Yearly Archives: 2008
Day 15 – Rome
| September 19, 2008 | Posted by Luschka under Around Europe, Travel |
Rome, the Eternal City, might well be the most exhausting city of any on a European journey. Not helped by an extremely poor night’s sleep on the overnight train between Milan and Rome, we were exhausted on arrival and went straight to our hostel, Hotel Lido, to get rid of our bags. The staff and…
Day 14 – Lake Como
| September 15, 2008 | Posted by Luschka under Around Europe, Travel |
Varenna, where we stayed at Eremo Gaudio, is on Lake Como in Lombardy, Italy. The lake is massive and is fed by melting glaciers, rain and springs from the mountains that surround it.
Day 13 – Varenna, Monza, Varenna
| September 15, 2008 | Posted by Luschka under Around Europe, Travel |
What a way to start a day, waking up to this view! Then coffee and pastries on a patio with more view before a quick train ride to Monza for the Formula 1.
Day 12 – Zurich, Bernina, Varenna (Lake Como)
| September 15, 2008 | Posted by Luschka under Around Europe, Travel |
Day 11 – Prague to Zurich
| September 15, 2008 | Posted by Luschka under Around Europe, Travel |
After the Berlin to Prague fiasco, we were ready to leave Prague at 6 am today in anticipation of the 5 hour drive actually being many more. As it turned out, it did take 5 hours to get to Friedrichshafen in Germany, where we left the car and took the ferry over Lake Constance to…
Day 10 – Prague
| September 14, 2008 | Posted by Luschka under Around Europe, Travel |
Prague is known as the city of a thousand spires, and for good reason. Just a simple glance around highlights a pointed landscape, crafted in black, gold, stone, tan and hundreds of other colours. It dawned on us that between us we actually had very little knowledge about Prague or what there was to do.…
Day 8 – Florence, Pisa, Berlin
| September 9, 2008 | Posted by Luschka under Around Europe, Travel |
Waking up early for a bright start to the day, we arrived at the train station in time to catch the delayed earlier train to Pisa. This was incredibly fortunate as it gave us an hour in Pisa before we had to get to the airport, which gave us just enough time to march through…
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