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A Day of Maritime History

Posted on December 23, 2022January 2, 2023 by bollingerbabe

LITTLE CHRISTMAS EVE Victory awaits him, who has everything in order – “luck” we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions – “bad luck” we call it. Roald Amundsen What an amazing day today turned out to be! We got up at around 7.30am and went…

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Wonderful, Wonderful Copenhagen!

Posted on December 21, 2022January 8, 2023 by bollingerbabe

WINTER SOLSTICE When the days are short and the nights are dark and cold, many people welcome the Winter Solstice (the “shortest day of the year”) as the sign that the sun is on its way back again. We got up with morning at 8.30am; I would like to have said that we had an…

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Triumphal Arch, Tarts and Trams

Posted on November 22, 2022December 1, 2022 by bollingerbabe

Got up this morning around 8.30am and went out on the balcony for a quick look. The weather was mild and dry. The Queen Victoria was slowly manoevring up the River Tagus en route to the Portuguese capital, Lisbon, or as the Portuguese call it, Lisboa (say Leezh-boa). We had last visited here in 2010…

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