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  • Cycle Holland day 1

    The route was, wait for it, flat! A gentle first day. A few representative pictures  travelling along the top of a dyke.

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  • Tegel airport 

    I had forgotten the hell that is Hall D of Tegel airport Berlin  This queue is simply waiting to check in! The futility of “on-line” check in is obvious! One may as well bounce one’s bum on the moon. It should be renamed to “in-line” check in

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  • Translste from.the English to German the following well known saying: ” I  crept into the crypt, kipped, crapped then crawled out “. Some useful hints:

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  • A few pictures of Berlin and Amsterdam. Berlin i visited three years ago whilst it was 40 years ago for Amsterdam!  Amsterdam  Has it  changed in 40 years… I can’t remember! 

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  • A Deafening Silence 

    Where am I? Have my creative juices dried up? Let me reassure you that is not the case! The reason is quite simply summarised in the two pictures. Firstly the Congress, which, being a very ethical human being as the reader will immediately acknowledge, I am attending with religious ferver.  Secondly was the excited anticipation

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  • Berlin A musical day

    The opening morning of the conference was excellent value and was clinically relevant at least to me, the afternoon offering less so. I excused myself at lunch and walked to the Museum of Musical Instruments (Musikinstrumenten-Museum) via The Tiergarten.  This is an huge Park in central Berlin. Surely I was dreaming when from the lush

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  • Another holiday!

    Adelaide to Berlin  In May 2016 the Gulf airline Qatar commenced services from Adelaide to Doha. I jumped ship from Emirates at the behest of my travel agent: Bargain tickets, the latest and greatest Airbus : A350, and finally the lure of the latest greatest airport. These incongruous Gulf cathedrals of capitalism are truely the

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  • Long weekend in Clare

    The Riesling Trail Again! About three years ago was the last time that I rode the Riesling Trail at that time it went from Clare to Auburn. I went with two overseas visitor from Germany and Brazil. We stayed at an onsite cabin in the Clare Caravan Park and had a great time. As I

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  • Last day in Lisbon 

    My flight was scheduled to depart at 2100 hours so I walked towards the eastern point of the Lisbon peninsula ending up at Belem. It is here there are two iconic structures of Lisbon.          As well the original coal fired electricity station serving Lisbon has been turned into a remarkable Museum of Electricity!

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  • Obidos

    The final and fourth destination on the day tour was Obidos. It is the closest ancient walled town to Lisbon. It is thus a Mecca for tourist buses from the capital. However on this day it seemed relatively relaxed. It is very well maintained and not as potentially garish or gaudy as one may anticipate.

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