Blogs from Europe - page 7

Heavens where do you start ? So many hits on my last blog . I am sure that readers did not dip in to hear about our small city. THEY would not have been fan club awaiting every word I uttered . Perhaps a few Americans did tune in if they followed Wrexham AFC. Was it the Boss ? Did readers expect the latest news on Bruce Springsteen? Or indeed were they whiskey drinkers and homed in to the Four Walls ? I read and reread the title and wished at times that anyone reading it might say they accidently fell upon it and it was not what they thought. Or perhaps they were fans of Mr and Mrs Met and the MLS? . I was at a loss to understand why this particular blog got ... read more

At the end of my blog at , where I recounted my travels to the burial mounds of my Swedish Viking ancestors, I indicated where the trail of ancestors would lead me next. By using geni.com to follow the trees of both Mary of Egmond and Guelders, Queen Consort of King James II of Scotland (our 17th great grandparents (ggps)) and Margaret von Oldenburg, Queen Consort of King James III Stewart (our 16th ggps) as far back a millennium ago I found a treasure trove of the Emperors and Dukes of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, etc.), the Kings of Poland, Hungary, Bulgaria and Serbia, and the Emperors of Byzantium. Shortly after returning from Sweden I visited the B&N bookstore where I found the historical fiction book "The Last Crown" by Polish author Elzbieta Cherwezinska, which ... read more

The Lake District is synonymous with Cumbria and most think of the two, as one. The reality is that a mere 39% of the modern day Cumbria is in fact part of the Lake District National Park, which means there is an awful lot more to explore beyond the boundaries. I think it is fair to say, the majority don't bother. A boat trip on Windemere, a thought or two about Beatrix Potter and a quick wander round Keswick and the car is pointed back in the direction of the M6. We set off in the direction of the Cumbria less visited. The rain lashed against the windscreen on a bleak March morning. The weather was to put it mildly, less than promising. The North West of England is not known for a lack of rainfall ... read more

Gestern war ich in der Münchener Innenstadt, um die Batterie meiner Armbanduhr zu wechseln, spanisches Essen mit Wein zu kaufen und kurzfristig entschied ich mich, im Informationszentrum zur 2. Stammstrecke vorbei zu schauen. Dies befindet sich ja an der im Bau befindlichen Station Marienhof hinter dem Rathaus. Dort war ich der einzige Gast und es gab 3 junge Bahnmitarbeiter am Empfang. Immerhin konnten die mir ein mögliches Eröffnungsdatum nennen: 2035 bis 2037. Dann wird es von meinem Stadtteil Trudering eine dritte S-Bahnlinie zur Innenstadt und dem Hauptbahnhof geben.... read more

How many thousands of turkish lira do you need for a holiday ? We had little idea as most of our holidays had been in Europe and we had with the exception of Croatia and Denmark used the euro. A trip to pick some up gave us a good idea . It seemed we did not need that many . The Turkish Lira was so devalued the locals preferred to be paid in American dollars, English pounds or euros . We had a stack load of euros left over from France last year . So we changed a few pounds £85 to lira just to tide us over and worked out meals could be paid for in Istanbul in euros and it would be easy to change euros to liras if we needed them in the ... read more