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Welcome to the Berndts' 2006 hectic and short trip to parts of
Europe
In
May 2006, Carol, Jordan and Erich flew from Calgary via Gatwick to
the European Continent for a whirlwind tour of four areas - Tuscany
in Italy, Barcelona and the Costa del Sol in Spain, Prague and
Czechy Krumlov in the Czech Republic via Munich and Freistadt,
Austria, and then on to Dresden and Berlin in Germany. Although we
have now been in Europe several times over the past 6 years, there
are still more exciting places to visit both on the continent and in
the British Isles - hopefully soon.
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Italy - Milano, Firenze, Siena, San
Gimingnano, Arezzo and Pisa
We caught a connecting flight from Gatwick to Milan. We used
the Trenitalia train system to travel on to Florence and Siena,
and local buses to explore the Tuscan countryside. |
Spain
- Barcelona, Alicante, & Torrevieja
We flew from Pisa to Girona/Barcelona. From there we rented a
car to drive the Costa Blanca Coast through Valencia to our
condo exchange in Torrevieja, about 60 km from the Moorish
settlement of Alicante. |
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The Czech Republic - Munich, Freistadt, Cesky
Krumlov and Prague
From Alicante we flew to Munich, from where we drove to
Freistadt, Austria, and then directly north through the scenic
Bohemia to Prague in the Czech Republic and into the former East
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Germany - Dresden, Wittenberg and Berlin
Our visit to former Communist areas was fascinating and
enlightening. Sights closed to tourists for decades have been
revived and the former artistic and cultural glories are being
restored. Berlin was gearing up to welcome hundreds of thousands
of visitors to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. |
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