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  • Ellen Mihaljevic
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chasing winter

long-term-winter-haterer tries to survive (and hopefully thrive) a european winter Leggi altro
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  • Inizio del viaggio
    29 settembre 2023
    Ellen Mihaljevicchasing winterEllen Mihaljevic
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    London

    30 set–1 ott 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌙 12 °C

    Wandering around London:

    Morning walk along Southbank, Tour of Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, Looking at Art (and looking at people taking pictures of themselves 'looking' at art) at Tate Modern, People watching in Green Square and stumbling across the cutest church-converted-garden museum with great views from its tower.

    Fun Fact of the Day: It's a bad idea to launch a cannon for fun in a building made of wood and straw.    Leggi altro

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    Rugby and Coventry

    1 ottobre 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Starting to head north:

    Visited Rugby (the town where rugby was invented), but unfortunately everything was closed. However did see a few interesting statues and plaques in the street.
    Moved on to Coventry, had a walk around the cathedral, which was targeted in the blitz and rebuilt retaining the surviving walls, where I received a suprise choir concert. Also went to the Herbert museum where I met Dippy the Diplodocus.

    Fun Fact of the day: the game of rugby was named after the town of rugby which was named after the de Rokeby family, who had their 13th century moated manor house there.    Leggi altro

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    Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon

    2 ottobre 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌧 18 °C

    Picturesque Towns and Shakespearean Tales:

    On my way to Stratford, had a longish wait in Leamington to change trains, so decided to look around and very glad I did. Did the towns self-guided walking tour, and it was gorgeous. It was like Manuka, but make it a city. In Stratford I went to Shakespeare's Birthplace, and 'New House' where a museum dedicated to the 400th anniversary of the first folio is. In the evening I went to a medieval pub for dinner, and then to the Swan Theatre to watch the Merchant of Venice. It was very good, and afterwards went for a drink with the people in my section. What happens when an aussie, pom and American walk into a bar? They all order variations of soda water and annoy the bar staff (we had a lovely time however).Leggi altro

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    Stratford-upon-Avon to Manchester

    3 ottobre 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 17 °C

    Morning in Stratford and Trip to Manchester

    In the morning went for a walk around the Stratford-upon-Avon canals and visited the Butterfly house (iguana spotted). Then visited Tudor World and the MAD museum of Mechanical Art.
    Spent the afternoon travelling to Manchester where I will be based for the next few days.

    Fun Fact of the day: Henry the 8th suffered a head injury that "changed his personality" and made him act wack.    Leggi altro

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    Manchester

    4 ottobre 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    Museum Hopping and 'Lovely Weather'

    Spent the day visiting Manchester's various museums; Castlefield Urban Heritage Park, the Science and Industry Museum (at a location that used to be a textiles loading dock and has the first computer "Baby"), the People's History Museum, and (my suprise favourite) the National Football Museum. Was told by some locals that the partly cloudy, misty rain and wind was 'Lovely weather' to explore Manchester (😶).

    Fun Fact of the Day: Waterproof Fabric was Invented in Manchester by Charles Macintosh adding Rubber to Cotton to create himself a jacket to wear in the rain.    Leggi altro

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    Liverpool

    5 ottobre 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

    The Royal Albert Dock and Cruising with the Fab Four:

    Went on an incredible sing-along Beatles bus tour (where I was the youngest by a long shot), then explored the museums around the Royal Albert Dock. The British Music Museum, Maritime Museum, and the Beatles Museum (got to go inside yellow submarine!), all of which are located in the former warehouse buildings surrounding Liverpool's historical main Dock.

    Fun Fact of the Day: Why should you always visit the bakery before visiting a European Royal family? Because they're all into-bread.    Leggi altro

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    Manchester to York

    6 ottobre 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

    Moving from Manchester to York:

    Bookended by a trip to the Casltefield Viaduct (an old railway bridge that is now a community gardens project) in the morning and stroll along the York City Walls in the evening.

    Fun Fact: The Great Northern Railway Company was the first people to build tracks that go underground, so the trains could drive directly into their warehouse.    Leggi altro

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    York

    7 ottobre 2023, Inghilterra ⋅ 🌬 21 °C

    Exploring York

    Had a day wondering around York, visited Yorkminster, went to the market (got some plums so I don't get scurvy), the York Castle Tower, the Castle Museum, saw a comedy circus street performance, had a tour around the Treasurer's House, visited thr Jorvik Viking Experience (think its a small world viking version) and finished the day relaxing in the park.

    Fun fact of the day: York Castle Tower is home to the world's first flushing toilet, built for King Henry 3    Leggi altro

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    Scottish Highlands and Loch Ness

    9 ottobre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Day 1 of Scotland Tour

    Went for a sunrise walk of Edinburgh before getting on my bus for the first day of my Scottish tour. Visited the Highlands Folk Museum (with examples of the buildings the people of the Highlands lived in through the centuries), the battleground of Culloden Moor, and the Cairns ancient burial sites. Finished the day at Loch Ness, where we are staying right on the shores

    Fun fact of the day: Loch Ness has enough volume that if you had a time machine and took every person that ever lived, you would have enough room in Loch Ness to store them all.    Leggi altro

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    Loch Ness to Isle of Skye

    10 ottobre 2023, Scozia ⋅ 🌧 14 °C

    Day 2 of Scotland Tour

    Left Loch Ness and headed west towards the Isle of Skye. Spent a lot of the day hiking to various waterfalls and gorges in the Highlands, and finished the day at Eilean Donan Castle.

    Fun fact of the day: King James I of Scotland was the only Monarch to be assassinated inside a sewer.    Leggi altro

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    Isle of Skye

    11 ottobre 2023, Scozia ⋅ 🌬 10 °C

    Day 3 of Scotland Tour

    Explored the Isle of Skye, the major highlight being climbing the Old Man of Storr. We also did some other hiking to see more of Skye's hills and waterfalls.

    Fun Fact of the Day: In Galic mythology, the old man of Storr is a giant frozen into stone by some local women who (unsuccessfully) tried to steal his gold.Leggi altro

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    Isle of Skye to Oban

    12 ottobre 2023, Scozia ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Day 4 of Scotland Tour

    Left Skye in the morning, and after a few stops to look at the natural Scenery, we had a tour of a Whisky Distillery, where we got to see around their factory and then have a tasting of their whiskies (I had never had Whisky before and was pleasantly surprised by how much I liked it). We then went to the famous Glenfinnan Viaduct (Harry Potter bridge) to admire the view of the bridge and the neighbouring Loch. Last stop of the day was Glen Coe which was insanely beautiful. When we settled into our accommodation in Oban, my friends and I went to a Scottish Folk dancing night at the local bar which was so much fun (though did make me feel rather uncoordinated unless I had my friend Elley - who is a ballet dancer - leading me. I had to lead with most people though, sucks to be tall I guess).

    Fun Fact of the Day: The Highlands cow was originally kept for milk, but its not very good at making milk so now it's uses are tourism and beef (in that order).    Leggi altro

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    Lausanne and Romainmotier

    15 ottobre 2023, Svizzera ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Exploring Rural Switzerland:

    Went to a Cow Bell Festival in Romainmotier (very cool and very very good food), followed by a visit to the towns monastery, which is the oldest in Switzerland, built in the 3rd century CE. Later in the day we went to some caves right near the French border.

    Fun Fact of the Day: I will update with pictures from this week soon I promise 😉    Leggi altro

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    Montreaux

    16 ottobre 2023, Svizzera ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C

    Exploring the Lake Geneva Shoreline with Richie

    Took the train around to Montreaux (same montreaux as "smoke on the water"). Took a cable train up to Roche's de Naye, at 2000m elevation could see everything, including Switzerland's 3 biggest mountains (though they looked tiny from a distance). Had a walk along the water edge in Montreaux and visited the Freddie Mercury statue and Queen Museum.

    Fun fact of the day: in the Alps there are heaps of empty shacks for hikers to stay in if they are stuck in the wilderness overnight.    Leggi altro

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    Lausanne to Nice

    17 ottobre 2023, Francia ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C

    Road Trip With Mum

    Left Richie and Barb in the morning and drove down to Nice throughout the day. Saw lots of cool castles and ruins near the road on the way. Stopped at thr Tete de Chien, which had great views over Monaco and an old fort at the top of the headland that we stopped at just before sunset. Had to survive Nice peak hour traffic (which was absolutely insane) but we made it and had a lovely drink and dinner at our hotel.

    Fun fact of the day: Salmon Tartar tastes just like Sushi    Leggi altro

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    Conflans

    29 ottobre 2023, Francia ⋅ 🌬 16 °C

    Day 5 on the Seine

    Was feeling a bit under the weather so didn't get up to much today. Visited Malmaison however, the home of the Bonapartes in the time Napoleon seized power. It was interesting to see the difference in the styles of the rooms he designed (which all looked like military tents) and the rooms designed by his wife Jospehine (which looked like miniature Versailles rooms).

    Fun fact of the day: the little boy in the painting of Napoleon's coronation didn't actually attend the event. He was Napoleons step-grandson, asked to be included in the painting by Napoleon as a way to indicate who should inherit the throne should something happen to him.    Leggi altro

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    Paris to Brussels

    31 ottobre 2023, Belgio ⋅ ☁️ 12 °C

    Heading North

    Left the boat and spent the morning travelling to Brussels. After I'd checked in, had a wander towards the old town and took the hop-on-hop-off toot bus around the major monuments to get myself acquainted with the city and learn some more about its history. We were interrupted by a guy on a unicycle juggling fire holding up the traffic. Had frites - chips with sauce - for dinner, my first Belgian specialtyLeggi altro

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    Brussels

    1 novembre 2023, Belgio ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C

    Day to Explore Brussels

    A lot of where I planned to go today was closed (today i learnt that november 1 is all saints day), so did the other loop of my tootbus and had a walk around. Had a hot chocolate at the Cafe and workshop of a Belgian chocolatier, before walking the "comic book trail" to see many of the murals of famous characters painted around the city. For other Belgian food, I was able to try Waffles for breakfast, but was unable to find any Brussels Sprouts for lunner (so had a train station salad instead 😞)

    Fun fact of the day: Brussels is known as the comic capital of the world, being home to many famous comics like Tintin, the Smurfs and Asterix.    Leggi altro

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    Amsterdam

    2 novembre 2023, Olanda ⋅ 🌧 11 °C

    A windy day in Amsterdam

    For my first day in Amsterdam there was a sever weather warning for wind and rain, but that didn't stop me from exploring the city! One of the buildings of my hostel is the old schoolhouse, which I am lucky to be staying in. I started the morning on a walking tour (luckily I have a good rain jacket), which was great to learn more about the city, including the sculptures on the front of buildings to indicate to medieval illiterate residents what kind of shop was inside and the sinking/leaning houses cause by the movement of the swamp . After being a bit outdone by the weather, I went to the Van Gogh museum, in which I spent 3 hours! My favourites were definitely the sunflowers (I even got a sunflowers inspired cookie from the cafe), though I did think the pokemon recreations of Van Gogh paintings (inspired by Van Gogh's love for Japanese art) was really fun too.

    Fun fact of the day: the phrase 'filthy rich' comes from Amsterdam, where because it is below sea level there are no graveyards, so the residents historically got buried on mass outside the city. The extreemely rich however could pay for their bodies to be kept under the tiles of the churches, where when they began to decay, churchgoers could begin to smell them.    Leggi altro

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    Amsterdam

    3 novembre 2023, Olanda ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

    Rainy Amsterdam Pt 2

    In the morning went to the Heineken Brewery, too see how they make beer. Spent the afternoon seeing more of Amsterdam's picturesque neighbourhoods, before getting sick of the wind+rain and finding a hiding spot in Ripley's believe it or not and a nice cafe. Finished the afternoon at the Anne Frank museum and a traditional dutch dinner.Leggi altro

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    Amsterdam

    4 novembre 2023, Olanda

    Day Trip to Regional Netherlands

    Took a day tour to the region surrounding Amsterdam, seeing the windmills (in action too!), the original Edam cheese factory, and some coastal towns that are below sea level (kept un-flooded by an intense system of dykes, dams and pumps).

    Fun fact of the day: despite the entire village being below sea level, Marken hasn't flooded since 1916    Leggi altro

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    Munich

    7 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C

    Experiencing Munich

    Spent the day viewing everything that is uniquely Munich: the Marionplatz Glockenspiel, the Palace, the English Garden, Viktualienmarkt (where we got some incredible Bratwurst) and the Hofbrauhaus beer hall.

    Fun fact of the day: Hofbrauhaus began in 1589, making it one of the oldest beer halls to still operate today    Leggi altro

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    Munich

    8 novembre 2023, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 10 °C

    Last Day Running Around Munich

    In the morning went on electric scooters to and around the Olympic Park. It was very pretty, a lot of fun, and reminded me a bit of home (especially the Olympiaturm, which looked funnily like telstra tower). Had a look at some displays beginning to be put up for Christmas in town, and in the evening took myself back to the English Garden for a walk.

    Fun fact of the day: most of the streets in Munich have a dedicated bike lane, which is a separated section of the footpath.    Leggi altro