Blogs from Europe - page 11958

I am very fond of Windmills. Those quaint relics and remenents of bygone civilization have always held my mind in sway. My very first encounter with European windmills was in 2002 when I noticed in our Internet photo club "www.usefilm.com" a member from Holland Mr.Teunis Haveman, started to post beautiful images of windmills. He has collected so many to make a large portfolio dedicated to windmills http://www.usefilm.com/photographer.asp?P=2&ID=17434&PF=4676 . I was drawn into it out of curiosity and by their sumptuous beauty. So I wrote to Tuenis if I could visit his country side to see all those magnificent relics of the past being fervently preserved by the 'Molen' volunteers. Teunis was pleased to play my host and so I packed my bag and off I went to Gronegan, northern most province of Netherlands next to ... read more

Rise and shine… we both woke up early at 7:45 am. It was a beautiful morning and we took our time to get ready. Both of us enjoyed a nice warm shower in our cute little bathroom. By 9:45 we were out the doors looking for a new adventure in the city of Athens. I brought my camera and enjoyed the serenity of the warm spring morning down the streets. The sounds of many birds were chirping and you could hear church bells and choirs in the background. A very peaceful and glorious morning. After a little exploration and finally finding a map, we were able to see where we were going. Our trek led us to the flea market. Although it was interesting at first, it became repetitive and irritating after awhile as both ... read more

It was a good thing we had a huge dinner because today was Fast Sunday, and boy was it a long day. We were checking out of our hostel in Grasmere, but we wouldn’t be able to get to the Preston Temple accommodations until 9 pm that night, so we spent to whole day in church or outside. We went to church at a little branch in Kendal. Their meetings were held in the town hall, and it was an awesome experience. Our group of 28 people doubled the size of the meeting, and I really liked hearing the gospel in a British accent. They picked a lot of hymns that I had never heard of, further confirming my theory that the most sung hymns vary a lot by region. I really also liked the ... read more

I started writing this blog in Prague, but am finishing it weeks later in Stuttgart. So the contents have been edited to fit the time of posting. I arrived in Prague Thursday morning, April 19th (I think), after taking an overnight train from Frankfurt. I’m not totally sure that I arrived that Thursday, but at the time I thought it was a Wednesday and looking back Thursday makes more sense. This time my overnight train experience was much better because most of the time I had the whole cabin to myself and was able to spread across the chairs and put my feet up. Although, I did keep waking up with various limbs asleep because of the contorted positions necessary to get comfortable. I decided to stay at the Boathouse Hostel outside of the city because ... read more

Geo: 51.5002, -0.126236This afternoon I headed down to the Tower of London for a view of Tower Bridge going down. When I arrived the bridge was up and a few minutes later a yacht came through and then the bridge went down. In less than a minute the bridge was down and traffic driving over it again. Was a bit of a disappointment, I was expecting it to take longer to close and to see a more impressive boat come through. Oh well, now it was time to hit Oxford St!... read more