Category Archives: In Europe

Tuscan Towers: Medieval Highrise of San Gimignano

Posted on April 3, 2014 by moselman

As I surveyed the lush, rolling hills, woods and vineyards of the Tuscan landscape from the medieval hill town of San Gimignano, I couldn’t help but wonder why the Romans ever bothered to head off to invade hostile enclaves and dark forests of Northern … Continue reading →

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In Psychedelic Fields

Posted on March 29, 2014 by moselman

You don’t have to visit coffee shops to enjoy psychedelic experiences in the Netherlands. We visited the Alkmaar area in April to be greeted by stunning displays of colour in the surrounding tulip fields. If this wasn’t enough, I went … Continue reading →

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Spring Woods of the Eifel

Posted on March 22, 2014 by moselman

Spring really has sprung !  …at least here around Aachen and in the sheltered woods and glens of the Eifel, an upland plateau area which lies between Aachen and the river Mosel. This is a great time of year to be out and about in nature in the … Continue reading →

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In the Allgäu Alps

Posted on March 11, 2014 by moselman

Whilst very popular with German holidaymakers, the Allgäu region by Obersdorf in SW Bavaria, is virtually unknown territory to British visitors, who instead head off in droves to “bigger name” alpine resorts such as Chamonix, Grindlewald and St Moritz (perhaps pausing … Continue reading →

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Walking the Five Lakes

Posted on March 7, 2014 by moselman

The Rhine Valley between Chur and Sargans, just to the South of Lake Constance and the tiny Principality of Liechtenstein, forms a busy transport conduit through the Swiss Alps between Zurich and Milan. Whilst the main valley is heavily developed with settlements and infrastructure, … Continue reading →

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Summer Alm Adventure

Posted on September 9, 2013 by moselman

We spent the last couple of weeks of August exploring the alpine valleys, forests, lakes and villages around the Karwendel Alps on the border between Bavaria and the Austrian province of Tyrol. The alpine meadows in this part of the … Continue reading →

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Nature’s Children

Posted on August 14, 2013 by moselman

Keeping kids amused in the summer holidays can be a chore but you don’t need to fly your 4-year-old half way around the world to Disneyland to have fun; forget theme parks, computer games, TV and all the organised attractions … Continue reading →

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Around Salzburg and Berchtesgaden

Posted on August 12, 2013 by moselman

I first visited Salzburg twenty years ago on an icy, monochrome January day. I was on a ski holiday in nearby Zell am See with an old school friend and we had opted for a day’s break from the pistes to go by train for look around the world-renowned baroque … Continue reading →

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Ghost Trains in the Urban Jungle

Posted on August 2, 2013 by moselman

It could be a vision straight from a post apocalyptic sci-fi movie; a real-life “Planet of the Apes”. Trees and dense shrub vegetation encroach over former railway tracks, sidings and marshalling yards. Abandoned steam locomotives, rusting water towers and mysterious structures loom out of the … Continue reading →

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Brave New Worlds

Posted on May 11, 2013 by moselman

A High-Rise Future ? Our cities are changing and not just in Eastern China or the Gulf States; on a recent visit to Milan, I turned a corner in one of the City’s older districts to be confronted by a towering utopia of shining … Continue reading →

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