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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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