http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 21:12:52 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 21:12:52 +0000 We woke early really really early .. Woolly says dawn was breaking more like Ian told us it was half seven so with the kettle boiling we all went about our morning wake up rituals checking Jos phone I found that it was actually 6.30am What a time to wake me up For some reason Ians roaming time was still on Spanish time but in our cross over into Portugal we had gained an hour http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Lisbon-and-Tagus-Valley/Cascais/blog-787099.html 20 May 2013It was a public holiday being Whit Monday and we joined the locals and tour parties for a delightful morning visiting the centre of Szentendre. Many artists have operated from here and the highlight was visiting the museum showing the work of the ceramatist and sculptor Margit Kovacs. Wendy found it particularly enjoyable as she was able to get very close to look at the many pieces of w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/blog-787098.html Moral of the story remember to check the time reception opens if you want to get off early. Suzy was unhooked from her umbilical cord Sion was sitting ready in the passenger seat water was taken on board and the loo was empty. Only problem if you needed to get away before 9 you needed to pay the night before . Doh as Homer Simpson says Standing outside the reception it was obvious we had 5 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Tuscany/Cortona/blog-787097.html How to Travel Europe or Who is This Schengen Guy http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Scotland/Midlothian/Edinburgh/blog-787096.html Today we started classes again at Mester. Each week new students come in so classes are always changing. Mandy and I were put into an actual beginner class with a lot of students from Holland and a mother and daughter from Germany. The students from Holland do not know hardly any Spanish so we spent most of the class reviewing. Our teacher still Mar kept calling on us in class to answer everyt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Castile-Leon/Salamanca/blog-787095.html I have read several articles recently about geo caching so after a bit of research on google Ineke and I decided to take Caroline on our first geo caching expedition. So armed with maps but sadly no GPS phone and 4 trusty blood hounds we set off from Guilsfield a village nearby. We had a lovely walk through woods and countryside with the added excitement of looking for treasure. Ineke h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/Wales/Powys/Welshpool/blog-787091.html 0 locks 53 in total.Pleased to have left the GWR behind it isn39t normally a problem but Hattie decided to freak every time the train whistle sounded. The GWR was built only a few decades after the Kennet Avon and took much of the freight business from the canal.Shopping cleaning walking on Hungerford Downs and Hungerford Marshes. Should be moving on tomorrow but for 2 issuesStill no http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Berkshire/blog-787090.html Our holiday in Suzy is coming to a close with a just over a week to go. Suzy got her itchy feet on again and we moved from our campsite at San Marino back into the Marche area to the city of Urbino. OUr plan was to find the Sosta park up and catch the bus into the centre. Plans don39t always work out and for a start the sosta wasnt that easy to find despite having the coordinates. The oth http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Marche/Urbino/blog-787087.html Like horses out of the starting gate we were up packed and launching Oliver onto the road to get the earliest start we could. Woolly says I hadnt even opened my eyes and we were on the move no breakfast no nothing. With a promise of breakfast on route Woolly stared dolefully at the grey clouds as we sped along the N1. With a starting temperature of 3 degrees we needed to get closer to th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Portugal/Central/Castelo-Branco/blog-787086.html My wedding sucked. Not my marriage. Im referring to my wedding party. I think mine is one of the worst ever. My dress wasnt pretty. I didnt even know what my hand bouquet looks like until the morning of the wedding. The dcor was very plain. The venue management didnt allow any music to be played its complicated but basically no music at all. The 500 guests are mostly our pa http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/South-Holland/Keukenhof/blog-787083.html After an epic 13 hour flight it39s a bloody long way in which I watched several movies and countless tv shows due to my body39s general inability to sleep in an upright position we touched down at Heathrow at 6am local time. Onto customs and after receiving twenty questions from the border security lady about the why39s and wherefore39s of my intended visit I was finally allowed http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-787081.html We set off from Tim Jan39s house around 9am after a splendid breakfast. It was a grey day when we left but about an hour later the sun came out which was very nice the first real sunshine we had seen since entering France. At this stage we were crossing the River Loire in Nantes but an hour later it started to spit with rain. The weather gradually deteriorated to the point we were driving i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Limousin/Limoges/blog-787076.html HalloAlle droge momenten van de dag zijn goed voor wat activiteit. Zo ook deze namiddag. Josiane bleef liever op de boot en dus trok Charly er alleen op uit. Vandaag waren de toegangswegen naar de boorden van de Loire niet afgesloten door de politie. Geen overstromingsgevaar. Langs gans het wandelpad zijn waterstanden van 1907 1846 en 1866 aangegeven. Alle oevers hier zijn op de hoogte http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/blog-787068.html Quality family time is such an important aspect of developing strong bonds and relationships with those that you love. Escaping the demands of work and the frustration that often accompanies it directly impacts your health and wellbeing. Studies show that people dont take enough vacation time some people never take any time to relax unwind and just have fun with their families. Planning a f http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-787040.html Quality family time is such an important aspect of developing strong bonds and relationships with those that you love. Escaping the demands of work and the frustration that often accompanies it directly impacts your health and wellbeing. Studies show that people dont take enough vacation time some people never take any time to relax unwind and just have fun with their families. Planning a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-787039.html HolaDespues de siete semanas de clases espanol yo queria escribir un blog final en espanol. For everyone else I39ve written it again in English later on Hace dos semanas Maria y yo fuimos a un pueblo en la playa. El pueblo se llama Nerja y es muy bonito y tranquilo. Nosotros tuvimos un apartamento a diez metros de la playa. Tenia una piscina en el tejado y desde el tejado nosotros vimos http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/blog-787011.html as the morning fog cleared the relatively young troubadours awoke to the reality that battle was imminent. on one side of the battlefield of demise stood the kangakilts on the other the pom tea scones opposing. if it wasnt unpleasant enough to have woken with an irritable battle of death to fight it was amplified by a 30hr flight half way round the world a night full of restless sleep s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/Earls-Court/blog-787009.html Wenn Sie Ihr Haus verkaufen wollen ist es ein groer Schritt. Sie knnen in der Lage sein leicht verkaufen in Immobilien USA oder Sie knnen es schwer zu finden. Hier sind ein paar Vorspeisen Vor dem Verkauf Ihres Hauses mssen Sie sich fragen warum Sie verkaufen wollen. Sie mssen sich auf eine neue Gesellschaft zu bewegen oder Sie brauchen Geld fr etwas. Wenn Sie aus Ihrem Haus nur http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belarus/Homiel-Voblast/Mazyr/blog-787005.html Was time to leave Amsterdam for a few days and head to Germany for some beer drinking at the Stuttgart Spring fest.What would normally be an 8 or so hour drive on NZ roads was easily shortened when you drive the autobahn at 160180km We arrived in no time.We made it in time for the festival only to be met by a long line to get into the tent but being the cool kids we are we jumped the cue a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-Wurttemberg/Stuttgart/blog-787003.html Good morning from Plymouth just a little tidbit before we move on from here. There are not a lot of older buildings in Plymouth because of the blitz during the war. This church although it has major bomb damage it39s been left as a reminder of the loss suffered at that time.On a lighter note it39s also in the center of a traffic circle. I know there are some of you who wouldn39t appreci http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Devon/Plymouth/blog-786991.html