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- Day 17
- Friday, July 20, 2018 at 3:00 PM
- ⛅ 20 °C
- Altitude: 27 m
EstoniaToompea59°26’8” N 24°44’46” E
Tallinn, EE part 2
July 20, 2018 in Estonia ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
A beautiful, compact medieval city with tight and twisty cobbled streets. Quite a challenge for the car. Beautiful churches, houses and other buildings.
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- Day 18
- Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 12:41 PM
- ☀️ 21 °C
- Altitude: 24 m
LatviaAinaži57°50’59” N 24°21’13” E
Ainazi, LV
July 21, 2018 in Latvia ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Our entry point into Latvia.
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- Day 18
- Saturday, July 21, 2018 at 6:22 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 12 m
- LatviaVecrīga56°57’5” N 24°6’47” E
Riga LV - Freedom Monument
July 21, 2018 in Latvia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Moving through the Baltic states, we have started exploring Riga.
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- Day 19
- Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 1:47 PM
- ☀️ 27 °C
- Altitude: 32 m
- LatviaRiga Ferry Port56°56’60” N 24°6’19” E
Riga LV - Doma laukums
July 22, 2018 in Latvia ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
There are so many lovely buildings in Riga it has been difficult to select photos. And everything is so reasonably priced.
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- Day 20
- Monday, July 23, 2018 at 10:37 AM
- ⛅ 24 °C
- Altitude: 30 m
LithuaniaMikoliūnų Sriautas56°16’3” N 24°22’12” E
Pakelės Namai - LT
July 23, 2018 in Lithuania ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Sneaking across the border into Lithuania.
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- Day 20
- Monday, July 23, 2018 at 5:28 PM
- 🌧 23 °C
- Altitude: 137 m
- LithuaniaUžupis54°40’28” N 25°17’22” E
Vilnius LT - Gates of Dawn
July 23, 2018 in Lithuania ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
We are now in Lithuania, the last of the Baltic states, wandering the streets of Vilnius.
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- Day 21
- Tuesday, July 24, 2018 at 10:15 AM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 112 m
- LithuaniaUniversity of Vilnius54°41’7” N 25°17’13” E
Vilnius LT - Cathedral Square
July 24, 2018 in Lithuania ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
A full day exploring the many churches of Vilnius. Sadly so much was destroyed during occupation but they are slowly re-building and restoring.
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- Day 22
- Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at 1:33 PM
- ☀️ 26 °C
- Altitude: 141 m
PolandPasichy53°30’6” N 22°14’1” E
Polska
July 25, 2018 in Poland ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C
We are in Poland. We arrived (by accident) at the Belarus border and were told in no uncertain terms that we were not welcome. So we backtracked until we found the direct crossing from Lithuania toRead more
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- Day 23
- Thursday, July 26, 2018 at 11:08 AM
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 109 m
- PolandZygmunt's Column52°14’51” N 21°0’48” E
Warszawa PL
July 26, 2018 in Poland ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Exploring Warsaw Old Town which has been completely re-constructed using bricks taken from other towns in Poland.
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- Day 24
- Friday, July 27, 2018 at 7:30 PM
- ⛅ 28 °C
- Altitude: 25 m
GermanyEichwald52°18’55” N 14°34’35” E
Deutschland
July 27, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Snuck back into Germany after a motorway dash across Poland. Arrived in Berlin too exhausted to do owt.
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- Day 25
- Saturday, July 28, 2018 at 11:59 AM
- ⛅ 29 °C
- Altitude: 36 m
- GermanyBrandenburg Gate52°30’59” N 13°22’36” E
Brandenburg Tor - Berlin DE
July 28, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 29 °C
An incredibly hot day in Berlin. Just a few select spots to get a taste of how it was split for so long.
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- Day 26
- Sunday, July 29, 2018 at 10:27 AM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 43 m
- GermanySchloß Glienicke52°24’49” N 13°5’28” E
Glienicker Brücke
July 29, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we visited the Bridge of Spies. This is one of the many places where East and West Berlin were joined/split.
Later we crossed the inner border between East and West Germany.
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- Day 27
- Monday, July 30, 2018 at 10:02 AM
- ⛅ 26 °C
- Altitude: 59 m
- GermanyAltwarmbüchen52°26’3” N 9°51’49” E
Hotel Hennies, Hannover DE
July 30, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Overnight stop near Hannover. Deer and horses in the garden.
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- Day 27
- Monday, July 30, 2018 at 7:02 PM
- ⛅ 33 °C
- Altitude: 54 m
- GermanyCologne Central Station50°56’29” N 6°57’24” E
Kölner Dom
July 30, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
From Hannover to Köln. Very hot still but enjoyed the magnificent cathedral.
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- Day 28
- Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 11:37 AM
- ⛅ 27 °C
- Altitude: 182 m
- GermanyElisenbrunnen50°46’37” N 6°5’3” E
Aachen DE
July 31, 2018 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
An unexpectedly delightful tour of Aachen, full of history and splendour. Topped off by a group of brass musicians playing beautiful music as we sat in the Cathedral square.
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- Day 28
- Tuesday, July 31, 2018 at 6:02 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 61 m
FranceBayenghem-lès-Seninghem50°42’1” N 2°5’45” E
Le moulin de Mombreux
July 31, 2018 in France ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Final hotel of our European tour. Obviously it used to be a mill.
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- Day 29
- Wednesday, August 1, 2018 at 5:22 PM
- ⛅ 21 °C
- Altitude: 104 m
EnglandFarnham50°57’3” N 2°2’41” W
It's all over now!!!
August 1, 2018 in England ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Home at last! We have sadly come to the end of our Middle Aged Gap Year. We have had a fantastic time and seen some amazing places. And so many memories it is hard to keep track of them all.
Now weRead more
TravelerCar ??? I thought you were swimming !!!