Holiday photos - big summer vacation -

At the end of August we drove across Germany - approx. 700 km - and looked at many beautiful cities and scenic highlights before continuing on to the Belgian coast, the North Sea.

We spent three days in the coastal town of Koksijde, which is close to the French border. In the district, crabs are still traditionally fished using nets and horses.  

We also wanted to visit the museum of the Belgian painter Paul Delvaux.

Visit to the Ten Duinen monastery

Nature reserve – 33 m high dune

We enjoyed it, there are many more beautiful things to see in Belgium, 

but our holiday destination was England... and we started with the ferry from nearby Dunkirk/France. 

I'm always excited to go on a ferry, we know it from our many trips from Germany to Oslo... and England was the very first time for us.

I was particularly happy about the nice weather because I really wanted to see the cliffs of Dover from the ship - imagine the sailors hundreds of years ago returning home from their long voyages and seeing the cliffs of their homeland.. .

 

In the harbor you can see Dover Castle high up.

All of our attention is now focused on left-hand traffic, which we are experiencing for the first time... it's not as difficult as we thought, at least with a passenger, because in our own car the steering wheel is on the wrong side and this results in restricted visibility... so BE CAREFUL driver and passenger too!!! At this point I have to say that driving in England, once you get used to it, is wonderfully relaxed - completely free of hustle and bustle and people pay a lot of attention to each other . I am very pleased to be able to say thank you. Thank you very much.

And now... off to the cliffs... right :-)))

The huge Castle, but we go to the cliffs...

the coast guard

The National Trust looks after cultural and nature conservation in Great Britain

 

At the time in Dover we didn't know that we would be extending our holiday in England because it would be so very wonderful. 

Have a nice weekend.

These colors

this radiance of nature... it's so fascinating. 

I'm in the forest as often as possible - as if I were just always in the forest :-)) 

The birds in the garden are also happy about the autumn party.

At the same time I made cranberry jam and lots of apple pie...

They are the small berries that are found in Europe and especially in Norway... I also tried the large cranberries that come from the USA... super good... oh how nice, I'm happy.

My program does what it wants today - these font sizes cannot be adjusted at the moment... but I am still deeply relaxed with these wonderful days in the woods... 

I hope you're doing great too.

Seize the day. I have so many things I'm going to do... not now... now it's time for the fall dream.

A hug for you.

p.s. I'll put the photos from my vacation next time. Is that OK.?

I wish you a good time - a great time.

Hug from Viola

Start of last vacation - Quilt - October bliss 

Who doesn't dream of flying! 

Well, we were traveling by car on our vacation, but we were very enthusiastic about visiting the Wasserkuppe, which is considered "the cradle of gliding".

We were already looking forward to the German Gliding Museum with model flights.  

It's also exciting to watch the planes take off on the 670 m long asphalt runway...

Just like the hang gliders and paragliders.

And last but not least, there is fantastic nature all around for hiking and relaxing.

 

Just beautiful.

Our next destination was the Eifel in Germany - Monreal and Monschau - the two ancient cities of cloth makers and wool crafts, which were based on the large herds of sheep. The half-timbered and quarry stone houses bear witness to the prosperity between the Thirty Years' War and the 19th century.

We had a meal in this small inn in Monschau 

and I ordered a real Belgian beer in anticipation of our next destination... before we hiked back to our accommodation.

Later BELGIUM - and now Quilt.

The binding is prepared and since there are so many corners, I sewed small coasters.

Aren't they funny :-)) 

I have more in the works :-)) and since the weather was so good there were some great hikes.

 

All the best until next time. 

Hug from me.