• Melissa Waugh
  • Melissa Waugh

Europe

A 39-day adventure by Melissa Read more
  • Four countries in one day!

    January 8, 2018 in the Netherlands ⋅ ☀️ 3 °C

    Left from London, went across the English Channel (saw the white cliffs of Dover), drove through Calais, drove through Belgium and arrived in the Netherlands! We had a lovely canal cruise and I went and saw Anne a Frank’s house!Read more

  • Munich

    January 9, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 7 °C

    A walking tour though Munich and then dinner at Hofbräuhaus.

    Dodgers Alley:
    Hilter had installed a monument on the side of the loggia to commemorate the lost lives of a few of his party members, Hilter insisted that passers-by salute the monument, to avoid passing by people would head down Viscardigasse behind Feldherrnhalle to dodge having to salute.
    The curved line of golden cobblestones symbolises the path taken by the 'dodgers'.

    Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
    Der Gemütlichkeit
    Ein Prosit, ein Prosit
    Der Gemütlichkeit.
    OANS! ZWOA! DREI! PROST!
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  • Innsbruk Austria

    January 10, 2018 in Austria ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

    Beautiful!!!!!

    The Golden Roof: Completed in 1500, the roof was decorated with 2,657 fire-gilded copper tiles for Emperor Maximilian I to mark his wedding to Bianca Maria Sforza. The Emperor and his wife used the balcony to observe festivals, tournaments, and other events that took place in the square below.Read more

  • Dachau Concentration Camp

    January 10, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 5 °C

    The last photo says: "May the example of those who were exterminated here between 1933-1945 because they resisted Nazism help to unite the living for the defence of peace and freedom and in respect for their fellow men.”Read more

  • Venice

    January 11, 2018 in Italy ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C

    Food, a Gondola ride, food, Saint Marks church, food, exploring the streets, food and a masquerade dinner. Beautiful!

  • Luzern Part 1

    January 15, 2018 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C

    The dying lion monument is a memorial for the mercenary soldiers from central Switzerland who lost their lives while serving the French king Louis XVI during the French Revolution. When the revolutionary masses attacked the royal Tuileries castle in Paris on August 10, 1792 the Swiss mercenary troops tried to defend the royal family and make sure the royals could escape. More than six hundred were killed during the fighting or massacred after surrender. An estimated two hundred more died in prison of their wounds or were killed during the September Massacres that followed.
    The monument is dedicated Helvetiorum Fidei ac Virtuti ("To the loyalty and bravery of the Swiss").
    The dying lion is portrayed impaled by a spear, covering a shield bearing the fleur-de-lis of the French monarchy; beside him is another shield bearing the coat of arms of Switzerland.
    The lion is placed within an alcove which has the shape of a pig, representing the French.
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  • Les Catacombs

    January 19, 2018 in France ⋅ 🌧 5 °C

    5 stories underneath Paris stretches more than 200 miles of underground tunnels housing more than 6 millions Parisian remains

  • Trip end
    January 24, 2018