Writings and pictures
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En Vacker Vän – a new song
“En Vacker Vän” is Swedish for A Beautiful Friend. At the end of the concert at the vineyard in Bad Bentheim, the applause and shouts from the audience brought Ray back for a second encore. Someone asked for a Swedish song. This is what happened ….
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Outdoor Concert in a Vineyard
Today we drove west, back the way we came yesterday, and onwards towards the Dutch border and the town of Bad Bentheim. The land is flat until you get to the town where there is a huge block of sandstone on which stands the very imposing Kronenburg Castle. There has been a castle here for…
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Dinosaurs and a cellar bar
Barkhausen (where Ray played a house concert last night) is a small village of some 400 inhabitants but it has a UNESCO World Heritage Site where dinosaur tracks were discovered in a quarry which is now abandoned. Instead, it is now an open air museum where people, especially families, visit to see the tracks. Today,…
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On the road again
The shows on this trip are around weekends so after a couple of days break we are on the road again. This time it’s a 4 hour drive south to Bad Essen for a house concert. Driving today was a little harder than when we drove north last Sunday. Today there are hundreds if not…
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Flensburg
Sunday was a very long drive north west from Salzwedel to Flensburg which is almost at the Danish border. We have a break in the tour here and are staying with Thies, an old friend of Ray. This also gives us a chance to look around. The gig in Flensburg was in the beautiful St.…
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Salzwedel, Satemin and Harry’s Farm
For the outdoor concert in the evening in Satemin, we stay two nights in Salzwedel which is 20 minutes south. On the way to Satemin we also visit Harry, an old friend of Ray’s, on his farm. Salzwedel The first picture shows the Hansehof B&B, also known as Bett & Bike. Salzwedel is a typical…
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Waiting for the ferry
Today we drove down to the ferry terminal in Gedser for the crossing to Rostock. We then had a long drive south through the north German plain to Salzwedel where we stay for two nights. We arrived at the ferry terminal in Gedser and joined the queue. As we approached the ferry to board, I…
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Hey Præsto
This is the first day of the tour. Ray drives down through Sweden to cross the bridge into Denmark while I fly to Copenhagen airport to meet him. For me, the journey to Copenhagen was really easy. Coach from Oxford with no traffic delays (for a change) then time for a coffee and snack before…
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Before we start
This tour is an adventure for me as I’ve not visited northern Germany before. Many of the places we will visit are in the old East Germany which adds a level of interest for me. My itinerary is to fly into Copenhagen airport where Ray will pick me up in his car. We then stay…
A Visitor On Europe’s Roads 