Showing our colours

Alps in the Clouds

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June 17th 2008
It's Friday 23rd. May, we leave the Lakes of Northern Italy and drive up into Switzerland. I do mean up, we start climbing up and over the Saint Gotthard Pass, 6935 ft (2114 m) high, the road is amazing as hairpin bands a built like bridges, just hanging out of the side of the mountain. No sooner had we descended from this pass and we were faced with the Furka Pass, as we turned onto the road to ... read more

Europe » Germany » Bavaria » Munich

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As Europe's largest economy and most populous nation, Germany remains a key member of the continent's economic, political, and defense organizations. European power struggles immersed Germany in two devastating World Wars in the first half of the 20t... ... read more