Tag Archives: Castle
Euro 24 Match Day 4 – Belgium v Slovakia
The Belgian golden generation has come and gone. Here they are pitted with one of the outsiders. Belgium What has Belgium got apart from beer, chocolate and moules et frites? Having only visited Brussels many times on business, plus short breaks in Bruges & Antwerp, I am perhaps not best qualified to answer that question. […]
Euro 2024 Match day 1 – Germany v Scotland
As I did in 2016 & 2021 I will be blogging on every match day with some pictures from the countries in football opposition. Hosts Germany kick things off today against Scotland. Germany I visited the fairytale like Neuschwanstein castle in Bavaria around 20 years ago. We drove from Munich through a snowstorm. Tricky conditions […]
Škofja Loka
I had decided that I would do a side trip from Ljubljana and toyed with the idea of Maribor for old time’s sake (see Yugoslavia drama for details of the old time) or Lake Bled, but figured that both were too far when I would be flying home the same day. I therefore plumped for […]
Chester, UK
Following on from my article about may stay at the iconic Queen Hotel, what of the Roman city of Chester itself? I visited on an overcast day, but this did not detract from my enjoyment of the my few hours there at all. So much so that I am arranging to take Mrs Wilbur there […]
