Short German trips, Sat, 08 Jul 23
Jemma and Simon
at a Sea, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
Short German trips, Sun, 02 Apr 23
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, Germany
Trip to two castles after helping Michal move out from Gollanczstraße. Two tickets on the way. Found a ruined building to explore.
Christmas 2022, Thu, 15 Dec 22
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
First winter night in the Baron! We were scared as just before leaving the heating didn’t want to work, but then it started, so all is good. New record: -9. We started our journey to visit Jemma’s family for Christmas …
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 …
Short German trips, Fri, 02 Apr 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Europe, Germany
It’s Easter weekend and we have four whole days off work… perfect time to hit the road again and continue exploring Germany. We decided to head back to Saxony, as it is reasonably close to Berlin and convenient for a …
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, 24 Jan 21
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, Ruins/Excavation
in Europe, Germany
This is what happens when the Soviets occupy a neo-Baroque castle and get free reign to build concrete blocks on its grounds, so that the Stasi can use it all as a training and recreation center.
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.
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, Wed, 01 Jul 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle
in Europe, Germany
We set off from Bastei and headed towards Köningstein Festung. We could see the fortress on top of another table mountain from the Bastei bridge and were super excited to visit. The views for the drive there were really incredible, …
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 …
The long return, Mon, 29 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Lake, Park, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
At about 8pm, we walked back to the van and headed towards our next stop: Bautzen. Enroute, we decided to check out another UNESCO site: Biosphärenreservat Oberlausitzer Heide- und Teichlandschaft. This is a nature reserve, with beautiful lakes. We pulled …
The long return, Mon, 29 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon
at a City, Temple
in Europe, Germany, Poland
After spending a couple of hours wandering around the Muskauer Park, we jumped back in the van and headed to our next destination: Görlitz. This is a really interesting place, again on the border with Poland. It is adjacent to …
The long return, Mon, 29 Jun 20
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle, Park, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany, Poland
Muskauer Park is a really beautiful spot. It’s over 700 ha and is partly in Germany, partly in Poland. The palace was owned by Prince Hermann von Pückler-Muskau, who was a 19th c. dandy who travelled the world and got …
Baron in Italy, Tue, 24 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Transit
in Austria, Europe, France, Germany, Italy, San Marino, Switzerland
Baron in Italy, Sat, 07 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Mountain
in Austria, Europe, Germany, Italy, Switzerland
Today’s episode is sponsored by the European Union and the Schengen Zone. We are in Italy! We’ve been to four countries today, and we almost crossed the Alps. And without a single stop at any border. How awesome is that? …
Baron in Italy, Sat, 07 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Castle
in Europe, Germany
What a view to wake up to! Now back to the lost cat key scare… Seriously thought we lost them! Thankfully after much searching and more panicking, we found they feel into the backpack. Already changed parking spot just in …
Baron in Italy, Chasing the sun, Thu, 05 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Sauna/Baths
in Europe, Germany
First night in the van! This was much better than expected. -3 outside, but we were all pretty happy and snug in our insulated van and under our duvet and the extra woollen blanket my mum gave us. Thanks mum! …
Baron in Italy, Thu, 05 Dec 19
Jemma and Simon
at a Sauna/Baths
in Europe, Germany
I didn’t think I’ll manage it, but I did! I drove all the way from Poznań to Munich in one day, with just one sorry break! We docked right after midnight – turns out Therme Erding have a little caravan …
Conference Trips, Fri, 20 Jul 18
Simon
at a City, Lake, Temple, UNESCO site
in Europe, Germany
Visited as part of the Diversity in Europe conference
