January 17, 2019 This year I visited Berlin for the third time. Berlin is like Madrid one of my favorite cities in Europe. This third time around it took a bit more time to prepare an itinerary. We had visited all the usual suspects on our previous visits and it was the middle of winter, … Lees verder
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48 hours in Vienna
December 27, 2018 As a fan of Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt, Vienna was high on my list of places I must visit. So when my husband asked if I wanted to join him on his trip to Vienna, Schiele immediately sprang to mind. A colleague also mentioned the temporary exhibition of Pieter Breughel the … Lees verder
(Public) transport Bruges – How to get to Bruges and how to get around.
Visit:Walk in Bruges – Your private guide in Bruges Although the best way by far to visit Bruges is on foot or on a bike, many tourists have questions about the public transport system in Bruges and on their way to Bruges. So here is a guide to help you along! There is no airport … Lees verder
Picos de Europa walk PR PNPE 23: Ruta Horcados Rojos
July 5, 2018 On our last day we decided to go up with the Fuente De cable car again. One reason was that it predicted to be quite hot today, and we hoped to find some cooler weather higher up. We took our time for breakfast and so it was almost midday when we reached … Lees verder
Picos de Europa walk: PR PNPE 3: The Ruta del Cares
July 5, 2018 If you can only do one walk when visiting de Picos, this might be an excellent choice. It is a very popular walk through the valley of the Cares river. You can start the walk either from the North side (seaside) from Poncebos, which is I believe the more popular starting point, … Lees verder
Picos De Europa walk: PR PNPE 27: Circular walk around the rocks of Brez
July 5, 2018 On our third day we needed some extra rest after two days of long walks. We decided to do the circular walk around Brez (730 m), a 2 hour track, which was said to be very nice. Many do this walk on their first day as a kind of warm up walk. … Lees verder
Picos the Europa walk: PR PNPE 26: Circular walk Espinama – Las Ilces – Espinama
July 5, 2018 On our second day, still feelings soar from the day before, we chose this walk, thinking it would be rather flat. Correction: walks are never flat in the moutains. This walk leads you through forests of beech and oak on both banks of the Deva river. In these forests bears still roam, … Lees verder
Picos de Europa Walk: PR PNPE 24: Circular walk from Fuente De cable car down to parking lot of the cable car
July 5, 2018 It was maybe a bit overconfident of ourselves to make this walk our first, but the weather looked great on our first day and looked less stable on the next days, so we just went for it. The guidebook said the walk would take us 4 hours and 30 minutes, so that … Lees verder
Picos de Europa
July 5, 2018 After our trip to the Spanish Pyrenees last year we were looking for a similar experience this year. This is how I stumbled upon Picos the Europa. I had neven heard of it before. It doesn’t seem like a popular destination for Belgians. But is has been discovered by British, American and … Lees verder
Madrid for the third time
March 12, 2018 This time, March 2018, we stayed in another neighbourhoud than the previous times. Staying in another district gives a whole new perspective of the city. We stayed in the posh Salamanca area, where Prada, Gucci, Chanel and Armani all have a shop just around the corner. Not that I was in any … Lees verder