Convention 23 Europe

agosto - settembre 2023

An International convention, family in the Netherlands and RKMC family around Europe! Sight seeing some bucket list places Leggi altro

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Viaggiatore Convention 23 Europe
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- 25 ago 2023, 16:56
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitudine: 242 m
- Australia State of Victoria Knox The Basin Chandlers Hill -37.865188, 145.32093837°51’55” S 145°19’15” E
Giorno 1
Day One - Melbourne to Dubai
25 agosto 2023, Australia ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Day 1, checked in and ready to fly! First leg is 14 hours to Dubai. I’m excited to be catching up with friends and family, I’m looking forward to meeting new friends and I can’t wait to see the sights to be seenLeggi altro
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Viaggiatore Travel safe. 🇦🇺☕️
25/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Have an awesome time!
26/08/23RispostaTradurre
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- 26 ago 2023, 12:14
- ☀️ 42 °C
- Altitudine: 6 m
- Emirati Arabi Uniti Dubai AL Twar Second Dubai International Airport 25.249137, 55.3608625°14’57” N 55°21’39” E
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Day 1a Dubai
26 agosto 2023, Emirati Arabi Uniti ⋅ ☀️ 42 °C
Not much to say, 14hours (slept for the better part, Oh and John Wick 4 lol)
Landed at 05:20 Dubai time (11:20 Melbourne) at a little dark outside with 37°c - So glad the AirPort airconditioning is working well 😎
Coffee and a snack D46.00 (AUD $19:20) not bad for the best coffee since I left home
Next stop Amsterdam 🛫🇦🇺🚒🏍️🛬Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore It’s a balmy 15 here today, at least it’s not raining…..😂
26/08/23RispostaTradurre
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Viaggiatore Convention 23 Europe
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- 26 ago 2023
- ☁️ 20 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Olanda Provincie Zuid-Holland Brielle 51.894585, 4.16683451°53’41” N 4°10’1” E
Giorno 2
Day 1b Amsterdam and Rotterdam
26 agosto 2023, Olanda ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
Easy 7 hour flight with little sleep, arrived in Amsterdam to be herded out through customs, then waiting for bags, poor wifi and the the expedition to get to the car! Driving in the rain on the wrong side of the car, on the wrong side of the road and can’t find the wipers (lol - that bits a joke) but I keep indicating when I want the wipers and the wipers go when I want to turn 🥹 safe now with beer and whiskey 🍺🍺🥃Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Just what you need - everything on the wrong side to mess with your head. I’m sure the rain made you feel like you were at home though. 🤣. Suffice to say, there hasn’t been a drop of rain since you left, overcast but pleasant.
27/08/23RispostaTradurre
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Viaggiatore Convention 23 Europe
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- 27 ago 2023
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitudine: Livello del mare
- Olanda Provincie Zuid-Holland Brielle 51.894602, 4.16675451°53’41” N 4°10’0” E
Giorno 3
Day 2 Rotterdam
27 agosto 2023, Olanda ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
Another full day with visits to fire stations and the port of Rotterdam. Ray and Jolanda have shown me so much in such a short time. It is an amazing city! The growth and land creation is incredible! The port is 42 Km’s long and growing.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore CRANK 🚒👨‍🚒
28/08/23RispostaTradurre
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Viaggiatore Convention 23 Europe
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- 27 ago 2023
- ⛅ 17 °C
- Altitudine: 3 m
- Olanda Provincie Zuid-Holland Brielle 51.894555, 4.16674351°53’40” N 4°10’0” E
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Day 2b but wait there is more
27 agosto 2023, Olanda ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C
After the Port a quick break, feed the puppy and back out to see more! Just beautiful. Brielle is beautiful as well and a gentle after dinner! (Without a phone 🥹)
Dinner was at “T’ Kont van het Paard” a very old stable turned into a quaint pub
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Viaggiatore Stunningly beautiful
28/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Smile 😊
28/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore LMAO, I did. After the photo 😎
28/08/23RispostaTradurre
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Viaggiatore Convention 23 Europe
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- 28 ago 2023
- ☁️ 19 °C
- Altitudine: 26 m
- Belgio Flanders Oostkamp 51.139414, 3.23537351°8’22” N 3°14’7” E
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Giorno 4
Day 3 into Belgium
28 agosto 2023, Belgio ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
After enjoying a relaxing morning it’s time to bid farewell to my awesome hosts and move on to Belgium.
It’s island hopping, bridges and tunnels - incredible.
I arrive to Coffee with Nancy and Buba and we are off to see some some sights a fire station, the Brothers in Arms memorial and the last post at the Menin Gate. Somethings just break your heart - but in a good way.Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Lest we forget
29/08/23RispostaTradurre
Hi Roger, You are having an amazing trip.The Last Post at Menin Gate! Wow. Very moving. Carolyn [Carolyn Arch]
30/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore It is amazing, the last post was incredible
30/08/23RispostaTradurre
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Viaggiatore Convention 23 Europe
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- 29 ago 2023, 17:17
- ⛅ 19 °C
- Altitudine: 9 m
- Belgio Flanders Oostkamp 51.146981, 3.23517551°8’49” N 3°14’7” E
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Giorno 5
Day 4 Brugge
29 agosto 2023, Belgio ⋅ ⛅ 19 °C
Another fire station and breakfast then off to see Brugge! OMG, words can not describe the beauty of this time capsule. The history, the architecture and the friendliness are incredible. Catching up with Ine and being shown around, lunch! Beer! Walking! Dinner with members of Belgium 2. Can’t thank them enough 🌹Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore 🤣
30/08/23Risposta
Viaggiatore The King and his champion 😂😂😂
30/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Hi Roger have walked there and had fish and chips near that bridge an amazing town like being in the Middle Ages ❤️❤️
30/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Bahahahaha!
04/09/23RispostaTradurre
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- 30 ago 2023, 21:57
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitudine: 105 m
- Francia Hauts-de-France Villers-Bretonneux 49.868563, 2.51748349°52’7” N 2°31’3” E
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Day 5 Off to the battle fields
30 agosto 2023, Francia ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
An easy start to the day and a leisurely drive to Villers-Bretonneux. Found the Barling’s on the wall, enjoyed the Monash centre. Then off to the Guard’s cemetery. Oops, I have a flat tyre and it is toast! Local Renault dealer is taking care of it. But I’m stuck for the night. I will be back on the road in the morning so nothing left to do be relaxLeggi altro
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Viaggiatore It looks very impressive Roger and you can feel the almost like a kind of holiness in those war cemeteries!
30/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore Sadly no Mum, I feel a cold chill from the breeze and a sense of loneliness. It is a sad place
31/08/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore It is that Roger!🥰
31/08/23RispostaTradurre
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- 31 ago 2023
- 🌧 17 °C
- Altitudine: 29 m
- Francia Hauts-de-France Corbie Abbatiale Saint-Pierre de Corbie 49.906879, 2.51121949°54’25” N 2°30’40” E
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Day 6 Corbie France to Geneva
31 agosto 2023, Francia ⋅ 🌧 17 °C
A real lazy start waiting for a tyre! Lovely little hotel “La Caroline” looked after me for the night. The local Renault dealer also is fantastic and stepped above and beyond! A tyre is on its way and I will be on the road today! I even have a loan car to visit local sites (like back to the Memorial) - again I’ve enjoyed the immersive experience of the memorial, without the constrains of yesterday’s rush to the next spot! These will have to wait for a return. One can not describe this experience so easily, it must be felt. I arrived in Switzerland late today all the better for my time in France!Leggi altro
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Viaggiatore Very sombre. I’m sure it was peaceful and allowed time for reflection.
01/09/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore What a place to have to spend more time. Wonderful that you could just go back and take everything in. I can imagine you there.
01/09/23RispostaTradurre
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- 1 set 2023, 09:26
- ☀️ 18 °C
- Altitudine: 441 m
- Svizzera Genève Vernier 46.218645, 6.08023646°13’7” N 6°4’49” E
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Day 7 Geneva to Genoa!
1 settembre 2023, Svizzera ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
Well, there is a lesson in doing your homework! The Mont Blanc tunnel is a €54 toll EACH WAY….. total tolls for the last two day almost €200 🤬 sadly no place to stop on the roads today so you’ll have to take my word for it that driving through the Alps is incredible. Snow (and thick) on the highest peaks. Mint Blanc is about but one of the tunnels on this road and almost 12 kilometers on its own. The Hotel is adequate and parking is a nightmare (more home work next time) but achieved. I really think time for a shower and an early nightLeggi altro
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Viaggiatore More adventures had, just amazing 🥰
02/09/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore OMG! $335 for tolls! Insane!
04/09/23RispostaTradurre
Viaggiatore And then fuel is €2.00 per litre on average!! For the cheap stuff 🥺 and about 50 litres a fill on average 😭
06/09/23RispostaTradurre
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