In the month of April I made a week-long trip with Michel, discovering German aviation history in Friedrichshafen, Danish railways history in Odense and navigating the sea to discover some Estonian history in Tallinn.
Tag: Museum
Stopping at Katowice and the Silesian Museum
In the spring of 2018 Ivan and I made a trip through Germany, Poland and Czechia. After our few days in Kraków we stopped in Katowice before continuing onwards to Prague.
A weekend in Paris
In January I accompanied Bert and Wim to a Vladimir Cosma concert at Le Grand Rex. A perfect excuse for a weekend in Paris.
Accompanying Marie-Antoinette to the guillotine at Paris’ Conciergerie (and the Sainte-Chapelle)
Perhaps less known to tourists in the Conciergerie on the Île de la Cité in Paris. It’s famous for being Queen Marie-Antoinette‘s prison during the French Revolution. I visited after visiting the Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge.
‘The Lady and the Unicorn’ at Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge in Paris
After the Louvre and the Vladimir Cosma concert at Le Grand Rex, Bert and Wim left Paris for Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Vienna and Prague. On Sunday, I decided to go to the Musée de Cluny – Musée national du Moyen Âge in the Quartier Latin.
A highlights tour of the Louvre Museum in Paris
Wim, Bert and I went to Paris in January 2019 to see a Vladimir Cosma concert at Le Grand Rex. Before the concert, we did a guided tour of the Louvre Museum.
Touring Turin
I was surprised by Turin, the city was much nicer and welcoming than I anticipated. For Italian standards it’s a clean and well-structured city, with a very nice central pedestrianised main street with arcades along both sides. As a city with a rich history and a former Italian capital there are plenty of historic sights,…
Let’s visit Airbus and Aeroscopia
The main reason we wanted to visit Toulouse was to do a factory tour of the Airbus plant and the adjoining aviation museum. After our experience in Seattle of Boeing´s museum of flight, I was really curious about how the European counterpart would be like. To get to the Museum, located next to the Airport,…
