Tag: europe
group name: traveltalk
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January 13, 2007 04:33 AM EST --
While I have been many places, there is so much more of the world I wish to discover. London/Stonehenge and Australia were on the top of the list since childhood and I finally got to see those glorious . . .
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October 24, 2006 04:49 AM EDT --
In 1066 a chap name o' William decided he rather liked the area and went about laying claim in a very bloody fashion. He put up castles at what seemed like strategic points around England. The first . . .
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January 13, 2007 06:48 AM EST --
I have not seen close to everything I wish to see in this big, wide, world of ours… but I have been fortune enough to see quite a bit, and it is astounding. Of the places I have visited so far, . . .
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October 09, 2006 04:33 PM EDT --
If you have read me at all, you know how fascinated I am with castles and the Medieval period, especially in the UK. Given that, there was no way in hell I was going to visit London and not see The Tower . . .
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October 11, 2006 04:32 AM EDT --
So. When we had decided to go terrorize London, we figured a place to stay might be real nice. During numerous online searches we happened upon the Adare Hotel in the Paddington area of Greater London. . . .
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April 03, 2007 03:08 AM EDT --
Shortly after making the big move to Sweden, we decided to take a bit of a romantic holiday to Germany. We drove down through Denmark to the Skandline Ferry which deposited us on the German coast at Puttgarden, . . .
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May 21, 2007 04:02 AM EDT --
Being one of the main cities in Europe for cultural and scientific conventions, Riga, Latvia has a lot of hotels. Of the 3 we have stayed at, The Domina Inn is number 2... but could have easily topped . . .
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September 08, 2007 04:45 PM EDT --
South of Koge on Sealand, Denmark you can find this magnificient entrance to the castle Vallo Slot.
Vallo Castle is surrounded by a scenic moath, and you have to cross . . .
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October 21, 2006 04:10 AM EDT --
Ok. I'm going to give you a bit of my background so that when I go against the popular view and give Stonehenge a mere 3 stars, you will sort of understand why. Bare with me on this.
Ever since I . . .
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September 07, 2007 02:17 PM EDT --
Kronborg Castle in Elsinore (Helsingoer) is known around the world from Shakespeare's Hamlet, and in fact it is one of the most important renaissance castles in Northern Europe.
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October 12, 2006 05:12 AM EDT --
Although Stonhenge is the most publicized henge in the UK, Avebury is actually the largest at approximately 14 times the size of Stonehenge, and is dated at at least 5,000 years. The entire town of Avebury . . .
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September 07, 2006 06:32 PM EDT --
One of my solo adventures was two weeks in Europe. I actually wasn't solo the whole time as I visited my brother in Germany for a few of the days, but for the most part, I was on my own, with . . .
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November 09, 2006 05:55 PM EST --
Given the name Foteviken Museum, you would likely expect to find a building housing lots of Viking artifacts. You would be wrong. What this place is, is a Viking settlement. That's right. Just below . . .
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December 03, 2006 06:32 PM EST --
To be deadly honest about it, I haven't got a whit of interest in the current British royalty. My interest lies more with the days medieval, and a bit into the Renaissance. Still, Lars is a very big . . .
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July 14, 2007 07:11 PM EDT --
On my Danish castle tour Voergaard Castle, which was founded in1518, caught my attention.
The atmosphere surrounding the castle and the numerous . . .
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October 22, 2006 04:32 AM EDT --
Sverige (Sweden) is not broken up into states like the US. Rather, it is grouped as regions... similar to extremely large counties. Most folks, when they are contemplating a trip to Sverige, think of visiting . . .
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July 22, 2007 10:51 PM EDT --
Frederiksborg Castle in Hilleroed, Denmark is an extravagant renaissance castle, which was built in the beginning of the 16th century by King Christian the fourth of Denmark.
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August 09, 2007 09:56 AM EDT --
During my trip to Denmark this summer, I noticed the amazing variety when it comes to the Danish churches, and I wanted to share a few of my photos with you.
Hoermested Church, . . .
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October 23, 2006 04:33 PM EDT --
Having been invited recently to write a ghost story by one of our ghoulie gather ghost groups, .I thought long and hard and remember this little tale that happened one night while staying in an old old . . .
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August 02, 2007 03:52 PM EDT --
Karen Blixen (1885 - 1962), is perhaps best known for her novel Out of Africa, the novel which the movie Out Of Africa starring Meryl Streep is based on.
Blixen was born in 1885, . . .
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