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Salvadore Dali would have been proud!

Looking over Gythio harbour

Looking over Gythio harbour

Looking over Gythio harbour

Traffic chaos

Gythio

Kardamili harbour

Road down to our stop for the night, Kardamili

Olive tree, Kardamili

Camping for the night, Kardamili

View from Kardimili

View from Kardimili

Sunset, Katokolo

Spring Gorge …

… unreachable after the rains

Lovely cycling

Campsite :)

Voidokilia Beach

Peschici

Peschici

Rodi

Lost again?

Ravenna

Detail of Mosaic, Ravenna

Ivory Bishop’s chair

Ravenna

Sunset, Po River, Italy

Pear orchards

Ravensburg is dotted with towers

Niki test driving furniture

Water spout off building in Old Town

Lots od restoration work on 17thC buildings

Best church doors ever – copper doors of the Catholic Liebfrauen Kirche

Ravensburg Old Town

Another flurry forces us to break for coffee

Exhausted after 25km driving … hmm

A dash of colour

Lovely to wake to singing birds

Spring – created by a thirsty saint ….

Bridge over the Seine

Niki doing the good deed

Azeville Battery

Azeville Battery

Utah Beach Museum

Utah Beach Museum

Utah Beach Museum – very in theme

Campsite on the French Channel

Roundabout envy, France

Not a bad view from our campsite

Entry port Mont St Michel

Low Tide – the sea is 8km away

Mont St Michel

Fresco, St Bavo

Looking up the Leie

Post Office – in an age when utilitarianism was less apparent

Graffiti street

St Michael’s spire-less church – what happens when you run out of money

Detailed view, Coat of Arms

51 Armorial bearings – the detail is astonishing

Detail from bishop’s mausoleum – the fine work can be felt.

The ‘schizophrenic’ town hall with Late Gothic + Renaissance

Town Hall, with the Counts of Ghent added in the 19thC

Niki hiding with the Simpsons, Graffiti Street

Children’s Hospital, 13thC

Brilliant audio-visual accompaniment made the experience much richer.

74 gun frigate – the models were used to teach, and record technological advances.

A number of these, all incredibly detailed. Wow!

Ivory pistols – look at this detail!

… and more

Part of the St Vitus barrel vault

Repurposed fortification walls

Bremerhaven

Klimahuas, Bremerhaven

Rathaus, Lübeck

Oriole window, Rathause

Rathaus – and great square for a beer

Hanseatic Gate from St Petri Church

St Marien Kirche restorations

Set in the pavements around Lübeck, commemorating deported Jews

… or by forests

These berries taste like marmalade!

Northern North Denmark

WWII bunkers covered by dunes

Bullrush moulting

Springs in Rebild Bakker

Troll’s Forest

Jøssingfjord hydro

Helleren

Boathouses, Norwegian style

Glassy patches on salmon streams

Upstairs & downstairs!!

A Contented-camper

Råbjerg Mile

Råbjerg Mile

Traffic Circle Envy, Denmark

Goodbye Norway

Going to miss this!!

This guy has no problems parking cars!

Ferry Langesund to Hirtshals

Ferry, Langesund Norway

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Imagine the conversation…

Brilliant!

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Vigeland Sculpture Park

Oslo harbour

Oslo harbour

Oslo harbour

Oslo harbour, Nobel Institute

Cannon damage from … ?

Detail on the cannons. Akershus

Willow Sculptures

Clever kid buggy!!

Niki at Oslo Botanical Gardens

Oslo Botanical Park

Last look, Norway

Icy roof = time to leave

Oslo Botanical Park

Yes, the whole street is tilted! Ribe

Ship bell struck by cannon fire

Copper bottom Jylland

Musket cabinet below decks

Cutlas cabinet – is that a thing?

Ribe cathedral baptismal font 1450

St George & the Dragon 1475

Cathedral door handel, 1904

Niki dwarfed by Jylland anchor – each link is around 35kg

Jylland

Traffic hold-up – vertical road!

Hamburg

Angel, St Nikolai

Outside a restaurant – beach chairs!

Houses on the canal, Giethoorn

Not the smallest house on the block!

Can you imagine summer?

Not sure if this works for citrus, Bini?

More clever campervan drivers & navigators

Bridges, Giethoorn

Beguine, Amsterdam

Flower market

Flower market

Bookstore Lane

Basilica of St Nicholas

Cheese & Clogs

Ketch, Volendam harbour

Volendam

Sunrise from our campervan

House, Volendam

So happy to have Niki here :)

Trench mortar

Mined area

Domfront

Domfront – what a place to have a beer

Interior, Saint Julian

Everywhere – memorials that bring history alive

Archers embrasure, Domfront

Coastal fortification, St Malo

… which is quite narrow!

On the train … in the mine

Salt crystals growing in the mine

The Black Bora sweeping down the Adriatic

Niki getting blown away, Trieste

Streets, Trieste

Excavations, Aquileia

Romulus & Remus, Basilica

Nave, Basilica Aquileia

Brilliant exhibition of layers under the Basilica, Aquileia

Porto Levante

Porto Levante

Sunset Porto Levante

Commachio

Basilica, Loreto

Basilica, Loreto

Marble encasement of Mary’s house

4 million pilgrims – but not on Monday!!

Trani Old Town

Trani Basilica

Viesta

Trani beach

If you’ve ever seen ‘Werewolves of London^

All’s well that ends well.

Road to Methoni … hmmmmmm!

View from Pylos

Niki with 9kg cannonball – left lying around!

What a day

Might swap camper for yacht ….

Sunset, Pylos

Niki undecided about the swim

Niki’s chicken gyros

Kalogria, sunset

Artwork, Agio Nikolaos

Why Etosha?

Kalogria beach – not so busy!

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All’s well that ends well.

Road to Methoni … hmmmmmm!

View from Pylos

Niki with 9kg cannonball – left lying around!

What a day

Might swap camper for yacht ….

Sunset, Pylos

Niki undecided about the swim

Dover Port

St Cuthberts, Wells

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