Skiing and Europe

January 2012
Also in 2012: Events, Garden, Skiing, Visits, Walks, Paul, Stephen (also family visit), Michael. Holidays: Munich, Somerset, Wexford. Horus, the Hawk


Düsseldorf, January 2012

Hull: the small ferry to Europort
The Pride of York

on arrival at Europort

Kleve church

Walk at Schloss Benrath


The Rhine


Timmy, after football in Düsseldorf

Sarah

Our Düsseldorf family

Electricity ...

... with Timmy ...

on a walk to Richrath

A ladies Carnival group

proud ...

... grandparents


Bad Wimpfen, January 2012

Stiftkirche and Kloster




crib

Cloister

Our room was at the top

The Neckar
from our room


Walk along the Neckar


Bad Wimpfen


mistletoe

Kloster breakfast

The Heilbron Power Station


Ottobeuren, January 2012

Klosterkirche


the town

under renovation

The high altar

a side altar

ceiling panel

Garmisch, January 2012

The bridge at Am Kreuzsteig

The Loisach and the Wank

Loisach


Alpspitz

Kramer

Enjoying the heavy snow


The Ausserfernbahn ...

... not quite buried

at the Hausberg station

Bayerisch Zugspitzbahn
Hausberg Station


Sonnenstrasse

Frau Katz's husband clearing the car for us

Paul Dutro at the Bollywood

Irmgard and Christa

Going to and ...

... from the laundry

Diane and Frank Poenig
at the Mohrenplatz

Franz and Jana Slemr

Horst Jaeger

with Karen Jaeger

Hochgurgl, January 2012

At the Top Mountain Star
photo: Conny

in the distance, the Dolomites with the Marmolata

The Schermer

not real!

The upper Oetztal

Conny as a Martian

arrival at the top

Conny in action

skiing with Conny

Meeting Pat for lunch at the Hohe Mut

with Conny



photo: Conny


The Seilbahn connecting Hochgurgl with Obergurgl

Our hotel, the Wurmkogel, from the lift

The Oetztal looking North

Hochgurgl

Jigsaw completed

Conny in action

skiing the black gulley ...

... back to the hotel


photo: Conny

with Herr Riml

at lunch

up the Schermer lift

more action!


Meeting Pat for ...

... lunch at David's

at dinner

Our Belgian friends

The ladies at Dinner



Göppingen, January 2012

The Märklin Museum

Crokodil


Models of the &#Auml;dler





An English prototype


English prototype in tinplate

Langres, France, January 2012

Hotel de la Poste

The bandstand

The Cathedral


crib


Cloister


On the walls


The old funicular (Langres Crémaillère)

the trackbed


Tour Piquant


Tour St-Jean



Mairie

Le Vesinet, February 2012

RER, Le Vesinet

Tuilleries

The Seine with Notre Dame

with Nicky


Musée d'Orsay

View from the Musée with Sacre Coeur


lunch



Cold walk in Le Vesinet

Deal, February 2012

Turnstone

Winter sunset



Deal Castle




our hotel

Walmer Castle


Home in the snow ...

... after 2100 miles

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