Short German trips, Tue, 28 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
We woke up really early today to make the most of our day in Lübeck. We were in town so early that we had to walk around a bit waiting for the churches we wanted to see to open! We …
Short German trips, Mon, 27 Dec 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
The next surprise location is Wismar. It’s one of the Hanzeatic ports between Lubeck and Rostock that kept changing hands between different rulers and was part of Sweden for some time. We read up on the history on the way …
Chasing the sun, Tue, 21 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Wine land. Arrived in he evening, drove up a very steep road to a parking spot. Walked down for some Prosecco, started raining, walked back up in the rain, soaked. Next day watched sunrise from the hill we were parked …
Chasing the sun, Mon, 20 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
Waiting overnight to walk around the walls was totally worth it. Fantastic views of town, the mountains around, seeing the town change from every angle… Great stuff. Annoyingly, all the information plates that tell you about the town and the …
Chasing the sun, Sun, 19 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Museum, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
It was too much. More and more people were showing up and a couple cars were blasting music pretty loud, so around 11pm we bailed and found a lovely spot by the road a bit down the hill. In the …
Chasing the sun, Sat, 18 Sep 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Italy
We started today slow. We didn’t get it of bed until 11, spending the time on sorting photos and just chilling. A much needed break from our typical chase after the next attraction! Throughout the morning, more and more cyclists …
Short German trips, Sun, 07 Mar 21
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Forest, Lake, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
Welterbe Bauhaus Denkmal Bundesschule BernauWalls of BernauAskanierturmBridge by the AskanierturmSilkebucheCold cold March watersJoachimsthal KaiserbahnhofAd for the Großziethen Geopark by the Dorfkirche Golzow This has been a long, long winter. We were pretty well prepared – living on the outskirts of …
Short German trips, Sun, 13 Dec 20
Simon
with Ania, Michał
at a Lake, River
in Europe, Germany
Accompanying Michał and Ania on a part of their quest to move the Great A’Tuin from it’s parking place in Tetlow, to Nowa Sól for repairs. I left them after a couple days in Fürstenwalde and took a train back.
Short Polish trips, Sat, 17 Oct 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Sea, Temple
in Europe, Poland
In the morning we packed up to leave the apartment, and drove off East. First stop: Pustkowo. Where as a young kid I spent every summer with my grandparents. I called them to check on the specific location we stayed …
Short Polish trips, Wed, 14 Oct 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Museum, Temple
in Europe, Poland
Światowid between multisDancing like the EmperorOrgan in Kamień PomorskiSTORM!!! The weather did not stay nice as long as the forecast promised. The wailing of the wind at night woke us up a lot, and in the morning we woke up …
Short Polish trips, Tue, 13 Oct 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Lake, Museum, Sea
in Europe, Poland
GosańGosańSmoked fish in MiędzyzdrojeMiędzyzdroje beachView from Zielonka HillSpaceship treeVery accomplished on ZielonkaTurquoise Lake Bored with hanging out in Poznań and not wanting to stay in Zieleniec all the time, we decided to go on a spontaneous trip. Also, Simon has …
Short Spanish trips, Tue, 25 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Europe, Spain
Today started with something different – a volcanic park. The volcanos are naturally crazy old, so now it’s really just a piece of very fertile and densely overgrown land with an interesting topography and lots of nature walks. On the …
Short Spanish trips, Mon, 24 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City
in Europe, Spain
From Girona, we drove back North to Besalú – a beautiful town with a fully preserved Medieval centre and an amazing bridge leading to it. It’s really small, but extremely cute. We strolled about for a couple hours, taking in …
Short Spanish trips, Mon, 24 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Park
in Europe, Spain
The sculpture park turned out to be more than we expected. We didn’t wake up in the best moods, but the park certainly helped. Past the automated gate, the first sculptures seemed pretty wacky – heads in the grass, prehistoric-style …
Short Spanish trips, Sun, 23 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Sea
in Europe, Spain
Our first stop to the day is Cadaqués, a beautiful seaside village that is quite touristy, but very charming. Very unlike Empuriabrava – it’s all hills and little streets, a cute small harbour, a few small beaches. We failed to …
Short Spanish trips, Sat, 22 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Sea
in Europe, Spain
After Figures, we wanted to had to the beach, but decided to visit a seaside town that looked really interesting in the map. Empuriabrava just like like a ribcage of canals. Turns out, it’s a town made up of interchangeable …
Short Spanish trips, Wed, 19 Aug 20
Simon
at a Castle
in Europe, Spain
I set of four a couple days of work from the van. I didn’t set out until early afternoon, as I had a couple important calls in the morning. I headed South of Barcelona, but my intended destination, Coca Vermella, …
Short Spanish trips, Sun, 16 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Ruins/Excavation, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Spain
Cenral MarketForumForumTheatreCircusCircusAmphitheatre The Baron is just small enough to fit into the underground car parks, but sometimes it is really ‘just’. This time, poor Baron got his back scratched a little, and was not happy. Parked, we moved to town …
Short Spanish trips, Sat, 15 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City
in Europe, Spain
On our way from the Poblet Monastery to Tarragona we popped in to Montblanc, a picturesque town with largely intact medieval walls. Naturally, grown way beyond those walls since, but didn’t demolish them – they’re either free standing, or made …
Short Spanish trips, Sat, 15 Aug 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Spain
We started the trip quite late, following a Polish drinking party the previous night. Too much alcohol we brought from Poland, needed to go. So we only really left after noon. Luckily, the Poblet Monastery only opens at 3pm for …
The long return, Fri, 03 Jul 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Museum, UNESCO site
in Europe, France
Last night we drove as far as we could and ended up crossing the French border at dusk. Jemma played Edith Piaf as loud as possible, of course. We said goodbye to motorways, and soon found a nice quiet parking …
The long return, Wed, 01 Jul 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City
in Europe, Germany
From Köningstein we drove off to Meissen, to see the famous porcellain manufactury. It was all we were hoping and fearing: super interesting workshops about the porcelain making history and technique, and some horrible porcellain. Why, oh why did porcellain …
The long return, Tue, 30 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, Lake, Mountain, Park
in Europe, Germany
Sächsische Schweiz is a huge, beautiful park encompassing some table mountains at the River Elbe Valley, full of fantastic rock formations and stunning sights. We arrived in mid-afternoon, parked and went to the first of the many attractions the park …
