Group of collections for:
Group of collections for:
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Mon 20th Jul 2009 Switzerland 2009: 1 Two days around Interlaken - travelling to the village of Mürren by train, cablecar and tram and to the Schynige Platte by mountain railway, and an evening in the capital of Switzerland, Bern |
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Mon 4th Aug 2008 Berlin 2008: Zentralflughafen - Tempelhof Airport Berlin's central airport, the iconic Tempelhof - built in the 1920's only a couple of miles from the city centre (equivalent distance of being in Hyde Park in London). Only around eight flights a day from Germany and Belgium now land, in the lead-up to closure of the airport scheduled for October 2008 |
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Sat 2nd Aug 2008 Berlin 2008: day trip to Ostsee A couple of hours from Berlin, the Ostsee (in German - Baltic Sea in English) coast resort of Kuhlungsborn - reached via Rostock and a steam railway running through the streets of the spa town of Bad Doberan |
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Wed 30th Jul 2008 Berlin 2008: around Zoo station and Schoneberg Before German unification Zoo station was at the centre of West Berlin, and Schoneberg town hall was the base of the West Berlin government |
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Mon 28th Jul 2008 Berlin 2008: around Alexanderplatz and Hackescher Markt In the centre of Berlin, Alexanderplatz and the Hackescher Markt districts with a variety of historic and modern buildings - in East Germany prior to reunification |
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Mon 28th Jul 2008 Berlin 2008: Unter den Linden and the east The historic centre of Berlin, Unter den Linden, and a few spots in the eastern suburbs of Berlin and beyond |
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Sat 26th Jul 2008 Berlin 2008: on the way A journey from London to Berlin by train, via Brussels in Belgium, Maastricht in the Netherlands, and across Germany from Aachen via Wolfenbuttel in Lower Saxony |
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Sun 30th Dec 2007 Switzerland: Bern and Thun The attractive small city of Bern, capital of Switzerland, and nearby Thun (even smaller) |
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Sun 30th Dec 2007 Switzerland: Bernese Oberland The amazingly scenic valleys, towns and villages in the Alps south of Interlaken |
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Sun 30th Dec 2007 Switzerland: Graubunden Remote and Romansch, the mountainous far south-eastern corner of Switzerland |
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Sun 30th Dec 2007 Switzerland: Luzern and Zurich Evening in two cites in the heart of Switzerland, with lakes, churches, bridges and a river each |
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Sun 30th Dec 2007 Switzerland: to Zermatt Up the valley to the ski resort of Zermatt, and beyond on the mountain railway to Gornergrat with the highest shopping centre in Europe |
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Thu 30th Aug 2007 Down the River - Elbe or Labe Various places on the River Labe (Czech) or Elbe (German) on the rail line from Prague to Dresden |
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Tue 28th Aug 2007 Prague - outside the centre Venturing a bit further afield... |
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Mon 27th Aug 2007 Prague - around Stare Mesto Stare Mesto - the old city centre of Prague, on the east side of the river - and the nearby districts |
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Mon 27th Aug 2007 Prague - Castle and Mala Strana Just over the river from Stare Mesto, the Mala Strana and castle districts |
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Wed 30th May 2007 Swiss day out A day trip to Basel and Bern in Switzerland |
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Sat 7th Apr 2007 Toledo and bit of Madrid, Spain A weekend trip to Toledo, former capital of Spain, and a short wander through the current capital on the way home |
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Thu 1st Mar 2007 Berlin 2007 A few days in Berlin - various places around the city including remains of the Wall |
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Tue 2nd Jan 2007 Not Vienna Two day trips from Vienna - to Sopron in Hungary; and Bratislava in Slovakia |
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Sun 31st Dec 2006 Vienna, Austria A week in Vienna, not as cold as expected - no snow at all! Missing days were daytrips over the Hungarian and Slovak borders, to follow in next collection. |
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Tue 28th Feb 2006 France - Paris and Lyon A week or so in France - mainly Paris (cold), with a day-trip to Lyon (less cold) |
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Sat 3rd Sep 2005 La Braderie de Lille The Braderie is a veritable junkfest of a market, where the residents of the city can and do sell anything for one weekend a year - including the kitchen sink... |
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Tue 1st Mar 2005 Roman day out A day in Rome and the Vatican City - not nearly enough to explore properly, but a nice change from snowy Britain! |
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Sat 11th Dec 2004 Warsaw (Warszawa, Poland - not Walsall) Pictures from a weekend in the Polish capital - note that it is NOT the town of Walsall in the West Midlands... |
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Wed 16th Jun 2004 Berlin, Germany Pictures from a day in Berlin, the capital of Germany again - and much changed in the last 15 years |
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Wed 31st Mar 2004 La Sagrada Familia Antoni Gaudi's astonishing church in Barcelona, Spain, still under construction - possibly the world's most visited building site... |
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Tue 23rd Mar 2004 The Leaning Tower - and more - of Pisa, Italy Pictures from a day trip to Pisa, Italy - the leaning tower, cathedral and some other old buildings |
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Sat 24th Jan 2004 Milan, Italy Pictures from a weekend in Milan in a (freezing cold) January - and a few aerial pics from the flight there |
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Sun 7th Dec 2003 U-434 Soviet submarine Former Soviet submarine U-434 is now a visitor attraction, moored in the docks in Hamburg |
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Fri 17th Oct 2003 Bled, Slovenia Pictures of Lake Bled and surrounds in north-west Slovenia |
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Fri 6th Jun 2003 Summer 2003 - Zurich to Sarajevo A roundabout tour by train and ship in June 2003, from Switzerland to Bosnia via Slovenia and Croatia - including Zurich, Ljubljana, Zagreb, Split, Zadar, Dubrovnik, Mostar and Sarajevo |
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Wed 12th Mar 2003 Snowy Central Europe A short journey through Austria and Slovakia in rather cold weather |
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Sat 25th May 2002 Bruges, Belgium Pictures of the medieval city of Bruges, in the Flanders region of Belgium |
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