Tripping 2019
Is this the busiest book shop in the world? Livraria Lello. Thanks to JK Rowling being a frequent customer when she lived and taught English in Porto for two years in the early 1990s, 4,00o to 5,000 people queue their way through this shop every day for a 5 euro fee that is refunded to the few who actually buy a book She had noticed that the forked spiral staircase seems to swirl from a certain angle which inspired the moving staircase in the books and movies. I just took a photo of the outside of the building and nicked a couple of photos off the internet for the inside.
JK Rowling’s Hogwarts inspiration
Porto, Portugal
Is this the busiest book shop in the world? Livraria Lello. Thanks to JK Rowling being a frequent customer when she lived and taught English in Porto for two years in the early 1990s, 4,00o to 5,000 people queue their way through this shop every day for a 5 euro fee that is refunded to the few who actually buy a book She had noticed that the forked spiral staircase seems to swirl from a certain angle which inspired the moving staircase in the books and movies. I just took a photo of the outside of the building and nicked a couple of photos off the internet for the inside.
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Pre trip prep
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Where to this time?
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Beijing - day one
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Beijing - day two
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Beijing - day three
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Chinese delicacies
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This one is for you Finn
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Moving on to Germany
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Schloss Glücksburg
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Wacky signs
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Lisa and Kay’s wedding
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Nord Art
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Croatian food for a change
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Copenhagen, Zealand, Denmark
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Overnighting in Goteborg, Sweden
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Norway - the land of our forefathers
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From the sublime to the ridiculous
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And the road trip starts
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Trolling Trollstigen - Troll’s Footpath
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More wacky bits and bobs
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Stranda
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Ferries, alpine walking and loo capers
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Norway v New Zealand stats
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Island hopping across the Atlantic Road archipelago - another of the 11 must drives
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Little sods everywhere
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Another day another National Scenic Route
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Overnighting in Trondheim
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No fishing = time for Lom Stave Church
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What was that? Let’s go see.
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Nes Church, where Thore and Martha were married
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Tante Gerda
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Flying solo now
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Lisbon orientation walking tour
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One for you Madz
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Lisbon to Coimbra
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Out and about in Coimbra
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Porto - my Portugal favourite
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JK Rowling’s Hogwarts inspiration
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More of Porto and port tasting
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Tour group photos taken by Ana
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Mapping Portugal
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Home sweet home
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Tim & Karen UK’ing it
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Alfriston
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Hampton Court Palace
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Last leg
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