SingaporeSungai Ayer Gemuruh1°21’8” N 103°59’13” E 21 febbraio 2023, Singapore ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
We started with a daytime flight to Singapore, then 9 hours in transit before we head to Munich.
Fortunately Changi Airport has enough attractions and facilities to keep you amused for that long,Leggi altro
GermaniaMunich Central Station48°8’20” N 11°33’26” E 22 febbraio 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 10 °C
After a smooth 13 hour flight, we arrived in Munich at 7am to a temperature of -2. We caught the train to the city and were lucky that our hotel room was ready, so we dropped the bags and headed for aLeggi altro
GermaniaNeuschwanstein Castle47°33’31” N 10°44’53” E 23 febbraio 2023, Germania ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
Today was a full day tour of two of the royal castles of Bavaria, located close to the Austrian border, about 90 minutes from Munich.
Linderhof Palace is the smaller castle, the only one of KingLeggi altro
John Kalaitzis
I had it my head that the passion play was performed only every 10 years? I'd be useless at quizzes!
John KalaitzisI was full of self doubt. Glad it's all been cleared up now :)
GermaniaPolln48°16’10” N 11°28’13” E 24 febbraio 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C
After a hearty breakfast we caught the local train and bus to Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site, approximately 16km north of Munich.
Dachau was the longest operating concentration camp,Leggi altro
GermaniaAugustinerkloster Nürnberg49°27’16” N 11°4’32” E 25 febbraio 2023, Germania ⋅ 🌧 2 °C
We checked out of the hotel early today ready for our 9.18am fast train to Nuremberg. It's a popular route, with 50 trains a day making the 160km journey.
We arrived in Nuremberg at 10.25am, and wasLeggi altro
John Kalaitzis
Is that one of your walking people symbols being followed by a goose, that I spy?
Darren and JanetWe thought that initially too! It's the logo for a burger chain, Hans Im Gluck (Hans in Luck), named after a Brothers Grimm fairytale. We can confirm they make very good burgers 😁
GermaniaGroßer Dutzendteich49°25’52” N 11°7’5” E 26 febbraio 2023, Germania ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C
More snow and bitterly cold wind this morning, so we rugged up and caught the train to the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds, aka Zeppelin Field (named after the landing of one of Count Zeppelin'sLeggi altro
GermaniaNürnberg Imhoff’sche Grabkapelle St. Rochus49°26’51” N 11°3’37” E 27 febbraio 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 3 °C
We began the day with a trip to the Faber Castell pencil factory, in the hope they had a tour running. Unfortunately they didn't, and their museum was also closed today, so we had to settle for aLeggi altro
GermaniaFrankfurt am Main50°6’49” N 8°41’12” E 28 febbraio 2023, Germania ⋅ ☁️ 7 °C
After breakfast we had a couple of hours up our sleeve before our train to Frankfurt, so we left the bags at the hotel and went for another walk along the city's historical mile.
We ended up in theLeggi altro
GermaniaRömerberg50°6’37” N 8°40’55” E 1 marzo 2023, Germania ⋅ ☀️ 9 °C
We spent the day crisscrossing the Main River, first visiting the old Jewish Cemetery on the way to the Sachsenhausen district, famous for its apple wine bars and half timbered buildings.
We crossedLeggi altro
Viaggiatore
I wonder what the meaning is for all the rocks placed on the nameplates ...
Darren and JanetThey use a stone as a symbol of lasting memory - flowers, though beautiful, will eventually die, but a stone will not die, so the memory goes on forever.
MaroccoMedina31°37’42” N 7°59’2” W 2 marzo 2023, Marocco
After catching the underground to the airport, we flew out of Frankfurt at 11am for a 3.5 hour flight to Marrakech.
Our first sight of Morocco was a patchwork of brown and green fields from the planeLeggi altro
Daniel WilliamsDidn't want to get in the tannery like the amazing race then?
John Kalaitzis
That is very cool