Thursday 26th September AirBnB: https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/15502465? Address: 16 Rue des Serruriers, Strasbourg We made it Strasbourg without any hiccups. I’d been worried given our two train journeys had only 9 min between them for us to unload bags, find the next train and load up again. One lady on the train comforted me though by saying… More
Wednesday 25th September Our morning activity for today was a group tour visit to Dachau Concentration Camp. We met our group at the HBF train station across the road from our hotel at 8:45 am. It was then about a 15 minute train trip out to Dachau station and then about a five minute bus… More
Tuesday 24th September Today was a very full day and we are exhausted so this will be rather brief. Our morning started with a walk down to see the Oktoberfest site followed a by a 10.45 am walking tour of Munich with Sandeman Free walks. Our guide for this tour was Aileen and she was… More
Monday 23rd September Hotel: Fleming’s Hotel It was another day of planes, trains and automobiles for Mark and myself. David left early to catch his train to Rome for his ling trip home. Mark and I had a flight at 1.10 pm to Munich. We left the apartment at about 10 am and, after a… More
Friday 20th September AirBnB Apartment: link Address: Via del Sole 11, Florence. The last time I was in Florence was with Mark, Annabelle and Tom in 2007. It took me a whole day to get here, one that started at 3 am, but I’m glad to be back and about to catch up again with… More
Saturday 21 st September It was another stunning warm day brewing here early and I took a quick walk to the Mercato Centrale before heading out for my 10.45 am walking tour. I would return here later today looking for bananas and a leather jacket! Florence is full to capacity! Jam packed with so so… More
It was my last full day in Copenhagen and I had a day trip booked to visit Hamlet’s castle and Sweden. A 4.30 am call from Tom asking for directions to the alteration lady had me awake rather early so I managed to fit a final morning walk around the Lakes. The earlier start though… More
Wednesday 18th September The forecast for the day was sunshine with a little bit of cloud and I was lucky enough to get the sunshine in for my morning walk. I had planned to head out to this trendy district called Norrebro for my morning activity given that I had found an app-based, self-guided walking… More
Tuesday 17 September I woke to light rain but luckily it cleared sufficiently by 8 am to enable me to get out on a walk; there was even some sunshine for this outing. I headed to the sunny side of the Lakes and headed north noting how delightful this side of the lakes is with… More
Monday September 16th It was cool, overcast and rather windy for my morning walk but I headed west and walked a loop around one of the The Lakes, a series of 3 lakes that curve around the western part of the city. Being a Monday this was a rather busy area with many cyclists on… More