here</a><br />
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The shop was apparently owned by this very friendly ginger cat<br />
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Because his picture was on all posters or advertisings.<br />
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The constitution was written on a mirror, so I tried to take a picture of myself in the languages I know.<br />
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Another Baltic town I would like to visit again ! <br />
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Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-4438366573419185092018-10-19T21:16:00.000+02:002018-10-23T09:40:06.954+02:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR - HILL OF CROSSES - LITHUANIA Here is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started. <br />
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Leaving Riga, on our way to Vilnius in Lithuania, we stopped at a place I had never heard of, "The Hill of Crosses". I had no idea who had created it and why and was not very excited to see crosses on a hill, you see already enough in catholic churches. But what I saw then, exceeded all my expectations !<br />
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At first it started as usual when you visit a tourist place .... with souvenir shops ! Never in my life I had seen so many crosses in all shapes and sizes, as magnets, postcards, jewelry, standing up or hanging there was something for everybody ! <br />
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Business is business also in religions<br />
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The entrance looked quite inviting, with even picnic tables<br />
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With this inscription on the wall in three languages, German, English and French<br />
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It was a long way through a very flat landscape until at the horizon I saw the shape of crosses<br />
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and this cross stood alone in the middle of a square surrounded by hundreds of crosses.<br />
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Who had put all these crosses on this rather mysterious hill where pilgrims actually believe Christ can perform miracles ? <br />
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The tradition of leaving crosses began after an uprising against the Russian tsar was put down in 1831<br />
Relatives of the dead rebels, with no bodies to bury, instead left crosses on this hill to commemorate their fallen soldiers.<br />
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Crosses appearing on the hill became a symbol of resistance to the communist regime and in response the KGB twice bulldozed the hill. In 1991, when Lithuania acquired its long awaited independence, the hill became a dual symbol of Lithuania's Catholic faith and her national identity<br />
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Today there are some 200,000 crosses, carvings and shrines at the site made out of everything from wood to metal. Personal belongings like bracelets, rings, necklaces, cards, pets, dolls, chaplets were hanging on the crosses.<br />
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Despite the blue sky and the surrounding fields I found this place a little oppressive<br />
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You could see the difference of the old and new crosses, the old once were grey the others had kept their wooden look.<br />
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I walked in the middle and tried to read what was written sometimes on the crosses, mostly names of a person or even a whole family. But also wishes for healing, or for a new boyfriend or girl !<br />
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This cross was put here by the Italian Air Force<br />
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There is not much more to add<br />
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I have to admit that I was rather relieved to see peaceful green fields, I only missed a few sheep for my inner peace.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Linking to <a href="http://fiveminutefriday.com/2018/10/18/fmf-link-up-who-day-19/">Five Minutes Friday</a>"WHO"</span><br />
<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-71118593677933908202018-10-17T01:41:00.001+02:002018-10-17T01:45:36.045+02:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR - RIGA (Latvia)Here is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started. <br />
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Leaving Estonia, we entered Latvia and headed for Riga, said to be the most vibrant of the Baltic<br />
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In contrast to its smaller neighbours, Riga goes all out with a buzzing atmosphere and impressive Art-Nouveau architecture. Together with Grace our tour leader we went on a walking tour through the city, for a little hour the rest of the day we were on our own to discover the town.<br />
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<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_House,_Riga">The cat house</a>. It is known for the two cat sculptures, with arched backs and raised tails, on its roof. It is said that the owner of the house wanted the cats to be placed with their tails turned towards the house of the Great Guild, which is nearby, as he held a grudge against its members.<br />
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I saw lots of cats as decoration or statues in Riga like here in front of a souvenir shop, or on the doors of a shop.<br />
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The park with a bridge full of love locks<br />
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Just besides is the Freedom monument a 42m statue dedicated to Latvians who lost their lives fighting for independence between 1918 and 1920.<br />
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On the Dome square we were lucky to see 149 bears, symbolizing UN countries an exhibition for peace in the world.<br />
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They are painted in various ways by artists. Their temporary presence is a centenary gift from Germany and they are known as 'Berlin Bears' or 'United Buddy Bears'. They have already been to 30 other cities around the world. The Buddy Bears stand together “hand in hand”, symbolising the future vision of a peaceful world. Each bear stands for the people of the different countries and their culture, no politic ! <br />
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The bears stand on two legs with their front paws raised. They stood there in place until August 22nd, just when we were in Riga.<br />
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I found this chain very special<br />
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House of Blackheads.<br />
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If you were a German merchant and single in the Middle ages, you’d have a room here at the House of the Blackheads. This house was built in 1334 for upper class merchants and was used as a venue for meetings and banquets.<br />
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The House of the Blackheads is to Riga what the Eiffel Tower is to Paris<br />
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Nativity cathedral<br />
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Orthodox cathedral dating to the 19th century with golden domes & ornate interior architecture.<br />
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There was also a McDonald, but I preferred local food !<br />
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At the end of the road you can see the Powder Tower which originally was a part of the defensive system of the town. The Powder Tower was restructured in the years 1937 to 1940 when it was included to the structure of the Latvian War Museum.<br />
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The Swedish Gate was erected 1698 as a part of the Riga Wall to provide access to barracks outside the city wall.<br />
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Narrow lanes !<br />
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The Three Brothers is a building complex consisting of three houses. The houses together form the oldest complex of dwelling houses in Riga.<br />
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The Small Guild is a building erected in the years 1864—66 in Neo-Gothic style.<br />
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Beautiful houses in different styles <br />
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Riga Central Market is Europe's largest market and bazaar. It is one of the most notable structures from 20th century in Latvia and has been included in UNESCO World Heritage Site list together with Old Riga in 1998. It was planned from 1922 and built from 1924 to 1930.<br />
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It was very interesting to walk around and see all the souvenirs you could buy ! Especially amber and wool items.<br />
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We found a nice restaurant at the market and had a very nice supper there. We were quite tired of all this walking around and didn't want to walk back to the hotel or take a taxi, we had seen Rickshaws !<br />
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As we had never been on a Rickshaw we took one back to our hotel. It was really cheap we only payed 10 € and it was not a short way ! We had a lot of fun and people waved at us and when we arrived at the Radisson Blu, people of our group came out to take pictures ! A young law student was our driver, to earn some money for his studies.<br />
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All in all I liked Riga very much, there is a friendly atmosphere in the whole town. Everything was very modern and clean and you could also pay by card at the stands of the market. Impossible here.<br />
I would love to go back there and visit a bit more the city. <br />
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<br />Gattinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06636525277807715146noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29328508.post-53997707716251719262018-10-15T21:15:00.001+02:002018-10-15T21:15:10.973+02:00NORTHERN COUNTRY TOUR - TALLINN (Estonia)October 16, 2018<br />
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Here is <a href="http://gattinatravels.blogspot.com/2018/09/expat-northern-explore.html">a map of the whole tour</a> and how it started.<br />
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After St. Petersburg we were again checked at the Russian border and entered Estonia. Back to the Euro, since Stockholm, fortunately I hadn't changed any roubles because it was rather difficult to change them back to Euros ! We then drove to Tallinn the capital. The landscape was a bit boring only firs and rather flat. But the city was wonderful ! <br />
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<a href="https://wikitravel.org/en/Tallinn">Tallin</a> has become one of Europe’s newest capitals, since in 1992 the Communism ended. There is a rich mix of architecture and culture in this small geographic area. Its Old Town was almost untouched by war and remains perfectly preserved. And outside the city walls there are districts of brightly painted wooden houses, parks, redeveloped docks, beaches and forests.<br />
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Tallinn is also a cultured place that attracts visitors who wants more than just a cheap drink: Baltic, Nordic, Teutonic and Russian cultures meld in food, art, design and music. <br />
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The city has a surprisingly modern, sophisticated air: trams and buses (free for the locals) make everything easily accessible and old warehouses are being converted into new spaces for business and culture. Free wifi and a nascent tech scene (Skype was developed here) show this is a city looking forward as well as to its traditional, folkloric roots. We should take example ! Espcially concerning Wifi !<br />
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Our bus took us into Tallinn’s Old Town, where buildings stick against the hillside. A small street had steep steps and characterful wooden beams which date back to the 1700s. Everything had been restored and is now really beautiful. It all started in 1992 as Communism ended. After having seen the 2 others Baltic cities, Riga and Vilnius, I thought that people here know what is really working, because what they have achieved in restoration work in such a short time is really amazing ! When I think that some buildings here in Brussels are not yet finished after 40 years or more !<br />
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I really liked this city even though I only had a too short overview. We tasted the good food of which there was a big choice in little cafés and everywhere I could get my alcohol free beer. In the evening our group met again and we had dinner together in a beautiful old restaurant called "Peppersack".<br />
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Outside the old city<br />
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We start to go into the old city<br />
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and here are the two towers of the city wall<br />
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A closer view<br />
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the little streets<br />
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Advertising for a restaurant <br />
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going through thick walls<br />
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into romantic small cobbled streets with restaurants and pubs<br />
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a large choice of restaurants and cafés<br />
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The city square<br />
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I had ordered an alcohol free beer and got half a liter !!<br />
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No wonder that I had to go for a "comfort stop". From the terrace I had to go through this nicely decorated little alley <br />
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to the inside of the Pub ! which looked very cosy and had a lot of beautiful old decorations<br />
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Besides us sat 3 young men with this strange thing on the table ! I had never seen that and asked what it was and if I could take a picture. It turned out that these guys were French and the "thing" was a 5 liter (3.2 gall) beer distributor, apparently it's cheaper then ordering a glass ! <br />
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Beautiful architecture<br />
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Lots of restaurants and a shopping paradise<br />
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The restaurant "Peppersack" (pepperbag) where we had our dinner<br />
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You can see the bags on the seats, not filled with pepper anymore but with straw ! Was very comfy !<br />
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We again had a very comfortable and nice hotel, the Seaport Hotel, which was just in front of the seaport terminal. <br />
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