Summer in the Cyclades – Koufonisia

After five days on Naxos I took the ferry and a little while later disembarked with a handful of other…

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Summer in the Cyclades – Naxos

Summer in Greece is always special and it is never too early to start planning your next vacation. Last summer…

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Lake Balaton – a summer weekend with friends

Lake Balaton is called the sea of the Hungarian people, and with good reason. Despite being a lake, it seems…

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Carrière Wellington – a tunnel system underneath Arras

After spending the morning at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial and a short break for lunch in Arras, we drove…

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Canadian National Vimy Memorial

After traveling around Normandy in search of the Plantagenets while also exploring WWII history in Arromanches, it was time for…

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A detour to Lille – what to see and do

We left Rouen and with it Normandy and took the train at 7:09 to Lille, which is the only direct…

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What I learned in Normandy

My trip to Normandy was not my first rodeo in France. Nonetheless there were a couple of things I picked…

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The doors of Normandy

The doors of Normandy come in all kinds of colors and are mostly sturdy wooden doors. There were some glass…

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All the flowers of Normandy

Compared to other trips I didn’t take a lot of flower pictures in Normandy. Apparently I had a lot of…

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More impressions of Normandy

Let’s start with the obvious. Looking back on my one week of traveling around Normandy, it was not enough time.…

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