Has anyone been on the longest escalator in the world? Well as a matter of fact I have. During our stay in Hong Kong me and my family went and visited the worlds biggest Escalator. The Escalator has a Total length of 800m and a vertical climb of 135m. In 1993 the escalator was criticised for being 153% over budget and failed to do its … Continue reading Esculators
People line the gate, Ready to pounce. The gates open and the crowds rush in. Everyone with one attraction in mind. One after another the crowds add up. Oh theme parks Oh theme parks. What wonderful things The attractions are twirly, The attractions are loopy Some with a splash, And Some with a dive Some in the night, Some in the day The attractions better … Continue reading Theme Park Fun
The Iron monster dominates the sky The 3 arches lead the way The million dollar views round the corner The chaotic traffic flows like a river The roundabouts like rapids, still manage to flow The dodgey street sellers tout their wears The edible delights on every corner The city of lovers, a Tourists delight Continue reading Paris the city of lovers
You know that feeling when you expect something to be better than it is? Or maybe the other way around, when you expect something to be worse than it is? Well our trip has been full of moments like that. For example, the expectation that we are going to have dinner back at the campervan but the reality is that we eat pizza on the … Continue reading Expectations vs Reality
Lately Dad has been enjoying his early morning bike rides and one morning I decided to join him. Little did I know that what I had instore was much more than I had bargained for. We had planned a nice bike ride around the lake and into the town of Argentat-sur-Dordogne, in central France, where we would meet the girls who had biked the short … Continue reading Misadventures with Dad
Do you know how goat cheese is made? Well I didn’t up until we were in Freising, Germany. We were staying with our German friend Marc. Marc specialises in artisan cheeses and organises training courses for cheese makers. On one of the days that we were hosted by Marc he took us to one of his friend Hans’ goat farm. When we arrived we were … Continue reading Billy Goats Gruff Barvarian Style
Has anyone ever been to a Barvarian beer garden? Well I hadn’t up until a few days ago. It was quite the experience. We went with our friend Marc, Ellen’s brother (check out the blog on our sailing trip). We biked off at around 4 pm. The bike ride was fairly short, only 21 Km there. We biked along the right side of the river … Continue reading The Adventure
As keen sailors who have bare-boated in a few different places around the world, we were pleased when our friends Ellen and Matthias suggested a four days tour of the Dutch inland seas the Ijsselmeer and Markermeer. We expected a fun adventure and were not disappointed. Both the Ijsselmeer and Markermeer are manmade – quite an engineering feat. The Ijsselmeer was created in the 1930s by … Continue reading Sailing in Holland
Has anyone ever heard of the city Ausfahrt? I didn’t up until we arrived in Germany. We were driving along and every sign pointed to Ausfahrt. Man, that must be one big city I told my dad. Half an hour later we were still seeing signs to Ausfahrt. So we searched up Ausfahrt on google and then we found out Ausfahrt isn’t a city, it … Continue reading #youneverknow
Just a few days ago I went on a 60-kilometre bike ride from Amersfoort to Utrecht and back. We started our bike ride at 10 am. It was a long and tiring bike ride. On the way to Utrecht we went through an old USA air force base and biked on the old runway which was pretty cool – not many people can say they’ve … Continue reading #TheBikeRide
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