Te Haerenga

Murray & Christine's record of their journey. "A day in a car in an English county is a trip to a fairy museum where all the exhibits are live and real." Rudyard Kipling

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

Hairpins and hair-raising - 22 May 2007

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Lake Bled was like a millpond in the morning. On the way out of town, we called in at the church, to see the wall paintings. Painted in 1936...

Beautiful Bled - 21 May 2007

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The big high over Central Europe arrived today, good timing, as we set out for the mountains. Our first stop was the Smlednik Calvary: built...

Funicular and cable car - 20 May 2007

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Ljubljana has a crisp old centre with many elegant buildings. This is due to the efforts of a 20th century architect called Jože Plečnik. Hi...

Sloping off to Slovenia - 19 May 2007

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Although we left Stansted airport late we managed to arrive in Ljubljana by 4:20 p.m., collected our grey 'Soviet issue’ rental car and ...
Sunday, May 13, 2007

Please bee seated - 13 May 2007

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It must be the swarming season for bees. On the last two weekends we have come across bees clustered together in unusual locations, certainl...

Hidden history - 12 May 2007

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The curious thing about the UK is that there are quaint little bits of history scattered all over the place, some in the most obscure locati...
Wednesday, May 09, 2007

World Heritage day - 8 May 2007

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We had previously known King Edward I as a romantic from the memorial crosses he built marking Queen Eleanor's funeral journey. From our...
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