The last post - yes we have PHOTOS!!!! (Edition 2)

Ah yes, a freezing cold Saturday in Melbourne, Cathy's at work, home by myself - > what to do? Can't think of anything better than putting more photos on the web for blog fans to review and comment upon.

Those with great memories will recall that in April we met David in Salzburg, Austria and we took a little trip to Slovenia. That week was one of the best on the tour and some of the best shots are below.

1. Chris and Dave in front of the Saltzburg castle.

2. The church on the island at Bled, Slovenia. Postcard perfection in the old Yugoslavia.


3. The gorgeous tiny capital of Slovenia, Ljubljana - try to get there before the EasyJet Stag party crowd takes over. Beautiful town, beer and people combined.

After we finished with Dave we rolled on to Vienna, the most "east" of the Western capital for a pleasant four days of coffee houses and musuems. We began experimenting with shots taken at night and we were pleased with this one.


Germany

Next was the Romantic Road, a ancient travel route from Munich to Frankfurt through the idyllic postcard towns of Bavaria. Its a land of castles and beer with Bamberg being the place on Earth that brews the most beer per capita. It stuns with its beauty and you honestly need to swill the beers just to cope with how ridiculously cute this place is.

After Bremen we took a drive through Germany on the Autobahns to those grand cities Dresden and Berlin. Dresden was heavily bombed at the end of the war but is still full of grand German buildings. When I was in Berlin in 2001 the Brandenberg Gate was covered with vinyl and was under construction. This time on a gorgeous spring day we had a fantastic shot taken in front of the gates. And in Bremen, another pretty town, we got free beer which we sipped in the main square.



The Netherlands

When you think of Amsterdam you think of the red light district. Well here's our photo of the district - which may well be the best photo we took on the trip. You also think of windmills and tulips and Vermeer. Here are some reflections of this great small country.