Berlin, Stralsund, Mon(Klintholm), Zeeland(Fakse Ladesplads), Rugen, Hiddensee(Kloister)

Well another venture to Germany and Denmark by the good ship de verandering. Berlin was its anticipated avant garde unorthodoxy. Not much of the oul wall but hey. Stayed in Emmanualkirkestrasse and Norwegianstrasse for their nominal resonance with me.
The DB journey to Stralsund was as efficent as ever a one minute delay but perhaps my watch was wrong!
Sailing again was cool, day one was a bit long for me but we managed. The dutch maat from last year was the Skipper this year. The white cliffs of Mon again looked awesome, some rough waters on the way back to germany and rugen

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Kloister and hiddensee was amazing - no cars and lovely scenery and a dip in the water. Canoeing was a disaster for me and my co-canoeist since the rudder was jammed but hey we had fun.

Click on image below to view the route of de verandering

My second (and technically third) time in Berlin, a city i vow to return to i spent fews days at the start of the holiday in berlin and couple at the end of it. Hired a bike and enjoyed a cycle around taking the long way and wrong way once or twice but really enjoyed it, a few times i took the bike on the train was never sure if this was kosher but nevertheless, Spandau, the zoo, olympic stadium etc much to see and do. Potsdam is a must visit if your in the Berlin region.

World Map

Here is a handy visual of the world and "states" I have visited..
Thanks to this guy Douwe Osinga
The countries I have visited so far and mother Ireland - this displays my true european creditentials...as all the red is in the north middle as you look at it (cept for Cuba + the US)



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or vertaling Duits Nederlands

Livigno 2006

Well a return to Livigno in North Italy for some skiing. A very inexpensive trip it was (Shay would have been proud) our last minute panic resulted in us getting a very good deal.
Ok the air trip wasn't the best, having to land back in dublin on the outward journey was a worry, however we got to bergamo and then faced the mammoth bus trip.
Accommodation this year was excellent, and the conditions were excellent for skiing since there was fresh snow, and Tuesday was brilliant trying to ski during a blizzard. Also the bizarre apres ski in the chalet on that day with dancing germans and dutch people, and the chef with the Indian head gear and knife in hand....
thursday night was a good night out myself an mike playing guitars and singing songs with some Danish engineers.
Colin, Mike and me..