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- Hari 30
- Selasa, 1 Oktober 2019
- 🌧 14 °C
- Altitud: 8 m
- Belgium Nazareth 50.959412, 3.59177150°57’34” N 3°35’30” E
Dover to Nazareth (the one in Belgium)
1 Oktober 2019, Belgium ⋅ 🌧 14 °C
Up reasonably early, breakfast and the ready to go.

We were going to go to Dunkirk, but Anne needed a Calais fridge magnet (she collecting them from all our stays but we missed this one. By the time we get back we’ll need new luggage to carry them all and pay for excess baggage!!!). Actually we were early and the ferry company offered us a spot on an earlier ferry going to Calais so we took it. The trip across was uneventful.

After Calais we stopped at a little pub/brassiere just inside Belgium. We were having some trouble ordering when a young local lad, who had some English, gave us a much needed hand. I think they were speaking a type of Flemish - we seem to be able to get by in France, but little or no hope in Belgium!!!.

We’re back to driving on the right - no close calls so far, but it does take some remembering!!!!

We had booked an Airbnb for 4 nights in the little town of Nazareth just outside Ghent in Belgium. It’s a very very nice one bedroom place with a garden terrace. Not much in the way of shops open here on a Tuesday, so went for a drive and found a grocery store.

Tomorrow we’ll do some exploring.Baca lagi
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- Hari 31
- Rabu, 2 Oktober 2019
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitud: 22 m
- Belgium IJzerkanaal 50.851251, 2.88419250°51’5” N 2°53’3” E
Ghent and Ypres
2 Oktober 2019, Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Up and breakfast then drove into Ghent, one of the larger Belgium cities. Parking is very expensive in the centre of Ghent so we parked about 2.5 kms from the “old town” and walked in. Did the usual exploring and found a chocolate shop. As they say; “when in Belgium, eat chocolate” - so we did 😊. It’s a pretty city but seemed quiet. The usual castle and cathedral (as in most European cities) are here. The main tourist season is over and it’s is mid-week. Had some lunch and then Anne talked me into driving to Ypres - luckily she did as it’s a great city to visit,

Ypres was the site of a number of WW1 western front battles. It’s where over 13,000 Australian soldiers lost their lives. The are many memorials and war cemeteries and a very good museum in the city. There is also the “Menin Gate” dedicated to Commonwealth soldiers whose graves are unknown. Every night they play the “last post” at 8 pm and hundreds of people gather to pay their respects.

After dinner we drove back to the flat.Baca lagi
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- Hari 32
- Khamis, 3 Oktober 2019 3:18 PTG
- ☁️ 13 °C
- Altitud: 8 m
- Belgium Nazareth 50.959732, 3.59506350°57’35” N 3°35’42” E
Maurice has a bad cold...
3 Oktober 2019, Belgium ⋅ ☁️ 13 °C
Maurice has a bad cold so is feeling miserable and making sure everyone (Anne) knows about it. As a matter of fact, he’s sure she gave it to him on purpose!!!!! We had a lazy day at the apartment and around Nazareth, the local church had its annual commemoration for the many local policemen that lost their lives trying to protect the local population.Afterwards we went to the local cafe/pub for a hot chocolate. The cafe has a dog (Kayla) and she’s the only one that showed me any sympathy (though even then I had to scratch her behind the ear to elicit that🙄). I scratched Anne behind the ear but just got a dirty look). Anne did some washing (I think she thought it was her penance - though I think a harsher punishment was in order). Hopefully I’ll be back to my normal wonderful self tomorrow.Baca lagi
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- Hari 33
- Jumaat, 4 Oktober 2019 9:29 PG
- ⛅ 13 °C
- Altitud: 10 m
- Belgium Kerkebeek 51.201626, 3.22459751°12’6” N 3°13’29” E
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Bruges
4 Oktober 2019, Belgium ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C
Have I previously mentioned we usually get up of a morning and have breakfast? A day out in Bruge (about a 45 minute drive) - speed limit is 120kph on the freeway but, apparently, it must only be advisory as I was overtaken by every other vehicle on the road. We had booked a 1 and 1/2 hour walking tour but the guide didn’t turn up🤨. Bit hard to complain when it was going to be free - guess you get what you pay for. Ok, so we substituted a half hour horse-drawn carriage ride. Not free - 50 euros plus a 10 euro tip for the horse!!!!! Actually it was pretty good - some random tourist took a pic of us as we went past. I was going to try and charge him £10 (I mean we didn’t pay £60 so he could get a free pic) but I wasn’t allowed 🤷‍♂️. The driver/guide gave us a pretty good commentary. She pointed out some very old buildings that had their windows bricked up - Napoleon, when he conquered Belgium, imposed a window tax. If you couldn’t afford to pay you lost your view (harsh). Bruges is a beautiful city with a lot of history with its own magnificent cathedral (Sint-Salvatorskathedraal). Weather was starting to set-so we headed back to Nazareth after a good day.

Ohh, just I’m case you’re wondering, I haven’t put on weight - it’s cold and I’ve got about 4 layers on 😁.Baca lagi
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Anne and the two old nags?
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- Hari 34
- Sabtu, 5 Oktober 2019 1:15 PTG
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitud: 9 m
- Belanda Allard Pierson Museum 52.36924, 4.89335852°22’9” N 4°53’36” E
Nazareth to Amsterdam
5 Oktober 2019, Belanda ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Didn’t have breakfast this morning (of course we did) cleaned up, packed then headed off on our drive to Amsterdam for our 2 night stay. Before we left Nazareth we stopped at our little coffee shop/bar for a hot drink. We had a good chat with the owner who asked if we had an Australian souvenir she could put up on the wall - so we gave her one of the little Koalas we’re handing out occasionally (see below). The drive is about 3 hours or so. We got to check-in early then bought a couple of 2 day metro tickets and headed into the Amsterdam “old town”. Before we knew it we had accidentally walked into the “red light” district. Everything they say about this area is true, including the window advertising 🤭). There are heaps of coffee shops selling “funny” cookies and brownies and you should take some care😁. The smell of weed was prevalent!!! Anne went into what she thought was a grocery shop (well it did say supermarket) but came out without buying anything - every product had marijuana as a base ingredient 😲. Cannabis 🍦 anyone? We did have a coffee and hot chocolate with some pastries (checked out the ingredients first!!!) - all good). Back to the hotel.....Baca lagi
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Anne who is the terrorist in the cargo pants? You need to selective who you bang around with over there!! Even though weather not so good, still getting about & seeing lots. PL
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- Hari 35
- Ahad, 6 Oktober 2019
- 🌧 9 °C
- Altitud: 11 m
- Belanda Dam Square 52.370186, 4.89485352°22’13” N 4°53’41” E
Amsterdam
6 Oktober 2019, Belanda ⋅ 🌧 9 °C
The weather is just horrible - (very) cold and light rain ☔️. We caught the metro into the town centre where Anne had to buy a new umbrella after the wind nearly turned hers inside-out. We decided the best thing to do would be a canal tour in an enclosed boat. The idea was good, warm and dry, but also meant the windows fogged up and so too difficult to take photos or get a really good view - but on such a horrible day it was good way to do some sightseeing. Much of the city is built on land reclaimed from the sea as well as very soft soil. This means that many of the buildings (particularly on or near the canals) have quite a lean as one side sinks faster than the other!!!

After the cruise we tried to do some more sightseeing on foot, but the weather really was too bad. Having said that, there were hardier souls than us and the city was still really busy with tourists (though a lot of them probably weren’t feeling the cold, just hungry). We decided it was time to head back to the hotel. I’d brought along our google chromecast so we watched Netflix for the afternoon.

We did see two really tiny 🚗. Ohh and 🚲 are one of the main modes of transport.

Tomorrow we’re off to Hanover in Germany.Baca lagi
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- Hari 36
- Isnin, 7 Oktober 2019
- ⛅ 8 °C
- Altitud: 54 m
- Jerman Trammplatz 52.36898, 9.7340852°22’8” N 9°44’3” E
Amsterdam to Hanover
7 Oktober 2019, Jerman ⋅ ⛅ 8 °C
I have finally been given the chance to write on the blog - so a little bit of laughter and some waffling coming your way 😂. I had better start the same As Maurice - we had breakfast and a free breakfast at that, well it was part of our room deal. We hit the motorway, no side country roads today as we have a 4 1/2 trip in front of us. We arrived safe and sound and had to pick our apartment keys up from a little Italian Bistro. Maurice was in seventh heaven when he was greeted with Ciao ...and off they all went with their hands and language. We had perfect position for our apartment, 5 min walk to the trams and 10 minute ride into the city. We are staying right next to an amazing nature park, so we took a walk through and ended up at a gorgeous little plaza. It was around 5pm when everyone is out and about so we sat down and had a cuppa and enjoyed the people watching.

You can tell Europeans (particularly the Germans) are trying to find the funny side of Brexit - see the pic we took of a rather large frustrated Paddington Bear, in a phone box, having a conversation about how well it going!

A great start to our first day in Germany.

You can tell Anne is enjoying doing MY blog - look at that smile (I’m very sick as I write this one paragraph 😷).Baca lagi
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GrantGood first effort Anne, Maurice May just have you covered in the funny stakes though 😍🤣
16/10/19Balas
Anne FranciaNoooooooo. Don't tell him that, I'll never hear the end of it 🤣🤣♥️
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- Hari 37
- Selasa, 8 Oktober 2019
- 🌧 13 °C
- Altitud: 54 m
- Jerman Trammplatz 52.36898, 9.7340852°22’8” N 9°44’3” E
Day out in Hannover
8 Oktober 2019, Jerman ⋅ 🌧 13 °C
Headed down to our “local” Italian bistro for our start up coffee and hot chocolate - although it had to be tea for Maurice as they didn’t have any hot chocolate 😭. We caught the tram into the city, a bit of an overcast day today so brollies were on hand. We had a walk around a bit of the old town and came across the ruins of a church which had been demolished in WWII. She was still standing firm and tall. We also did a visit to the Town Hall, trip down memory lane for Maurice as he visited the exact place 3 years ago . Magnificent building and we also caught a very small lift that sort of went up diagonal and then a bit to the left (that’s a definite) and then a few circular stairwells to get to the top of the tower and WOW...beautiful views. After a late lunch we decided to find a supermarket and head home before it got too late. I’m not sure why but every time I put in find a supermarket it takes us to the red light district. Thankfully not as entertaining as Amsterdam and we did eventually find one that served our kinda food. Home to cook and bed ready for another day of exploring.

If you have a look at the last pic it’s not something you see every day. Someone had parked their mobility walker at the front of the apartment we were staying at!!!Baca lagi
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- Hari 38
- Rabu, 9 Oktober 2019
- ⛅ 14 °C
- Altitud: 54 m
- Jerman Trammplatz 52.36898, 9.7340852°22’8” N 9°44’3” E
Quiet day in Hannover
9 Oktober 2019, Jerman ⋅ ⛅ 14 °C
Anne reporting:

Catch up day today. Maurice needed a haircut and I wanted to do laundry. We are seriously having fun. Maurice found the quickest barber in town, not that that was what he was looking for. I don’t think he even got the seat warm, but he got the basics done and that’s all that was needed. After laundry duties we once again tried to find a supermarket ( it ain’t as easy as it seems) and eventually we decided that we would have a nice little Italian meal - which you will find out in the next chapter was the first hiccup of our trip. Not too bad after 40 days of travelling.

A quick word from Maurice (read the next footprint) was it the salmon or was it the 2 litre Aperol Spritz?).Baca lagi
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- Hari 39
- Khamis, 10 Oktober 2019
- ⛅ 11 °C
- Altitud: 54 m
- Jerman Trammplatz 52.36898, 9.7340852°22’8” N 9°44’3” E
Supposed to drive to Zielona Gora but..
10 Oktober 2019, Jerman ⋅ ⛅ 11 °C
Anne reporting:

Well the hiccup....food poisoning..yup...from about midnight. Thankfully we were able to book another night at our apartment in Hannover and our apartment in Zielona Gora wasn’t too expensive. Maurice did a couple of trips down to our lovely little plaza just to get some air, but apart from that....let’s just say a very quiet day was had. Fingers crossed we are in the car tomorrowBaca lagi
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