Author Archives: Scankiwi

The Christmas adventure continues, London 2018

Posted on October 12, 2019

Saturday we awoke to a sunny but cold London winter morning.  The plan was to walk into the City of London and find some brunch along the way.  Breakfast got a bit way laid as we stumbled onto some of … Continue reading →

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A Little Christmas Feeling in London 2018

Posted on September 21, 2019

Good friend Patrik, come up with the idea to spend a weekend in London leading up to Christmas.  A bit of quality time together.  It took a bit of planning to coordinate our flights to land at Gatwick as close … Continue reading →

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Reflections – Summer in Austria & Bavaria

Posted on August 17, 2019

To finish the posts of the summer of 2018, I thought I would leave you with some of the impressions & thoughts from the trip. There was certainly a lot of driving done in those 10 days.  Nearly 3,200 km … Continue reading →

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Day 10 – Homeward bound as fast as I can.

Posted on August 10, 2019

Awoke in this morning and feeling not much better.  Had been a rough night.  Thankfully next to the hotel was a Shell Petrol station so while I was filling up with petrol I was able to buy some more paracetamol … Continue reading →

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Day 9 – On the trail of the Grand Tour

Posted on August 1, 2019

Awoke to a lovely sunny morning and over breakfast faced the fact that in an hour I would have to say bye to my friends from NZ and head north (first sad thing of the day).  The start of a … Continue reading →

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Day 8 – GALS: 4 countries in one day

Posted on July 6, 2019

Our journey together is nearing its end for this trip.  As we leave Füssen we were heading to my final stop in Lucerne with David & Steph before heading our separate ways.  They continuing on their vacation to Italy and … Continue reading →

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Day 7 – Part 2: An afternoon in Füssen

Posted on June 14, 2019

After a morning in a King’s lala-land we headed back down to base in Füssen for a late lunch and some souvenir shopping.  Got my lunch, got some Bavarian snaps Hopfenbitter (vodka flavoured with hops) for midsummer but unfortunately I … Continue reading →

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