Category: Travel
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Magic Library
When my grandfather turned 70 years old, he invited us (his guests) to visit a boarding school. Strange thing to visit isn’t it? Well this was not any boarding school, and my grandfather is a historian, so visiting a place packed with history was a natural thing to do. The…
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A giant rat and French cheese
A giant rat and French cheese Normandy September 2015 After a good home cooked lunch, we made our way to the seaside. After our drive there we were impatient to see the ocean, well the English Channel to be precise.
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Arriving in Normandy
In September I took a break from my blog, writing, and reading. I made sure to spend some quality time with my small family. We actually went on our first ever holiday, just the three of us. Before we had been in the South of France, but stayed with my…
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Iles Flottantes – no I am not talking about dessert
Voilà, voilà! It’s time for another “Discovering Paris” post. This time it’s again about a new park or garden in Paris. I want to tell you about the Promenade des Berges de la Seine, or more precisely about the Iles Flottantes (floating islands that are located there). In 2013 parts of…
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Mushrooms, Blueberries and Caterpillars
Mushrooms, Blueberries and Caterpillars Austrian Adventures This summer, my daughter and I joined my parents in Austria, for about a week. We lived through many different adventures. Such as a dangerous hike or visiting happy cows and happy pigs. The last hike we went on was the climb of the…
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Wandering through a book
Wandering through a book Austrian Adventures As little one and I had joined my parents in Austria, for a bit more than a week this August, we lived through many different adventures. Today it is time to share another episode with you. On my birthday, after unwrapping presents and saying…
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Parc Clichy-Batignolles – Martin Luther King
Parc Clichy-Batignolles – Martin Luther King Discovering a NEW park in Paris A few weeks ago, my mother discovered a new park in Paris, which she quickly shared with us. The first time I went, I went without technology, so I could not take any pictures. But then I returned, for…
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Of happy pigs, old trains, and cabbages
Of happy pigs, old trains, and cabbages Austrian Adventures I want to continue telling you about my Austrian adventures. For a week in August my daughter and I joined my parents in the Zillertal in Tirol. We witnessed old traditions and visited happy cows, we went on a dangerous hike,…
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Girl with Lollipop
A little more than 6 years ago I arrived in Krakow, Poland. Ok, it was the 12th of September if I recall correctly. One of my first walks through this beautiful town inspired me to take many, many pictures. There were hidden gems lurking in every corner, everywhere, where I…
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Attention: Fairies, gnomes, dwarfs, and other magical creatures lurking everywhere
Attention: Fairies, gnomes, dwarfs, and other magical creatures lurking everywhere Austrian Adventures I am a bit short for words when it comes to writing about what I want to share with you today. Maybe it is just best that you see for yourself…
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Don’t try this with a baby!
Sometimes I got really freaked, because looking to my left there would be nothing except a deep abyss.
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Old traditions
Old traditions Austrian Adventures Fast forward to the first morning in Austria. Little one and I had so far traveled from Paris to Munich by train. The next morning we too a train that went from Munich to Venezia, we got off an hour and a half into the ride,…
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It all started very early in Paris
This place prominent in movies and books, visited by tourists and Parisians alike, just looked, just looked well, shabby, run down, outdated.
Solveig Werner 