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Voyageur Summer chronicles
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- 26 août 2023 à 08:29
- ☁️ 14 °C
- Altitude: Niveau de la mer
- Danemark Region Syddanmark Vejle Kommune Bybæk Nørreskov 55.706192, 9.5549555°42’22” N 9°33’18” E
Jour 13
Another day, another country
26 août 2023, Danemark ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Today Bine (Joshes aunt) drove us to Denmark 🇩🇰 to pick up Tjade from his Efterskole. We spent some time roaming around Vejle, which we found a nice book shop for coffee and delicious Danish cinnamon rolls. We got a feel for the Danish vibe and architecture and then it was time to go pick up Tjade. At his efterskole we watched a really impressive performance by DGI (the Danish national gymnastics performance team). Very cool 😎En savoir plus
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- 27 août 2023 à 21:53
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 10 m
- Allemagne Lower Saxony Wiefelstede Lehe 53.293665, 8.11587653°17’37” N 8°6’57” E
Jour 14
Traveling to Oldenburg
27 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Yesterday we left Kiel by train 🚊 about 4 hours later we arrived in Oldenburg. We were greeted by Simon (Joshes older brother) at about 4:00pm. We took a stroll around the city before catching our bus out to Mollberg where Jörg and Wita live (friends of Sabine’s). This is where we will stay for the weekend. For dinner, I tried my first Döner 🥙 which was exciting!! We all enjoyed eating together on Wallstraße, where Simon and Sarah also took us to a nice bar for a drink or two 🍸 it was so nice to soak in the night life here in Oldenburg - we had lots of fun!En savoir plus
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- 27 août 2023 à 22:18
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- Allemagne Lower Saxony Wiefelstede Lehe 53.29398, 8.11610653°17’38” N 8°6’58” E
Jour 14
Museums x3
27 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
We started the morning off with a delicious Sunday breakfast here 🌟 Then we headed into town by bus. Todays plan included Simon being our excellent tour guide. We learnt lots about different parts of the city, different buildings, history, and even the best spots to eat or drink. We visited the Oldenburg Schloss followed by the Prinzenpalais and the Augusteum, but not without a small ice cream break in-between 😋😋 I really enjoyed each museum/gallery for different reasons and definitely have some new favourite artists! We finished our big day with a cold drink at the Gleis Park, which to Josh and I was the German version of Smash Palace in Christchurch, so we felt happy and right at home here 😁En savoir plus
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Voyageur It seems like that Simon was much more better prepared as a tourist guide than me 😉.
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Voyageur Haha but I think we had the best Kiel had to offer, no compliments from us 😁
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Voyageur I think, you just have to come back again.. 🤪... but you took a bath in the Baltic Sea. 🧜‍♀️
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Voyageur We will definitely be back!!! 🤩 for more swims too
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- 28 août 2023 à 08:57
- ☀️ 14 °C
- Altitude: 18 m
- Allemagne Lower Saxony Wiefelstede 53.263595, 8.11196453°15’49” N 8°6’43” E
Jour 15
On the road again…
28 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ☀️ 14 °C
And just like that, the last leg of our 2 week trip up and down Germany is here. We set out to the bus stop at 8:30am, only for our bus to be late so we missed the 9:30am train connection. This gave us some time to do a final walk through Oldenburg, which was nice 😁😁 3 trains and 1 bus later, we arrived in Köln (Cologne) at 4:00pm. Oma Astrid (Joshes grandma on his Dads side) greeted us warmly to her city apartment, which we were pleasantly surprised to see her guests Richard and Elke (We met their granddaughter in NZ, who is currently an international student at Cashmere high school) ☺️ We had a great feast for dinner 🍲 lots of very lecker food which had us going back for seconds and even thirds…😋😋😋En savoir plus
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- 29 août 2023 à 21:26
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitude: 53 m
- Allemagne Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Bayenthal 50.90229, 6.96469450°54’8” N 6°57’53” E
Jour 16
Seeing Köln
29 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Today we set off nice and early to the bus and then the U-Bahn 🚇 because we are going to visit Opa Karl-Heinz. It was nice to meet him 😊 We then headed back into town for a quick Bretzel stop before Josh and I continued on to see the great Kölner Dom. The impressive 157m cathedral is the tallest twin-spired church in the world, the second tallest church in Europe!! I was pretty speechless as we looked around, so much gothic detail, holding so many years of history. It’s presence is beyond anything I have seen before. We climbed up one of the towers to get a panoramic view of the city from above - very cool! I still can’t believe how old this city is, not to mention that this cathedral was being built well before New Zealand was even found….😱🫣En savoir plus
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- 30 août 2023 à 20:38
- 🌙 14 °C
- Altitude: 114 m
- Allemagne Nordrhein-Westfalen Brühl Schnorrenberg Phantasialand 50.799653, 6.88242850°47’59” N 6°52’57” E
Jour 17
Phantasialand!!!
30 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ 🌙 14 °C
Surprise! Last night Josh surprised me by the idea of going to Phantasialand, which he preplanned himself. I was feeling a bit nervous about the idea, but excited of course since the last time I went to a theme park I was 10 years old. Thankfully we got the sunshine for a lot longer then the weather forecast predicted ☀️ we were even luckily enough to do the Taron rollercoaster before the rain started. The Taron was very thrilling, but we had so much fun! We also enjoyed eating lots of expensive treats 😋 In the evening we were invited to join Oma Astrid, Elke and Richard to dinner at their local restaurant for some lecker essen!! A great way to end a great day, feeling very lucky 🍀En savoir plus
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Voyageur For more and intense informations about Europe (but without thrilling impressions!) follow the link: https://www.zdf.de/dokumentation/terra-x/story-…
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Voyageur Lecker seems to be your new favourite word...🍞🥖🍨
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Voyageur Haha! and it’s one of the few in my German vocabulary…😅
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- 31 août 2023 à 11:05
- ☀️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 39 m
- Allemagne Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Bayenthal 50.91386, 6.97248850°54’50” N 6°58’21” E
Jour 18
23,000 steps
31 août 2023, Allemagne ⋅ ☀️ 17 °C
Today we did a lot of walking! We walked from Oma Astrid’s along the Rhine River, stopping for an Eiskaffee at the Lindt Chocolate Museum. Then we walked through the Altstadt which was very cool. I saw lots of interesting Blackletter/Gothic script on the buildings which was inspiring. We went to the best spot for Mettbrötchen, which I thought was very tasty!! After more walking we explored a few old churches and did some sightseeing before deciding to get some spaghetti eis 🍧 Josh and I did a bit of shopping and ended up getting a puffer jacket each which will be great for the upcoming winter months in Amsterdam…☁️En savoir plus
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Voyageur Spaghetti Eis....hm... and which was the "leckerste" 😉?
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Voyageur Hmm depends who’s asking…🫣😋
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- 1 sept. 2023 à 11:59
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitude: 46 m
- Allemagne Nordrhein-Westfalen Köln Bayenthal 50.906417, 6.97822850°54’23” N 6°58’42” E
Jour 19
Back to Amsterdam
1 septembre 2023, Allemagne ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
And as the summer season ends, our trip in Germany does too! ☹️ Todays the first day of autumn as we make our way back to our new home in Amsterdam. We enjoyed a delicious slice of Baumkuchen and did some final shopping in the city. Thankfully we had only a small delay with our train but we were still able to make it to our bus on time! We arrived back at 10:00pm here to rainy weather 🌧️

We couldn’t be more thankful to everyone who let us stay with them during our time in Germany and for providing us with the best food, fun and activities. I have learnt so much about the culture, country and most importantly, met all the lovely people in Joshes family. So a BIG thank you to all of you for welcoming us here ❤️❤️En savoir plus
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Voyageur The calendrical beginning of autumn is at the equinox on 22.9.... So you still have some days of summer 😜🌤️
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