HırvatistanZagreb Airport45°44’7” N 16°3’44” E
6 Ağustos 2019, Hırvatistan ⋅ ⛅ 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,Okumaya devam et
DanimarkaAmager Fælled55°39’8” N 12°35’38” E
6 Ağustos 2019, Danimarka ⋅ ⛅ 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 allOkumaya devam et
İsveçMalmö Central Station55°36’34” N 13°0’6” E
9 Ağustos 2019, İsveç ⋅ ⛅ 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. ItOkumaya devam et
AlmanyaAlster53°33’46” N 10°1’8” E
10 Ağustos 2019, Almanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 toOkumaya devam et
AlmanyaSandtorhafen53°32’38” N 9°59’19” E
12 Ağustos 2019, Almanya ⋅ ⛅ 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 locationsOkumaya devam et
AlmanyaSt. Michaelis ("Michel")53°32’54” N 9°58’45” E
13 Ağustos 2019, Almanya ⋅ 🌧 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 forOkumaya devam et
HollandaAmsterdam Airport Schiphol52°18’33” N 4°45’43” E
14 Ağustos 2019, Hollanda ⋅ ⛅ 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? HowOkumaya devam et
HollandaDe Wallen52°22’24” N 4°53’57” E
15 Ağustos 2019, Hollanda ⋅ 🌧 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,Okumaya devam et
HollandaRembrandtplein52°21’58” N 4°53’48” E
16 Ağustos 2019, Hollanda ⋅ ⛅ 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,Okumaya devam et
HollandaGalgewater52°9’41” N 4°28’55” E
17 Ağustos 2019, Hollanda ⋅ ☁️ 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 theOkumaya devam et
