Category Archives: Europe Trip 09

Interlaken & Cheese Fondue

Posted on September 25, 2010 by Arcturi

After leaving Schilthorn we drove to Interlaken where we spent the afternoon looking around before meeting Simone at the train station.  Apparently it’s a tourist centre and I could believe it with shop after shop selling Victorinox (Swiss Army knives), … Continue reading →

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Switzerland and Simone

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Arcturi

On Friday 6th we left Tübingen reasonably early and drove through the Swiss border to Winterthur where Simone was living.  I was very excited about seeing her again and she’d taken the day off work for us.  We collected her … Continue reading →

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Lauda & Tübingen

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Arcturi

After we left Hamburg the GPS navigator said we’d get to Lauda about 4.30pm, but in the end there was so much roadworks that it was just after 6pm.  There were quite a lot of places where the motorway was … Continue reading →

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Germany & My Birthday!

Posted on August 28, 2010 by Arcturi

We arrived in Hamburg late afternoon on Monday 2nd November.  Reece’s sister and brother-in-law had rented an apartment within walking distance of town, so we were able catch up on washing which was great, and they had dinner organised for … Continue reading →

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Nederland Part II

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Arcturi

After our second night at Monnickendam we headed north and drove along a huge dyke at Waddenzee, then started tiki-touring to to find somewhere for lunch (it was Sunday and everything was closed) and finally stopped at a little roadside … Continue reading →

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Nederland Part I

Posted on November 23, 2009 by Arcturi

After finally leaving Chris and Maurice’s place in Belgium we headed on to Holland, Chris had booked us into a B&B in Monnickendam on the north side of Amsterdam.  It was great having her to organise it because she could speak … Continue reading →

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Beautiful Belgium – Westmalle and Bruges

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Arcturi

After escaping Brussels we arrived in Westmalle about 5pm to stay with Reece’s friends Chris and Maurice.  They are Belgian (or should I call them Flemish? Not sure…) but lived in Australia for a while and are good friends with Reece’s … Continue reading →

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France and Belgium

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Arcturi

We got up early in Dover and caught the taxi down to the ferry terminal seeing as we hadn’t booked, no problem getting on the 10am sailing though.  Reece had organised a rental car for us to collect on the other … Continue reading →

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Back to London, dramas with my lost luggage

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Arcturi

The last few days have passed by in a whirlwind! On our last night in Krakow Dad texted to say my pack had turned up and would be couriered to our hostel in London, fantastic news!  On Friday flew in … Continue reading →

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Krakow

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Arcturi

Wow… we are in Poland now!  Arrived yesterday afternoon and caught the bus into town (although we got off too early and had to walk a fair way, but was cool to see the town a bit on the way) … Continue reading →

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