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Bamberg and milch kaffee
23 Oct 2017

Bamberg and milch kaffee

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 0

The lovely little town of Bamberg is situated on the Regnitz River, a tributary of the Main. In fact, it’s kind of built over the river. As usual, there’s a busy old town filled with crowds of tourists. The Germans … Continued

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Bamberg, cobble stones, milch kaffee
Oops, the boat broke
22 Oct 2017

Oops, the boat broke

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 0

We set off up the river Main for Wurzburg, from which we’d headed off to the walled town of Rothenburg on that previous trip. This time we’d take a look at the Prince/bishop’s residence. But first we had to get … Continued

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Marienberg, power loss, Wurzburg
Rudesheim, the Rhine Gorge – and Miltenberg
21 Oct 2017

Rudesheim, the Rhine Gorge – and Miltenberg

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 1

The thing about having done parts of this trip twice or three times is that sometimes I don’t have much more to say than I did in my previous blogs. That was the case with Rudesheim, where we visited the … Continued

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history, Holocaust, Jews, Miltenberg, mists of time
A visit to Bonn
20 Oct 2017

A visit to Bonn

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 0

First stop in Germany was Cologne. Pete was feeling loads better, so we opted to go on the walking tour of Bonn, since we’d already had a look around Cologne. Bonn might have remained just another obscure German university town … Continued

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Beethoven, Bonn, Burning of the books, Romans
Zaanse Schans and dying arts
19 Oct 2017

Zaanse Schans and dying arts

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 0

After our first night on the boat Pete was feeling a bit coldy, so he did the right thing and confined himself to quarters while I went off on a cold, dank day for the scheduled excursion to Zaanse Schans, … Continued

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Netherlands, pioneer village, Zaan, Zaanse Schans
A lazy Amsterdam weekend
18 Oct 2017

A lazy Amsterdam weekend

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 4

The weather cleared a wee bit on Saturday, so we mooched around enjoying the city. We’d spent quite a bit of time up on the eleventh floor admiring the efficiency of Amsterdam’s transport system. From up there you can watch … Continued

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Amsterdam, canals, Dam to dam race
Zandvoort aan zee and an unexpected trip
17 Oct 2017

Zandvoort aan zee and an unexpected trip

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 1

Seeing as how we live near the seaside in Australia, a trip to Amsterdam’s local beach at Zandvoort seemed like a nice little expedition. I remember a little Dutch song about going to the beach in summer. Sorry, no subtitles … Continued

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Amsterdam, Zandvoort
Europe 2017 – a series of unfortunate events
16 Oct 2017

Europe 2017 – a series of unfortunate events

by Greta | posted in: Travel | 1

Well… we’re back. From Europe, that is. Amsterdam, Rhine cruise and a coach tour of parts of Eastern Europe. Pretty much a month on the other side of the world. It wasn’t the most wonderful trip, on account of happenings. … Continued

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Amsterdam, Europe 2017, Rijksmuseum
Fooling around with Photoshop
30 Sep 2017

Fooling around with Photoshop

by Greta | posted in: Photography | 2

I guess everybody knows how powerful the world’s best known photo editing program is. You can fool a lot of the people with images manipulated in PS, as many a person on Facebook can attest. Apart from fooling people, Photoshop … Continued

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digital art, Photoshop
Melbourne wasn’t such a bad place
23 Sep 2017

Melbourne wasn’t such a bad place

by Greta | posted in: Life and things, Photography | 1

I lived close to Melbourne for ten years of my life, and although it isn’t my very favouritist place in the world as far as cities go, I quite like it (shhh don’t tell anyone) . Before we left for … Continued

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city photos, Melbourne

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