Tripping 2019
Our first wet day and with a few hours to fill in ahead of the wedding, we chanced our luck with Cynthia (GPS) to find Schloss Glücksburg (Castle Glücksburg in our lingo) and for Tim to get some European driving practice in. Cynthia turned out to be harder to manage then the driving, getting into a huff at one stage, refusing to talk or keep up with our location on the map - behaving much better after spanking her with the off/on button.
Built 1582-1587, now a museum owned by a foundation, it was the seat of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and was also used by the Danish kings. The site dates back to the 13th century when it was a Cistercian monastery, some of the stones from that were used in the foundations for the current Castle that was looted by British soldiers 23 May 1945. Taking an hour each way, we only had time for a speed walk around the grounds, nicely timed between rain showers then off home to get ready for the wedding.
Schloss Glücksburg
June 15, 2019
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Flensburg Fjord, Baltic Sea
Our first wet day and with a few hours to fill in ahead of the wedding, we chanced our luck with Cynthia (GPS) to find Schloss Glücksburg (Castle Glücksburg in our lingo) and for Tim to get some European driving practice in. Cynthia turned out to be harder to manage then the driving, getting into a huff at one stage, refusing to talk or keep up with our location on the map - behaving much better after spanking her with the off/on button.
Built 1582-1587, now a museum owned by a foundation, it was the seat of the House of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg and was also used by the Danish kings. The site dates back to the 13th century when it was a Cistercian monastery, some of the stones from that were used in the foundations for the current Castle that was looted by British soldiers 23 May 1945. Taking an hour each way, we only had time for a speed walk around the grounds, nicely timed between rain showers then off home to get ready for the wedding.
1.
Pre trip prep
2.
Where to this time?
3.
Beijing - day one
4.
Beijing - day two
5.
Beijing - day three
6.
Chinese delicacies
7.
This one is for you Finn
8.
Moving on to Germany
9.
Schloss Glücksburg
10.
Wacky signs
11.
Lisa and Kay’s wedding
12.
Nord Art
13.
Croatian food for a change
14.
Copenhagen, Zealand, Denmark
15.
Overnighting in Goteborg, Sweden
16.
Norway - the land of our forefathers
17.
From the sublime to the ridiculous
18.
And the road trip starts
19.
Trolling Trollstigen - Troll’s Footpath
20.
More wacky bits and bobs
21.
Stranda
22.
Ferries, alpine walking and loo capers
23.
Norway v New Zealand stats
24.
Island hopping across the Atlantic Road archipelago - another of the 11 must drives
25.
Little sods everywhere
26.
Another day another National Scenic Route
27.
Overnighting in Trondheim
28.
No fishing = time for Lom Stave Church
29.
What was that? Let’s go see.
30.
Nes Church, where Thore and Martha were married
31.
Tante Gerda
32.
Flying solo now
33.
Lisbon orientation walking tour
34.
One for you Madz
35.
Lisbon to Coimbra
36.
Out and about in Coimbra
37.
Porto - my Portugal favourite
38.
JK Rowling’s Hogwarts inspiration
39.
More of Porto and port tasting
40.
Tour group photos taken by Ana
41.
Mapping Portugal
42.
Home sweet home
43.
Tim & Karen UK’ing it
44.
Alfriston
45.
Hampton Court Palace
46.
Last leg
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