June 10, 2001 The very pretty castle and gardens make for a great day out with the roaming peacocks and swans. The garden maze was most interesting... if you...
Daniel Bachmann
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Jul 26, 2001 11:11 pm
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July 15-17 & 19, 2001 I still keep in touch with a few of the English people from Sunseed (Los Molinos, Spain, March/April 2000) and it's about time for a ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Jul 27, 2001 11:19 pm
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For this text on-line with lots of pictures, goto: http://sauntering.cjb.net/ParisFrance.htm July 22-25, 2001 I return one year+one week to Paris to with a...
Daniel Bachmann
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Jul 28, 2001 11:12 pm
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For this text on-line with lots of pictures, goto: http://sauntering.cjb.net/ChartresFrance.htm July 23, 2001 Just over an hour from Paris by train, this town...
Daniel Bachmann
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Jul 28, 2001 11:14 pm
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July 24, 2001 The palace is everything in excess along with its gardens and it was even more so before what was destroyed in the French Revolution. ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Jul 30, 2001 12:15 am
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July 29, 2001 Using the fast Chunnel train again, Lille can be done as a day trip from London. On this Sunday the place was deserted during the day. We found...
Daniel Bachmann
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Jul 30, 2001 12:15 am
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For this text with a few small pictures from last year, visit: http://sauntering.cjb.net/SalisburyEngland.htm November 19, 2000 & August 5, 2001 I come here...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 5, 2001 8:43 pm
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August 5, 2001 There's a historical re-enactment of some sort going on. The people dress and live like those hundreds of years ago. I've seen this in America...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 5, 2001 8:43 pm
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August 18-19, 2001 The train ride has become increasingly scenic with lush river footed mountains giving way to snow capped peaks. We got off to stay in Geilo...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 29, 2001 9:53 pm
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A London visitor August 10-13, 2001 I've had only great experiences staying at people's homes in Austria, Belgium, England, Scotland, Wales, the Netherlands...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 29, 2001 9:53 pm
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August 19-20, 2001 This fjord leg ends at Gudvangen and we caught the bus to Voss. The schedule of trains, ferryboats and buses are all scheduled for a smooth...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 29, 2001 9:53 pm
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August 19, 2001 Call me a train spotter, but the train ride continues to be a highlight! The single track (trains can only pass at stations) has now climbed to...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 29, 2001 9:54 pm
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August 18, 2001 With our flight to Norway coming and me in bed with 102f fever we swerved away from camping plans. Besides, Ritsuko would only be able to share...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 29, 2001 9:55 pm
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August 20-21, 2001 Some of the accomodation has closed for the season, so it took awile to get situated, but there was room at the Montana hostel for me. ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 29, 2001 9:55 pm
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August 22, 2001 Even though I've walked through the center and miles off the city map to get to Vigeland Park, it's amazing how manageable the cities feel ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 30, 2001 10:07 pm
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August 22(-25), 2001 I'm here in transit to and fro my dream fjord: Geirangerfjord. By land it takes 2 days to get there and back at least. There's nothing of...
Daniel Bachmann
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Aug 30, 2001 10:10 pm
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(this is out of sequence in the travelogue, but more in-line with the current events) Europe is hanging its flags at half-mast and the American embassies have...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:23 pm
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August 23-24, 2001 There's no direct route here anymore as the scenic road in has closed for winter a week ago (Winter comes early in the mountains... there ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:25 pm
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August 24, 2001 I'm stuck here for four hours in this not so attractive and rather boring place. Given the time to explore, I find that this would be a whole...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:25 pm
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August (22 &) 25, 2001 There's not much in Dumbas but some nice hills and farms. The snow scattered hilltops, sheep, barns and the main street are a ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:25 pm
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August 25-26, 2001 There are 1000-year-old traces of historic past, adding just a little flavor to this otherwise somewhat ordinary place. I suppose it would ...
danbachmann@...
Sep 13, 2001 8:25 pm
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September 1, 2001 My (paying) work and holidays have stopped for a while, so I bought a ticket out of town to resume exploration of Scandinavia. Ten hours ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:33 pm
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September 4, 2001 Cotton ball clouds stuck on the mountainsides lead into Abisko from Norway. It's that same mountain that blocks out most of the heavy rain...
danbachmann@...
Sep 13, 2001 8:37 pm
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September 3-4, 2001 It's been another scenic train to get here from the Swedish border. In an expanse of fjords and within a glacier in view lies Narvik. ...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:38 pm
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September 2, 2001 On the initial train ride up, I'm surrounded by friendly Danish hunters. I was hoping to shoot reindeer too, but with 35mm film. At the last...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:38 pm
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September 6, 2001 On the overnight train here, I see a moose's horns, with patches of still red blood, and hide neatly folded in the luggage area. I think of...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 13, 2001 8:45 pm
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September 5, 2001 "I'm going straight to Stockholm. These Northern towns are all the same: boring," a Swiss traveller told me, and another, "There are tourist...
Daniel Bachmann
danbachmann@...
Sep 13, 2001 8:45 pm
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September 7-8, 2001 There's a castle plunked in the middle of the city, an old village museum and little else here. The hostel kitchen's rather quiet, but...
danbachmann@...
Sep 17, 2001 5:05 am
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September 6-7, 2001 This is the most lively Swedish town I have yet to discover. University students are whizzing around on bicycles near the cathedral and...
Daniel Bachmann
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Sep 17, 2001 5:12 am
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September 8-10, 2001 Now this tops Uppsala as the most lively Scandinavian city visited. I took the tourist card route going to a few art and history museums ...
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