Today was our first day on the Eurail pass. After validating our tickets and grabbing coffees and a danish, we caught the train over the Oresund bridge to Malmo in Sweden. Malmo was surprising. The old town is absolutely beautiful, with many gorgeous old buildings and squares. After walking through the old town we headed…
Roskilde and Copenhagen, Denmark
Day 2 has been absolutely exhaustting. We started by walking to breakfast at a cafe Rania had found, called Mad and Kaffe. But it was not open until 8:30am so we kept walking to Carlsberg Brewery and the famous elephant gate. There is so much construction going on with scaffolding everywhere, but we still got…
Copenhagen, Denmark
This was a really long day. 22 hours of flying to get to Zurich, then a 6 hour wait to connect to Copenhagen. We finally reached out hotel just before 4pm. After a quick shower and refresh, we headed out to explore the city. We walked past Tivoli gardens and the town Hall then walked…
Melbourne weekend
We arrived in Melbourne for our long weekend getaway, checked into our hotel, then headed out to explore some of Melbourne’s laneways. We ended up at Hardware Lane and our favourite wine bar, Kirk’s. We ate a beautiful kefalogabriera saganaki, while enjoying a nice drink. After changing for dinner, we caught an Uber to…
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
This was to be our last day, so we wanted it to be more relaxing. We decided to end at the Rijksmuseum, and so we decided on a leisurely stroll through the shopping streets to get there. We started walking along the Singel to Dam Square, then went into Kalverstraat. This is the ultimate shopping…
Volendam, The Netherlands
Today we were determined to get in to the Van Gogh museum, so we set off at 9am by Uber to Museumplein and joined the queue. The line was relatively short and we were inside before 10am. I had seen it when it first opened, but I did not remember it. What a wonderful museum….
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
We left Koln with a little sadness. Koln and the whole Rhine / Mosel region was beautiful. But it was also our last transfer. The train trip to Amsterdam was uneventful, and the change of scenery was quite marked – from the hills and mountains of Germany to the flatlands of the Netherlands. We arrived…
Mosel, Germany
Today we wanted to explore the best maintained of all the castles in the region, Burg Eltz on the Mosel river. We caught the train to Koblenz, then caught the train on the western side of the Mosel to Moselkern. We started looking for a taxi, but there was none, so we started walking toward…
Middle Rhine, Germany
Today was another of those days that Chrissa and I had been really looking forward to for years – a trip along the Middle Rhine. After breakfast we caught the train to Koblenz, then the Middle Rhine train along the western bank of the Rhine to Bacharach. The train trip was revealing as there were…
Cologne, Germany
Today was another long travel day. We took the four hour train trip to Koln and arrived just after 2.00pm, quite tired. Fortunately, the hotel was at the station, and the Dom was across the plaza, so we didn’t have to walk very far. After checking in, we set about exploring. First stop, after walking…