London
30 сент.–1 окт. 2023, Англия ⋅ 🌙 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,Читать далее
Rugby and Coventry
1 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 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 toЧитать далее
Leamington Spa and Stratford-upon-Avon
2 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ 🌧 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 walkingЧитать далее
ПутешественникFun fact for that day: Anne-Marie has the same birthday as Shakespeare.
Stratford-upon-Avon to Manchester
3 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ 🌬 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 MADЧитать далее
I had no idea that Ned Kelly was related to Shakespeare or did he just act in one of the tragic plays? [Susan Basic]
Manchester
4 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 textilesЧитать далее
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I'm going to stick 'By Order' at the end of everything I say from now on!
Liverpool
5 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ ☁️ 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 AlbertЧитать далее
Manchester to York
6 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ 🌬 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 inЧитать далее
York
7 октября 2023 г., Англия ⋅ 🌬 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 streetЧитать далее
Scottish Highlands and Loch Ness
9 октября 2023 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Loch Ness to Isle of Skye
10 октября 2023 г., Шотландия ⋅ 🌧 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 DonanЧитать далее
Isle of Skye
11 октября 2023 г., Шотландия ⋅ 🌬 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 theЧитать далее
Isle of Skye to Oban
12 октября 2023 г., Шотландия ⋅ ☁️ 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 aЧитать далее
ПутешественникFun fact: Scotland now produces red wine. It goes with no food.
Lausanne and Romainmotier
15 октября 2023 г., Швейцария ⋅ ☁️ 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 inЧитать далее
Ellen MihaljevicI had a soup de chalet, which was like a vegetable soup with cheese, and the bread that came with it was also very good, had a smoky flavour from being wood baked.
Montreaux
16 октября 2023 г., Швейцария ⋅ ⛅ 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 seeЧитать далее
Ellen MihaljevicThey used it for the Made in Heaven album cover, and then left it there were more people could see it
ПутешественникRe fun fact: I had a friend that hiked across Switzerland and used those huts as accom for the entire trip!
Lausanne to Nice
17 октября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 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 hadЧитать далее
Ellen MihaljevicThey were really good until they weren't. The motorways were great but once you got into the towns the roads where so narrow and people were driving super fast on them and also kinda just pushing in on the intersections instead of waiting their turn.
Vernon
25 октября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
First Full day on the Seine
Explored Vernon, visited Bizy Castle and looked at the old mill house on a medieval bridge. Had a lovely dinner followed by a trivia night, where our Canberra teamЧитать далее
Bayeux
26 октября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ ☁️ 15 °C
Daytrip to Bayeux
Conflans
29 октября 2023 г., Франция ⋅ 🌬 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 toЧитать далее
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Was this painting incredible to see in real life? I'm thinking of getting something similar of me on a unicorn.
Paris to Brussels
31 октября 2023 г., Бельгия ⋅ ☁️ 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 toЧитать далее
ПутешественникFun fact, Kingsley's Chicken get their potatoes from Belgium.
Brussels
1 ноября 2023 г., Бельгия ⋅ ☁️ 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 hotЧитать далее
Amsterdam
2 ноября 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ 🌧 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 theЧитать далее
Amsterdam
3 ноября 2023 г., Нидерланды ⋅ ☁️ 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 theЧитать далее
Amsterdam
4 ноября 2023 г., Нидерланды
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 belowЧитать далее
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Your feet have become very ummm muscly. I assume from all the walking.
Munich
7 ноября 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ☁️ 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)Читать далее
Munich
8 ноября 2023 г., Германия ⋅ ☀️ 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,Читать далее
ПутешественникFound you
Ellen MihaljevicWow!!
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You look very cute. Where is that pic?
Ellen MihaljevicShakespeare's the Globe Theatre
Путешественник🤣 "Looking at Art (and looking at people taking pictures of themselves 'looking' at art"