CroatieZagreb Airport45°44’7” N 16°3’44” E
6 août 2019, Croatie ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Look! Up in the air! Is it a bird, is it a plane? Yes, it's a plane, an A380 but it's not ours. It's Etihad Airways Paris to Dubai, flying over Zagreb. Ours is just a tiny jet way out on the tarmac,En savoir plus
DanemarkAmager Fælled55°39’8” N 12°35’38” E
6 août 2019, Danemark ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
The first things you notice about Copenhagen-
There are nicely separated bike lanes on almost all the roads.
There are cyclists in the bike lanes everywhere.
There are bikes everywhere.
Nearly allEn savoir plus
SuèdeMalmö Central Station55°36’34” N 13°0’6” E
9 août 2019, Suède ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
It's only a short trip across The Bridge so why not?
The bridge linking Denmark with Sweden starts as an underwater tunnel so as not to interfere with air traffic at Copenhagen airport next door. ItEn savoir plus
AllemagneAlster53°33’46” N 10°1’8” E
10 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 22 °C
Next stop Hamburg.
Booking the train trip was rather confusing for an amateur due to track construction work so we opted to fly. After a propeller plane across the Alps to Zagreb, a small jet toEn savoir plus
AllemagneSandtorhafen53°32’38” N 9°59’19” E
12 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Okay, I confess. The real reason for visiting Hamburg was one of Germany's biggest tourist attractions, Miniatur Wunderland - the world's biggest model railway.
They have scenes based on locationsEn savoir plus
AllemagneSt. Michaelis ("Michel")53°32’54” N 9°58’45” E
13 août 2019, Allemagne ⋅ 🌧 15 °C
As well as the Beatles trail, model trains and planes and sausages, Hamburg has some other strange food, some buildings that survived the WW2 blitz and some restored.
It also has good bike paths forEn savoir plus
Pays-BasAmsterdam Airport Schiphol52°18’33” N 4°45’43” E
14 août 2019, Pays-Bas ⋅ ⛅ 18 °C
This is our first, multi-leg rail trip in Europe, quite a logistical challenge for a beginner. 4 legs, three changes. How long do you need for changes? How hard is it to find the right platform? HowEn savoir plus
Pays-BasDe Wallen52°22’24” N 4°53’57” E
15 août 2019, Pays-Bas ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Amsterdam is.... well, Amsterdam.
They have some rather different museums to other cities.
A cow museum, a torture museum (Zagreb also has one of these), a sex museum, a prostitution museum (sorry,En savoir plus
Pays-BasRembrandtplein52°21’58” N 4°53’48” E
16 août 2019, Pays-Bas ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Amsterdam is also a city of culture and beauty with a mix of modern lifestyle.
Of all the famous paintings in all the famous museums and galleries to which I've been, which admittedly isn't many,En savoir plus
Pays-BasGalgewater52°9’41” N 4°28’55” E
17 août 2019, Pays-Bas ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
Leiden was a pleasant surprise. A smaller town between Amsterdam and The Hauge, it is very pretty, very Dutch, very old yet very modern.
Everybody rides bikes everywhere. Whether going to theEn savoir plus
