Görlitz in Pictures
This weeks blog is a picture gallery of photos taken on an afternoon in the old town centre of Görlitz. If you haven’t already and you would like to read more about the history and rebirth of this town, click on the link to my last blog: The Rebirth of a Town Streetscapes Alleys and […]
The Rebirth of a Town
I have been visiting the town of Görlitz on the German Polish border for over 20 years and I have watched its transformation. For hubby that time frame has been even longer, as every year his mum brought him and his siblings to visit her parents and relations behind the Iron Curtain, but those are […]
From Ugly Duckling to Beautiful Swan
This week we have been staying on the Southern shores of the beautiful Berzdorfer See (Lake). Located just south go the town of Görlitz and within easy reach of the Czech and Polish borders it wasn’t always a beautiful place to visit. From 1835 to 1997 this was a huge mining operation. Initially as an […]
I thought it would be cheating!
One of my all time favourite things to do is ride my bike. Since childhood my happy place has been astride my iron steed, out in the fresh air with the sun on my face and a breeze at my back. But as I have gotten older my route decisions have been curtailed by gradient […]
Slowing Down
The last two days we have being staying at a beautiful little historic town called Lauf an der Pegnitz just a few kilometres East of Nuremberg, on the Pegnitz river. The history of the town goes back to the 11th century and the architecture reflects that history. While Hubby and I were looking at the […]
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