Watto’s take on Europe

Tim and I are off on an adventure to Europe its been a while but looking forward to relaxing and enjoying some sunshine Read more

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September 11, 2025
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Day 1
Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 5:54 PM
🌙 15 °C
Altitude: 11 m
Australia Sydney -33.936645, 151.1685233°56’12” S 151°10’7” E
Sydney Airport
September 11 in Australia ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Farewell friends and family. We are off on our long awaited holiday. Portugal, Switzerland, Munich, London and Ireland.
TravelerFly be free ✈️💕🥂. Have a blast 🎉🎉
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TravelerHave the best time !!!! Enjoy ✈️
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TravelerWishing you a wonderful holiday…don’t worry I will keep Kai in line!!! 🤣🤣
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Day 2
Friday, September 12, 2025 at 5:39 AM
⛅ 31 °C
Altitude: 8 m
United Arab Emirates Dubai 25.241774, 55.37435225°14’30” N 55°22’28” E
Layover in Dubai
September 12 in the United Arab Emirates ⋅ ⛅ 31 °C
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Day 2
Friday, September 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 23 m
Portugal Lisbon 38.70784, -9.13888638°42’28” N 9°8’20” W
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Lisbon
September 12 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
Arrived safely long trip. Taxi driver from airport nearly ran up the butt of the car in front twice. No need for alarm still alive. Picture posted is the door to our cute Villa for the night. Post more tomorrow when I’m a little more with it. Cathy Bell Watton and I walked this 30 minute straight line path to Praça do Comércio (Commerce Square) in Lisbon, Portugal on the Tigres river, trying to stay awake and get used to their time zone.Read more
TravelerGlad you arrived safe, enjoy a good sleep. Looking forward to seeing your travels x
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Day 3
Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 2:16 PM
☁️ 22 °C
Altitude: 13 m
Portugal Porto 41.140301, -8.61376641°8’25” N 8°36’50” W
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Porto
September 13 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
We have arrived in Porto wandering around town we came in at Porto Sao Bento these are the pictures with the blue tiles hand painted. Currently sitting in the sun on the Douro River drinking in the sunRead more
princesswatto This is where we are staying
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TravelerLooks fantastic!! Relax and enjoy your drinks in the sunshine 🍻🥂😃
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TravelerAmazing architecture tiles are gorgeous
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Day 4
Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 12:49 PM
☀️ 26 °C
Altitude: 127 m
Portugal Pinhão 41.185844, -7.52825241°11’9” N 7°31’42” W
Duoro Valley - Wine Country
September 14 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
Today was a 10hr day in the Duoro Valley where they make Port Wine. There are 32 Michelin Restaurants in Portugal 9 in the Duoro Valley. The photos don’t do it justice it’s amazing how they grow grapes in the hillsides. They don’t water the vines it’s the dew that gives them the water they need.Read more
TravelerLooks gorgeous…and Tim went on a cruise!! OMG…I hope it was calm!!
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TravelerWeather looks amazing. How was the wine🍷more importantly? Your both looking very relaxed now enjoy!
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princesswattoWe had a lovely white wine with lunch and had a great bunch of people on our trip
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TravelerThis looks amazing !!!! Like out of a movie some of these photos
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Day 5
Monday, September 15, 2025 at 10:16 AM
☀️ 20 °C
Altitude: 88 m
Portugal Porto 41.144222, -8.61739241°8’39” N 8°37’3” W
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Porto Sightseeing day
September 15 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 20 °C
The picture of McDonalds is the only McDonalds in the world that cannot display the arches due to the historic building in which it is in. I also visited the most beautiful bookstore in the world situated in the historic center of Porto, known as Livraria Lello & IBrothers, which has more than a century of heritage.
The bookstore has served as an inspiration to several writers and artists, being one of the most old ones in Europe, remaining with a dense story.Read more
TravelerAll looks absolutely amazing 😍💕😃
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TravelerSuch beautiful buildings
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princesswattoYou would have loved the Library
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Day 7
Wednesday, September 17, 2025 at 12:11 PM
☀️ 24 °C
Altitude: 20 m
Portugal Cascais 38.697823, -9.42053638°41’52” N 9°25’14” W
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Pena Palace, Sintra, CaboRoca & Cascais
September 17 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
Anybody who loves a story would love this day tour just north of Lisbon. We went through Booking.com and chose the tour that happened to be run by SeeLisbon LDA. Our tour guide, Tiago, was amazing with a great knowledge of his local area and Portuguese history from the 5th to 20th century.
First, we drove through Cabo Roca to Cascais, where the rich and famous live or vacation, like Ronaldo, considered Portugal's best ever soccer player.
Then to Pena Palace a story Sintra, which is steeped in royal history and preserved when in 1910 the royal family was given 1 day to leave and turn over their entire estate to the State by the Republicans. The royals fled to the UK, and everything in Pena Palace remains as it was left the day they fled.Read more
Traveler My type of dining
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Traveler Alot like the dinner we had with your old boss.
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TravelerGreat photos looks like you are really enjoying it 💕
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Day 8
Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
☀️ 29 °C
Altitude: 62 m
Portugal Lisbon 38.725988, -9.151238°43’34” N 9°9’4” W
Lisbon hop on hop off bus
September 18 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 29 °C
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Day 8
Thursday, September 18, 2025 at 6:15 PM
⛅ 29 °C
Altitude: 73 m
Portugal Lisbon 38.71553, -9.14447338°42’56” N 9°8’40” W
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Lisbon Sunset
September 18 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
One of the best places to watch the sun set on Lisbon City is in a park called Miradouro S. Pedro de Alcantara from. 6-8pm. Then, walk downhill through Barrio Alto's restaurants and cafes. We walked 20 minutes down to the Time Out Market, which has a great atmosphere.Read more
Traveler The donut looks delicious…yummo!!
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TravelerLime merangue donut was yummy
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Day 9
Friday, September 19, 2025 at 1:41 PM
⛅ 24 °C
Altitude: 37 m
Portugal Lagos 37.095978, -8.67449537°5’46” N 8°40’28” W
Lagos
September 19 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Today we arrived in Lagos by train from Lisbon. Weather again is amazing had a walk around town and watched the world go by. Just sitting and having a drink at a bar with water views
TravelerLovely 😍. Cheers to drinking at a bar near the water. Looks like fun times 😃😃
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Day 10
Saturday, September 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
⛅ 25 °C
Altitude: 19 m
Portugal Lagos 37.101009, -8.67313837°6’4” N 8°40’23” W
Lagos to Ponta Da Piedade
September 20 in Portugal ⋅ ⛅ 25 °C
Today started with an early morning walk to the pub watching Canberra vs Cronulla. Then to Beer & Co for the Liverpool v Everton English soccer game with our friends from last night. Later today, we did a boat trip along the Ponta da Piedade out to the Benagil Caves and there are a lot of them. Photos don’t do them justice, but they were spectacular, and Tim didn’t throw up overboard win winRead more
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Day 11
Sunday, September 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
🌬 22 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Portugal Lagos 37.101414, -8.67373737°6’5” N 8°40’25” W
Coastal walk around Lagos
September 21 in Portugal ⋅ 🌬 22 °C
Tim and I decided to go for a walk this morning AFTER PANTHERS WON to look at the coast Amazing views and the walk is spectacular, I stopped for coffee and a Portuguese Tart (pastel de nata).
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Day 12
Monday, September 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
☁️ 23 °C
Altitude: 15 m
Portugal Faro 37.016438, -7.93500337°0’59” N 7°56’6” W
Faro Afternoon and Sunset
September 22 in Portugal ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C
Arrived in Faro by bus as it’s only 2.5hrs from Lagos and much easier than a train. We have done the hop on hop off little tram and now sitting on top of a hotel watching the sunset and spectacular views.Read more
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Day 13
Tuesday, September 23, 2025 at 7:31 AM
☀️ 16 °C
Altitude: 17 m
Portugal Faro 37.02029, -7.94006837°1’13” N 7°56’24” W
Faro - Old Town Walk
September 23 in Portugal ⋅ ☀️ 16 °C
Morning water view from our room. A relaxed day today walking through Faro old town. Just outside was Igreja Church and the Chapel of the Bones.
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Day 14
Wednesday, September 24, 2025 at 11:58 AM
☁️ 13 °C
Altitude: 369 m
Switzerland Pully 46.505567, 6.65124546°30’20” N 6°39’4” E
Switzerland - Pully
September 24 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
We have arrived in Lausanne Switzerland and spending the next 3 nights with Tim’s best mate Paul, his wife Mim, and two boys Jake and Louie. It's such a pretty place.
TravelerSay hello from us 😃
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Day 15
Thursday, September 25, 2025 at 7:45 AM
☁️ 9 °C
Altitude: 451 m
Switzerland Bourg-en-Lavaux 46.490509, 6.74735746°29’26” N 6°44’50” E
Wine, Olympics and Friends
September 25 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 9 °C
The day began with a short drive to a UNESCO heritage site where we parked at a tiny town called Cully and walked up the mountain through the vineyards where the owners live in another tiny town called Epesses..
After lunch, we went to the Olympic museum in Lausanne. This is the city where the modern Olympic movement was formed, led by Pierre de Coubertin. He founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in 1894 and was instrumental in organizing the first modern Olympic Games, which were held in Athens, Greece, in 1896.
Then some souvenirs and a couple of drinks at the marina in ritzy, Ouchy before walking back to Pully for dinner with the Britton and friends from Nestlé, Ralph and Simone (Simi).Read more
TravelerWhat a fabulous day…looking great doing the boogie with the K-pop’s!!!
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Day 17
Saturday, September 27, 2025 at 10:07 AM
☁️ 11 °C
Altitude: 450 m
Switzerland Steinach 47.485577, 9.43864547°29’8” N 9°26’19” E
Switzerland to Munich by train
September 27 in Switzerland ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
Today was an early start as we are off to Munich for the Oktoberfest where we meet up with Ryan. Train trip has been beautiful the greenery and hillsides and buildings along the way have been amazing.
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Day 18
Sunday, September 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
☁️ 12 °C
Altitude: 520 m
Germany Munich 48.134487, 11.55122548°8’4” N 11°33’4” E
Oktoberfest Fun in Munich
September 28 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C
Fun day at Oktoberfest and so glad we did it. The place is huge think of Easter Show with massive beer halls and lots of carnival rides and souvenir shops. Except there’s around 1million people walking throughRead more
TravelerLove Ryan’s shirt!
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princesswattoJudy brought that for Ryan when she was on her last holiday
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Day 19
Monday, September 29, 2025 at 12:18 PM
⛅ 14 °C
Altitude: 521 m
Germany Munich 48.131844, 11.54792648°7’55” N 11°32’53” E
Munich sightseeing day.
September 29 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Today started off with us running into fellow Aussies, Marika and her son Fletcher, who own the My Gosh cafe in Mona Vale, at our hotel, so we had breakfast together. We then did the hop on hop off bus 3 different lines. Then off to Oktoberfest again, where we will be meeting our Aussie friends. Monday night is as packed as the weekend. October Ernest goes off!Read more
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Day 20
Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 12:53 PM
☁️ 13 °C
Altitude: 334 m
Germany Überdorf 50.556068, 7.56539250°33’22” N 7°33’55” E
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Munich to London Trains
September 30 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
3 trains to get from Munich to London, but first class made it comfortable.
Munich to Frankfurt HBF.
Frankfurt HBF to Brussels, Belgium
Brussels to London.
Traveler St Pancras if you don't mind
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Day 21
Wednesday, October 1, 2025 at 11:06 AM
☁️ 14 °C
Altitude: 23 m
England Cambridge 52.201355, 0.12132352°12’5” N 0°7’17” E
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London, Luton, Cambridge & Norwich
October 1 in England ⋅ ☁️ 14 °C
Picked up the hire car, a very nice Peugeot then headed to Luton to show Ryan where I spent the first 2yrs of my life before moving to Australia. We popped in to see my mums childhood friend Glenda, 70yrs of friendship. We popped into Cambridge and had a look at the University and the town very nice area so green. Tonight we head to football game in Norwich and staying here as well.Read more
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TravelerLovely trip down memory lane 💕
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Day 22
Thursday, October 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
☁️ 18 °C
Altitude: 80 m
England Oxford 51.722168, -1.23361751°43’20” N 1°14’1” W
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Norwich to Clarkson’s Farm and Pub
October 2 in England ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
Today we left Norwich and headed to Clarkson’s Farm called Diddly Squat then his pub called The Farmers Dog. We are massive fans of Clarkson’s Farm and it’s awesome to be here in person to watch the beautiful views. We then head to Oxford to catch up with the Britton’s.Read more
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TravelerSo cool we love that show too
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Day 23
Friday, October 3, 2025 at 9:59 PM
🌧 18 °C
Altitude: 72 m
England Oxford 51.754379, -1.2517351°45’16” N 1°15’6” W
Oxford Day and Harry Potter Tour
October 3 in England ⋅ 🌧 18 °C
Today we went on a beautiful drive to Burford such a beautiful historic town then met up with the Britton’s to do the Harry Potter Tour through Oxford.
TravelerOh!! I really wanted to do this !!
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Day 24
Saturday, October 4, 2025 at 2:24 PM
🌬 14 °C
Altitude: 28 m
England City of Westminster 51.500107, -0.16310551°30’0” N 0°9’47” W
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Arsenal Football & Book of Mormons
October 4 in England ⋅ 🌬 14 °C
Today we met the Britton’s in London. Boys went to Arsenal Mim and I Harrods, lunch then Theatre to see Book of Mormons
Traveler Wearing the scarf Mel's mum gave you
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Day 25
Sunday, October 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
☁️ 13 °C
Altitude: 50 m
Ireland Kilkenny 52.653244, -7.25315952°39’12” N 7°15’11” W
London to Dublin to Kilkenny
October 5 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Today we left London after our flight was delayed by an hour. Picked up the car and drove to Kilkenny where we found a beautiful historic pub with live music kicking back and relaxing.
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