Warsaw & Poznan.

Catching up on some postcard-writing on the (nearly missed) train to Warsaw; your average-sized beer mug in Poland; Harry's "it'll be cold in Poland, mark my words" prophecies fail to materialise and the floor melts; the dreaded milk bar; reminders of Communism at the Warsaw Rising museum; our last supper (much to Harry's distaste); a quick jaunt in Poznan, preceding seven hours at the airport; pożegnanie Poznan, bye Europe:



WIĘCEJ.

Berlin.

"Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall" matryoshkas at Checkpoint Charlie; the Brandenburg Gate (which I took great pleasure in photographing from the back as well, for some reason); taking a break at the Reichstag to read Charlotte's Lonely Planet guidebook; Ampelmann, my favourite Berlin discovery ♥; "Test the Best" trabant mural at the East Side Gallery; touching up the Berlin Wall; buying cookie cutters and magnets and gummy sweets at the Ampelmann shop; Photoautomat tomfoolery:




MEHR.

Munich.

The Tent, Munich; sitting by the campfire, listening to boys with acoustic guitars and melodicas; the Viktualienmarkt; Charlotte models pointed Bavarian felt hat by München; buying cheese specialities recommended by our guide; eating pretzels, obazda and blueberries and drinking Radler at the Hirschgarten; beer steins with 'busen' on the longest wait; I am beyond sad that I didn't buy this bear (seriously, if anybody goes to Munich any time soon, please could they go to the train station and get it for me?):



MEHR.

Vienna & Salzburg.

Onboard entertainment; the Votice Church, a one-off Viennese sighting; Harry makes the most of the free beds on our train from Vienna to Salzburg; Sonnenschein; the baroque horse fountain in Residenzplatz; the hills are alive (on the Sound of Music tour); yodelling beavers in Mondsee (home of the wedding church from the Sound of Music); the Salzach River with Hohensalzburg Castle in the background (Charlotte and I thought the river looked particularly low in this picture):



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Budapest.

Very Hungry Caterpillars on tour; on a map-less sightseeing search; wandering around a series of office blocks, wondering how this could be the castle; wandering through a museum cafe and discovering the real Buda; the Hungarian Parliament, the Danube and Margaret Island, as seen from Castle Hill; stopping to enjoy a music festival on the banks of the Danube; investigating the local cuisine (I went for the lemonade instead); old men playing chess at Budapest Keleti station:



TOVÁBB.

Ljubljana & Lake Bled.

On the bus to Ljubljana (looking out of the window at the pretty Slovenian countryside, while Harry and Charlotte slept); the colourful trains at Ljubljana station; we ljub Won-Won; learning about the lay of the land and Jason and the Argonauts, among other things, on the Ljubljana Free Tour; lovely Lake Bled; three cheers for Harry's background guidebook reading; swimming in the lake, performing rope acrobatics and avoiding the 'killer fish' that (we decided) lurked beyond the tyre barrier; railway lines:



VEČ.

Venice & Trieste.

Waiting two plus hours for the Eurostar (sadly the twelve thirty to Venezia wasn't our train); crossing the Laguna - buon giorno Venice!; masks (as Venetian as it got during our half an hour visit); recrossing the Laguna an hour or so later - arrivederci Venice!; Trieste from the train; resting by the harbour; First World War monuments at the top of the castle hill; appreciating the Roman ruins at San Giusto castle (some - Harry - might call it abusing, but they would be wrong!):



ALTRE.