Articles Posted August 2010
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Warsaw (Poland) History by Backpack
Tweet 11 – 12 August 2010 Having missed my intended train from Berlin I arrived in Warsaw late, it was after 11pm by the time I’d navigated my way out of the central station and to the tram stop. Laden up with all my important possessions in my backpack I found myself on a tram [...]
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Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp
Tweet 10 August 2010 Sachsenhausen-Oranienburg was a major concentration camp used by the Nazi regime from 1936 through to Soviet liberation in 1945, the Soviets then used it as a NKVD Special Camp until 1950. In 1956 the East German (DDR) government set up a national memorial on the site giving emphasis to political resistance [...]
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Berlin (Germany) by Backpack
Tweet 04 – 11 August 2010 On the train trip to Berlin I met Anna who was traveling back home from where she studies in Bonn. Anna kindly gave me some advice on sights and attractions from a local perspective and even said that if she was free on Friday she’d show me some of [...]
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Cologne (Germany)
Tweet 03 August 2010 Cologne, but I almost didn’t make it. I hazily recall Jeff waking me up at some point; he was up and about and said my alarm was going off. The next time I woke up was when Jeff was putting his bag on and heading out the door, I tried not [...]
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Antwerp (Belgium)
Tweet 01 – 02 August 2010 I arrived in Antwerp in the evening having spent most of the day sightseeing in Brussels. I was going to stay in a place called Abhostel, the smallest hostel I’ve stayed in to date with a total of only sixteen beds. There are no signs out front, just a [...]
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Back in Brussels
Tweet 30 July – 01 August 2010 Having exhausted myself in Bruges I really deserved a quality Belgian beer. That evening in Delirium bar I met up with Norbu and his friend (also from Denmark) and we sat with a couple of other solo travellers; an Ausi who had done the Trans Siberian railway and [...]
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Brussels (Belgium)
Tweet 29 July 2010 I was very excited to be setting out to see Europe alone, essentially this trip was going to be my first stint of solo travel since leaving New Zealand. Unfortunately it did not start well. My train was due to leave at 6.20am and I was through the terminal gates by [...]
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Time at Woodpeckers Cottage
Tweet 26 – 28 July 2010 As always it was lovely to catch up with Auntie Jilly, Uncle Howy, cousins Ella and Annabel and Grandma. Thank you all so much for your hospitality.
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Contiki: European Adventurer (18 June – 24 July 2010) COMPLETE!
Tweet I like to think we can all now call ourselves adventurers; but let it be the beginning, not the end. Contiki Tour Posts 1. Contiki Adventurer Tour 2. London to Paris 3. Paris to Beaujolais Wine Region 4. Beaujolais to Barcelona (Spain) 5. Barcelona to French Riviera (Nice & Monaco) 6. Verona 7. Venice [...]
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