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Iceland to Turkey, Spain to Estonia

I’ve been busy, in Oct I started with Iceland, went on to England, France, Germany , Netherlands , Switzerland , with a two month stay in Turkey. Then I flew back north and decided to go to Baltic states...

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Palamutbuku

I have been here a little over a week rial Turkey and beautiful sea and beaches Along with more than 2100 years of history Knidos a huge city in Hellenistic Greece And warm and sunny...

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Matterhorn

After nearly going to the top, via cable  car I just had to post some more photos If you don’t know Matterhorn I’m not sure what you have been doing.  It is a large, near-symmetrical pyramidal peak in the extended...

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Switzerland www.ch cern

I have been in Switzerland for a few days now. I started in Geneva. One has to eat, and then chocolate.                Lake Geneva Now for the Really good stuff. Geneva is home...

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Carian Trail ,Turkey

The latest new idea. Datça Peninsula: 240.7 km. The section starts from Old town of Datça, 3 km before Datça, and follows Hızırşah, Domuzçukuru, Mesudiye, Palamutbükü, Knidos, Karaköy, Kızlan, Emecik, Balıkaşıran, Akçapınar, and ends in Akyaka. The Carian Trail is...

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Cologne

Why is this city Köln called Cologne? like perfume, see Eau de Cologne. Long ago.. The city was named Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium in 50 AD. Eau de Cologne (French: [o d(ə) kɔlɔɲ]; German: Kölnisch Wasser [ˈkœlnɪʃ ˈvasɐ]; meaning “Cologne Water”), or simply...

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Koblenz, with Deutsches Eck

Today’s adventure was a bit further south from Cologne, to Koblenz.  Again lots of history, from Roman’s thur medieval Germany to the world wars and today. Lots of walking around and visiting places of interest, quite a few things...

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Bonn, birthplace of Beethoven

Bonn, a small city on the Rhine, The Federal City of Bonn (German pronunciation:[ˈbɔn] ( listen)) is a city on the banks of the Rhine in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia, with a population of over 300,000. About 24 km (15 mi)...

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11.11 11:11 Köln Carnival

Today we get see a different side of Germany, only in Cologne. They start the Carnival at 11:11 on the 11 of November.   http://www.koeln.de/tourismus/karneval/1111__sessionseroeffnung       at the stage, a crush of people , only a tiny...

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