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The Elbe Valley 2012 – Food & Wine
Food & Wine Food There’s not much to say about the food on our journey. For lunch we bought rolls, cheese, ham, sausage, cakes, fruit and so on where we could or bought filled rolls from bakers’ shops. The local … Continue reading →
The Elbe Valley 2012 – Walking Trails
Malerweg, Weinwanderweg Malerweg The local tourist board markets this part of Germany as “Saxon Switzerland” (“Sächsische Schweiz”). It’s like Switzerland to the same extent that Crawley is like Prague. But it does have a unique landscape of towering sandstone bluffs … Continue reading →
The Elbe Valley 2012 – Travel
Corso Reisen, Travel, Maps, Hotels Corso Reisen Clive had booked the holiday with Corso Reisen, a German outdoor holiday company he had used before. They provided maps of the route but no written instructions, arranged our hotel accommodation and organised … Continue reading →
The Elbe Valley 2012 – Part 3
Dresden – Radebeul – Meissen Dresden to Radebeul, 27 May We’d walked into Dresden alongside the Elbe. The route out headed north away from the river and through Dresden’s urban sprawl. It was the Sunday of the May holiday weekend … Continue reading →
The Elbe Valley 2012 – Part 2
Pirna to Dresden 25 May This third day was the least enjoyable of the holiday, for me at least. It was rather warm and we spent virtually the whole day walking through suburbs on tarmac roads, first through the outskirts … Continue reading →
The Elbe Valley 2012 – Part 1
Although hardly Famous we were definitely Five: Clive, John, Stuart, Tom and me.* A 4.00am start, a bus, a plane, a taxi, a train and another taxi had taken me to the village of Krippen with the other four. Krippen … Continue reading →
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Serra de Tramuntana, Oct 2011 – Day 6
Coast north of Port de Sóller Saturday 22 October Our last day, and we decided to explore the coast the other (northern) side of the Port. A final ride on the tram took us down to the start. A steep … Continue reading →
Serra de Tramuntana, Oct 2011 – Day 5
South of Port de Sóller Friday 21 October Almost all the bus services on Mallorca radiate from Palma but there is one service which follows the mountain road, running from Port de Sóller and Sóller via the popular walking areas … Continue reading →