North European Plain - Photo preview of a driving tour through history
Sep 26, 2020 12:55:15 #
Stephan G wrote:
After going through a set of postcards from "... (show quote)
Oh - Vienna and Grinzing with its "Heurigen" - what a delight! At the moment with this pandemic it is probably the safest to just enjoy the postcards for ages past - but it is good to dwell on old memories when new memories are to dangerous or difficult to make .... our time will come again. I am pleased to hear that you enjoyed my photographic presentation - more to come on this subject somewhat down the road. - One good news: as an American, you don't need visas any more to visit these European places! Enjoy your postcards and all other good things in life! Joe
Sep 26, 2020 13:09:21 #
Sep 26, 2020 13:20:19 #
weberwest wrote:
Oh - Vienna and Grinzing with its "Heurigen&q... (show quote)
During the "Cold War", Americans did not need visas to either Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia to visit these two countries. Americans were the major source for "hard cash". Irritated Stalin and the Moscow Soviets.
"May the winds beat your sails behind you."
Sep 26, 2020 13:34:42 #
Hereford wrote:
You had a whale of a nice trip.
Sure did Hereford - and never even saw the "open ocean"
Thanks for looking in and taking the time to write a comment! Joe
Sep 26, 2020 13:35:49 #
Stephan G wrote:
During the "Cold War", Americans did not need visas to either Czechoslovakia or Yugoslavia to visit these two countries. Americans were the major source for "hard cash". Irritated Stalin and the Moscow Soviets.
"May the winds beat your sails behind you."
"May the winds beat your sails behind you."
Those were the days!
Sep 26, 2020 13:49:55 #
What a great preview of things to come! I've only been to Berlin and Bamberg--my Poland was limited to Warsaw and Krakow. Looking forward to the continuation.
Sep 26, 2020 14:29:33 #
David in Dallas wrote:
What a great preview of things to come! I've only been to Berlin and Bamberg--my Poland was limited to Warsaw and Krakow. Looking forward to the continuation.
Thank you David - it was actually quite an interesting selection of places, I knew the general route I wanted to do, and then got some help from a couple living in Berlin, that I met half a year before on my Oman trip, and they suggested a bunch of places, which helped me tremendously as I would have had to do a lot of in-detail research and comparisons and would probably still have missed some good places. I never heard of Quedlinburg and Celle before - and they were just plain fantastic places. This was only our second trip into Poland, we covered Krakow and Warsaw on our first trip in 2011, which took us from there up to the Baltics, then Finland, Sweden, Norway and down thru Denmark and Germany back to Switzerland - that was a long drive! As I mentioned, I will post my usual detailed series on this trip later in the year, or next year, have another couple of trips of my sleeves yet, hopefully starting next week.
Sep 26, 2020 16:16:31 #
Sep 26, 2020 16:36:49 #
FL Streetrodder wrote:
Great set! Love the colors and detail in the photos.
Thank you Streetrodder for visiting, I am happy you like this set! Joe
Sep 26, 2020 17:01:40 #
Sep 26, 2020 17:13:03 #
Susan yamakawa wrote:
I really enjoyed your tour and the colors👍👍🤗🤗❣️❣️
Thank you very much Susan for your kind comment! Joe
Sep 26, 2020 19:00:46 #
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Sep 26, 2020 20:35:13 #
weberwest wrote:
Just as an addition: the map of our drive.
the scenery is so beautiful and i love all the gorgeous colorful buildings. i enjoyed the set, joe.
you're quite the traveling man!
Sep 26, 2020 20:43:50 #
Fantastic detail & color. Amazing that some structures in Europe have survived that many years. And built w/o modern-day construction equipment. Looking forward to seeing more.
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