Tallinn, EE part 2
20 июля 2018 г., Эстония ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Ainazi, LV
21 июля 2018 г., Латвия ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Our entry point into Latvia.
Riga LV - Freedom Monument
21 июля 2018 г., Латвия ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
Moving through the Baltic states, we have started exploring Riga.
Riga LV - Doma laukums
22 июля 2018 г., Латвия ⋅ ☀️ 27 °C
There are so many lovely buildings in Riga it has been difficult to select photos. And everything is so reasonably priced.
Pakelės Namai - LT
23 июля 2018 г., Литва ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
Sneaking across the border into Lithuania.
Vilnius LT - Gates of Dawn
23 июля 2018 г., Литва ⋅ 🌧 23 °C
We are now in Lithuania, the last of the Baltic states, wandering the streets of Vilnius.
Vilnius LT - Cathedral Square
24 июля 2018 г., Литва ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Polska
25 июля 2018 г., Польша ⋅ ☀️ 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 toЧитать далее
Warszawa PL
26 июля 2018 г., Польша ⋅ ⛅ 27 °C
Exploring Warsaw Old Town which has been completely re-constructed using bricks taken from other towns in Poland.
Deutschland
27 июля 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C
Snuck back into Germany after a motorway dash across Poland. Arrived in Berlin too exhausted to do owt.
Brandenburg Tor - Berlin DE
28 июля 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Glienicker Brücke
29 июля 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 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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I think spies would have to be very thin - I cannot see how they would not be seen walking over that bridge (unless they borrowed Harry’s cloak).
Hotel Hennies, Hannover DE
30 июля 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 26 °C
Overnight stop near Hannover. Deer and horses in the garden.
Kölner Dom
30 июля 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 33 °C
From Hannover to Köln. Very hot still but enjoyed the magnificent cathedral.
Aachen DE
31 июля 2018 г., Германия ⋅ ⛅ 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.
Le moulin de Mombreux
31 июля 2018 г., Франция ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Final hotel of our European tour. Obviously it used to be a mill.
It's all over now!!!
1 августа 2018 г., Англия ⋅ ⛅ 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 weЧитать далее
ПутешественникCar ??? I thought you were swimming !!!