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Calm

After less than a stellar day behind the wheel yesterday today we are back to travelling on foot  – true and tested.  It looks like there might be a thunderstorm later on today so we are getting out for gelato early.  These are some of the beautiful homes on the same street where we live, […]

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Experiences

Earlier this week it was no flight for you!  Today an earthquake.  Technically, I think it was a tremor but since we never experienced one we are calling it an earthquake. Boris and Evelina were getting ready to go to the old town while we were sitting and relaxing like we do most of the days, […]

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Arabian Nights

Sandy beach and a 5 start hotel in Abu Dhabi!  Check Tickets and transfers – Check Suitcases, swim shorts and sun block  packed – Check Train tickets to Munich and back – Check No line up at the business class check in at Etihad Airlines – check …but the computer says NO to the passport  requirements ! […]

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Walhalla

And now for something completely different.  The Walhalla is a hall of fame that honors laudable and distinguished people, famous personalities in German history – politicians, sovereigns, scientists and artists of the German tongue.  The hall is housed in a neo-classical building above the Danube River, east of Regensburg and is based on the Pantheon […]

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Würzburg Cathedral

The present cathedral, built from 1040 onwards by Bishop Bruno of Würzburg, reckoned to be the fourth largest Romanesque basilica in Germany, is the third church on the site: the previous two, built in about 787 and 855, were respectively destroyed and severely damaged by fire. After Bruno’s accidental death in 1045, his successor Adalbero […]

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Retrospect

A year has come and gone.  So far we have visited 11 countries and what seems like innumerable number  cities and perhaps even more restaurants and shops.  We walked what seems like hundreds of kilometres on old cobble stones, consumed pounds and pounds of gelato and drunk gallons of espresso and wine.  The blog has had over 22,000 […]

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Berlin Cathedral

Not wanting to be outdone by the Roman Catholics and their obscenely splendid churches – the Protestants built their own showpiece. Having a budget of a king always helps and thus Berlin Cathedral.  While this account is not entirely based on historical accuracy, the building nonetheless is wonderful and splendid.  It has an air of […]

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Albrecht Dürer

After a visit to the Rally Grounds we continued with our early afternoon morbid theme and visited a beautiful cemetery where Albrecht Dürer and other famous people are buried in Nuremberg. Dürer was a German painter, engraver, printmaker,mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His high-quality woodcuts (nowadays often called Meisterstiche or “master prints”) established his reputation […]

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Road Trip

We are setting off on a little holiday with Anna’s parents.  First we are driving  to Sankt Georgen im Attergau, in Austria where Anna’s dad begun his journey to Canada some 35 years ago.  We are then going to spent 2 days wondering around Salzburg, a day in Ljubljana, Slovenia and then off to Treviso, Italy […]

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Sękacz

This then is a traditional Polish dessert.  It is only made in certain parts of Poland and it is now Boris’s favourite dessert.  A basic sękacz is made of 60 eggs, a lot of butter, milk and a bit of flour.  A large sękacz will be made of 80 or more eggs.  Once batter is […]

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Morning Walk

In an unusual turn of events we are out of the house before 9 am.   Out of the house, through the park to the bakery to get some fresh bread.  Our parents are here, and in about an hour more guests from Poland are arriving for the weekend. It’s going to be fun.

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