Months to go before I Woodwork

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For those that are not aware I stand at 8 foot 11 inches which should give some indication of the size of the barrels.

Remind me not to meet you in a dark alley.

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more like 5'11"

[Christos]

more like 5'11"

When I am sitting down.

[Christos]

The next place that we visited was Berlin.

We arrived in the afternoon and walked around a little. We found out that there was going to be a half marathon on the next day and that most of the streets were going to be closed.

Since the streets were closed we discovered that before the actual foot race, they were bicycles, roller blades and wheelchairs completing.

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Those of you that are old enough to recall Berlin was a divided city, East and West of a wall. That wall has since been taken down with a small part remaining as a tourist attraction. Another part of Berlin has about 140 meters of the wall where artist were invited to paint murals.

It is hard to distinguish between one or the other so just one that I am posting here that I liked.

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I guess for copyright reason I should mention that this is part of the East Side Gallery.

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As part of the tour bus that we were on they mention a store Ka De Ve.

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I purchased some cheese, as they mention they had 1400 varieties.

Sorry no photos I was very fast in eating it.


And no not all 1400, I wanted to try something different.

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All these lovely photos not one of you and anybody else


Not many with other people about have they all deserted the places visited considering China's over population..........I know tey are all heading downunder by boat.

[Christos]

I tried to avoid posting photos of people. It only becomes interesting when you have a whole group of people waiting just on the side, out of camera shot.

If you take too long they start to get on edge and once you are done it is like a mad rush of people.

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Sounds like the gates at Sydney Woodshow

[Christos]

This next instalment is of Paris.

I would expect that most of us would have heard about one particular museum called the Louvre.

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There are some exceptional pieces of art in this museum. We allowed ourselves just over half a day to wonder around this museum. This is not really enough time to see everything but I wanted to see a few things and not necessary the most famous of art.

For those wanting to really see this museum I think that it would be better to spend at least two days.

I have taken lots of photos and all with out a flash and some halls did not allow any photos at all.

One of the first things that you notice when you enter one of the galleries is the size of the halls so I have taken a photo of the ceiling.

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All along this hall way were sculptures carved from marble.

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Since I have taken a photo of the ceiling I thought that I should also take a photo of one of the floors.

The next photo is me in front of the Eiffel Tower. We were at one stage thinking of going up but the queues are very long and you really have to get there early. So we rested for a little while taking photos. My beloved took a couple of photos of me but I find this one particular nice.

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These have only been a very short description of the trip and I hope that this has given you guys some entertainment and insight.

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Christos Sue says " I hope the door wasn't open at the time"


Well I can say this Christos your a well travelled pair and may your lives together be a road of sharing many more amazing trips.........just watch out for road blocks, detours, dead ends and remember they can be got around.

Thanks for sharing this journey