Again, it took a while: photos
We missed the Pope by only half an hour. But if we had waited for him to come down Princess Street in his Popemobile, we would have got into a big traffic jam, caused by all the other Pope-tourists heading home.
Well, who cares. Just an old with huge influence man who is against … and for … and children … you know.
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
Wednesday, 15 September 2010
Imagine ...
... the pope visits Scotland and nobody shows up!
In fact, there will be "some" people who'd like to see the pope, who's doing his fist visit to Scotland since 28 years. Including 90 protesters in Edinburgh :)
This leads to a lot of closed roads tomorrow.
And 4 Austrians worrying how to get to the airport in time...
In fact, there will be "some" people who'd like to see the pope, who's doing his fist visit to Scotland since 28 years. Including 90 protesters in Edinburgh :)
This leads to a lot of closed roads tomorrow.
And 4 Austrians worrying how to get to the airport in time...
Monday, 13 September 2010
"Award Winning" Scotland
When shops, pubs or stores in Scotland want to point out that something's really "special", they call it "Award Winning". There is Award Winning Whisky, Award Winning Haggis, Award Winning Pub, Beer, Kilt, ... almost everything.
I would nominate "Award Winning Weather" because it's not just a legend what you hear about the UK rain.
Since my last post we drove all the way up from Edinburgh via Sterling, Perth, Pitlochry, Inverness to Thurso and down again from Ullapool, Fort William, Tobermory, Oben to where we are now: Glasgow.
At the Isle of Mull (where Tobermory is the largest city) Anja and I did a trip to "The Arches of Carsaig" which is listed third in the Lonely Planets list of Scotlands Natural Wonders. They are giant natural arches, formed by the sea, mostly consisting of columnar basalt - very impressive! Unfortunately we had only a few minutes to explore them because we had to catch the ferry back to the main island and the time specification for the Arches trip reached from 3 hours to whole day trip...
I'd love to upload only a few pictures, but since we're at a YHA again (see comments of the previous post) that's not possible. I'll catch up on that matter on the weekend!
I would nominate "Award Winning Weather" because it's not just a legend what you hear about the UK rain.
Since my last post we drove all the way up from Edinburgh via Sterling, Perth, Pitlochry, Inverness to Thurso and down again from Ullapool, Fort William, Tobermory, Oben to where we are now: Glasgow.
At the Isle of Mull (where Tobermory is the largest city) Anja and I did a trip to "The Arches of Carsaig" which is listed third in the Lonely Planets list of Scotlands Natural Wonders. They are giant natural arches, formed by the sea, mostly consisting of columnar basalt - very impressive! Unfortunately we had only a few minutes to explore them because we had to catch the ferry back to the main island and the time specification for the Arches trip reached from 3 hours to whole day trip...
I'd love to upload only a few pictures, but since we're at a YHA again (see comments of the previous post) that's not possible. I'll catch up on that matter on the weekend!
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Next Stop: Scotland!
Aw, I always remember Simpsons' Willie saying: "Damn Scots, they ruined Scotland!" :)
Alex, Philipp, Anja and I arrived 4 days ago in Edinburgh. We spent the fist two days there, exploring Edinburgh Castle, trying 12 year aged single malt Whisky and finding out that Scots are very friendly people. We haven't tried "Haggis" yet, but actually I can't await it!
Yesterday we grabbed our hired Citroen C4 and drove via Perth to here, Pitlochry. Driving on the left side of the road and sitting on the right in the car is damn strange... like hopping on only one leg... drunk.
I'll try to upload some photos soon. Today, we were trekking along Loch somehow, where the salmons swim in spring. Accidently, we found a lot of "Eierschwammerl", so we're going to have them with eggs (and beer and whisky, of course) tonight!
Alex, Philipp, Anja and I arrived 4 days ago in Edinburgh. We spent the fist two days there, exploring Edinburgh Castle, trying 12 year aged single malt Whisky and finding out that Scots are very friendly people. We haven't tried "Haggis" yet, but actually I can't await it!
Yesterday we grabbed our hired Citroen C4 and drove via Perth to here, Pitlochry. Driving on the left side of the road and sitting on the right in the car is damn strange... like hopping on only one leg... drunk.
I'll try to upload some photos soon. Today, we were trekking along Loch somehow, where the salmons swim in spring. Accidently, we found a lot of "Eierschwammerl", so we're going to have them with eggs (and beer and whisky, of course) tonight!
Monday, 23 February 2009
Tuesday, 10 February 2009
Una cerveza y "a schaens Wetta", por favor!
Unbelievable we met Biedermannsdorfer here! That's just... "wow"...
They told me they are here for about 5 weeks and the weather is crappy since 2 weeks. They also said that the weather now is very unusual for the Caribbean - rainy, cloudy and very windy (reminds me of Australia, Mission Beach...).
However, we've made some interesting and much more positive experiences! ;)
We have been to the Che Monument at Santa Clara which is a really impressive and beautiful place to visit. You can also come to see the Che Mausoleum and the Che Museum with interesting facts about Ernesto Guevaras life.
Our tour guide told us that the majority of the people in Cuba do not earn more than 350 CUP (Pesos Cubanos; 24 CUP = 1 CUC). That's the reason why all the people who get in contact with tourists are very dependent to tips. They would surely have no problem "surviving" without tips since they get subvention for enough food and free medical care (compare that to the US system). Anyway there are a lot of other products like shoes, washing machines or furniture that are very expensive and almost not affordable without external help.
Yesterday we discovered a very nice beach outside the hotel and much better than the hotels beach :) It is kind of "geology experience playground" - my father will be jealous. We found a lot of corals, shells and other sea stuff in every stage from alive to fossil.
Okay, since stupid PicasaWeb says "FORBIDDEN blabla" I'm unable to upload photos :( I will hand them in as soon as I get home (which is Saturday at about 9 pm).
Have fun until then, und vermehret euch zahlreich! ;)
They told me they are here for about 5 weeks and the weather is crappy since 2 weeks. They also said that the weather now is very unusual for the Caribbean - rainy, cloudy and very windy (reminds me of Australia, Mission Beach...).
However, we've made some interesting and much more positive experiences! ;)
We have been to the Che Monument at Santa Clara which is a really impressive and beautiful place to visit. You can also come to see the Che Mausoleum and the Che Museum with interesting facts about Ernesto Guevaras life.
Our tour guide told us that the majority of the people in Cuba do not earn more than 350 CUP (Pesos Cubanos; 24 CUP = 1 CUC). That's the reason why all the people who get in contact with tourists are very dependent to tips. They would surely have no problem "surviving" without tips since they get subvention for enough food and free medical care (compare that to the US system). Anyway there are a lot of other products like shoes, washing machines or furniture that are very expensive and almost not affordable without external help.
Yesterday we discovered a very nice beach outside the hotel and much better than the hotels beach :) It is kind of "geology experience playground" - my father will be jealous. We found a lot of corals, shells and other sea stuff in every stage from alive to fossil.
Okay, since stupid PicasaWeb says "FORBIDDEN blabla" I'm unable to upload photos :( I will hand them in as soon as I get home (which is Saturday at about 9 pm).
Have fun until then, und vermehret euch zahlreich! ;)
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Taxi? Chica? Disco?
Well, those are words you hear quite often. Jinteros are the people who try to sell you cheap cigars (made from tobacco-waste), ladies or anything you could "need".
The round trip here is rather different to the round-the-world trip I did because it's a journey organized by a German travel agency. So there are some disadvantages (e.g. the price... I'm still crying) but also advantages - we had not much to organize :)
We're now in Habana (Havana), the capitol of Cuba. Tomorrow we will the Mausoleum of Che Guevara in Santa Clara and then check in a hotel there. So a horrible bus drive is waiting for us tomorrow (the bus obviously has no anti shock).
The traffic discipline is astonishingly high. Our guide Ernesto told us that it is very difficult to get a car in Cuba - so that is probably the reason why the traffic discipline is so high.
Yesterday we had the best cocktails and lobster in the whole, fu** world! I'm very sorry you are not here, Mole! But as cold comfort (schwacher Trost) I can tell you the cocktails were very expensive ... for Cuban ratios - 5 CUC (Pesos Convertibles), about 4,5 Euro, per cocktail ;)
Ok, as we're short of time because 2 delicious self-made Cuba Libre are waiting for us at our room (1 bottle ron (Spanish for rum), aged 3 years: 7 CUC, 2 Cokes: each 2 CUC). So check the new pictures here!
The round trip here is rather different to the round-the-world trip I did because it's a journey organized by a German travel agency. So there are some disadvantages (e.g. the price... I'm still crying) but also advantages - we had not much to organize :)
We're now in Habana (Havana), the capitol of Cuba. Tomorrow we will the Mausoleum of Che Guevara in Santa Clara and then check in a hotel there. So a horrible bus drive is waiting for us tomorrow (the bus obviously has no anti shock).
The traffic discipline is astonishingly high. Our guide Ernesto told us that it is very difficult to get a car in Cuba - so that is probably the reason why the traffic discipline is so high.
Yesterday we had the best cocktails and lobster in the whole, fu** world! I'm very sorry you are not here, Mole! But as cold comfort (schwacher Trost) I can tell you the cocktails were very expensive ... for Cuban ratios - 5 CUC (Pesos Convertibles), about 4,5 Euro, per cocktail ;)
Ok, as we're short of time because 2 delicious self-made Cuba Libre are waiting for us at our room (1 bottle ron (Spanish for rum), aged 3 years: 7 CUC, 2 Cokes: each 2 CUC). So check the new pictures here!
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