Blogs from Europe - page 13064

Weather Report Hot and sunny - again. Decided that my organisation of this assault on Arran had not been all that one would have desire so took the plunge and hired a car for the day. Really the large islands such as Arran, Islay and Mull need a car for one day at least. However it was Saturday and I had no great hope that the one car hire company would have anything available. Arrived at their door just after 8.30. Explained my desires. Lady at counter said ‘you need to be between 25 and 70 to hire a car. Not sure if that was a statement or opinion … Perhaps I have had a hard few days. Anyway she decided I qualified and supplied me with a vehicle for the day. Set off with the ... read more

Day 3 - So sad separating, Reesa went off to Amsterdam for her bike tour in the morning. And the two of us continued de-bugging. Now all of us are paranoid that we're being bitten during the night and we get riled up when somebody has found a new bite. Me and Amie were in the laundromat for a few hours today. We took advantage of the kitchen facilities in our hostel to make dinner. And the night was spent walking about and seeing Paris lit up with flood lamps. Oh and that included watching the Eiffel tower 'sparkle' for a few minutes. The local Parisians apparently hate that part. Angele... read more

And the Israelis are welcome to sing it to the music of “gan sagoor” - of the “16th Sheep”... So what happened? After the hard day we had yesterday, Dana and I decided to take the cable-car up. It was anyway a rather short day, so we got up late, and by 9am Ron started to walk, while we went to the supermarket, very happy and relaxed. After filling our bags with goods for the next 2 days we continued to the cable-car station just to discover it was closed the entire summer season. Unbelievable that the girl in the info center even explained to us how to get there, how she could not know it didn’t work... Well after the little shock and some minutes to recover, we started really late, after 10am, walking all ... read more

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It is 300kms to Vienna and I hope to do it in 2 days. The Radweg is glorious, a 2-3 metre wide strip of tarmac on the levee alongside the Donau winding through wooded gorges, occasionally crossing the river by ferry or bridge. The river is very wide, in places more than 200 metres especially where there is a weir which of course creates a dam further up river. The locks are enormous and the tugs push large barges along the Rhine. Every few kilometres there is a restaurant with cold drinks and cheap meals. I do love being in Germany. The people are a credit to the post-war settlement; the country has come along way from the Nullstunde. Its politicians especially Ardenauer and Willy Brandt have been head and shoulders above the pygmies, with few ... read more