List of chapters:
1. Introduction
2. List of promotions and special offers
3.
TRAIN Montreux - Basel (SBB 1st class); Train Basel - Ingelheim (DB 2nd class)
4. Rolling on the floor at Dautermann Winery
5.
HOTEL Holiday Inn Express Wiesbaden
6. Wiesbaden
7.
HIKE Niederrhein - Rother Hike 40: Elmpter Schwalmbruch
8.
HIKE Ruhrgebiet - Rother Hike 29: Von Essen-Kettwig nach Duisburg-Neuenkamp
9. Gasometer Oberhausen: Das zerbrechliche Paradies
10.
FLIGHT DUS-BZO Sky Plus (Y) BQ1953(BN)
11. Gustav Mahler in Dobbiaco-Toblach
12. The northern Dolomites, Brunico-Bruneck and Lago di Dobbiaco
13.
HIKE Dolomiten 5 - Rother Hike 1: Von Innichen nach Sexten
14. Lago di Garda Reunion
15.
TRAIN Bolzano-Verona-Milano-Domodossola with TRENORD
16. Montreux and a French exam
17. More Leglessness and Adventures in Milan
18.
HOTEL Crowne Plaza Milan Linate
19. Bolzano-Bozen
20.
FLIGHT BZO-KSF Sky Light (Y) BQ1956(BN)
21. The EUR49 Deutschland Ticket
22.
TRAIN Mülheim (Ruhr)Styrum - Basel SBB - Montreux
23.
FLIGHT GVA-DUS Smart(U) EW9749
24a. Osnabrück in history
24b. Osnabrück on foot
25.
HOTEL Holiday Inn Osnabrück
26. Münster and Wilsberg
27.
HIKE Niederrhein - Rother Hike 11: Entlang der Niers von Weeze nach Goch
28.
FLIGHT CGN-ZRH Basic (T) EW762
29.
TRAIN The EUR49 Deutschlandticket Long Distance Experience
30.
HIKE Ruhrgebiet - Rother Hike 17: Rund um das Balkhauser Tal
31.
FLIGHT DUS-GVA Smart(U) EW9742 (Mileage Bargain award)
32. The Other Face of Sion
33.
FLIGHT GVA-CDG Economy (X) AF1643
34.
FLIGHT CDG-DUS Economy (X) AF1506(A5)
35.
HIKE Niederrhein - Rother Hike 13: Im Uedemer Hochwald
36.
HIKE Niederlande - Rother Hike 41: Mookerheide
37.
ART & MUSIC Adolphe Adam: Giselle, ballet in 2 acts (Deutsche Oper am Rhein, in Duisburg)
38.
FLIGHT QDU-FRA Economy Light (S) LH3509(2A)
39.
FLIGHT FRA-GVA Economy Light (S) LH5744(LX)
40.
ART & MUSIC Montreux biennale 2023
41.
FLIGHT GVA-FRA Economy Light (S) LH5747(LX)
42.
FLIGHT FRA-QDU Economy Light (S) LH3498(2A) (rebooking)
43.
FLIGHT DUS-LCY Euro Traveller (Q) BA3272(CJ)
44.
HOTEL Holiday Inn Express London - Stratford
45.
ART & MUSIC Tate Modern, London
46a. London, familiar and unfamiliar 1
46b. London, familiar and unfamiliar 2
47a.
FLIGHT LCY-BLL Euro Traveller (X) BA8212(EZ) (Avios RFS award) (cancelled)
HOTEL Courtyard by Marriott, London City Airport
47b.
FLIGHT LCY-BLL Euro Traveller (X) BA8212(EZ)(Avios RFS award) (delayed 18h)
48.
ART & MUSIC Herning, HEART and the Arts
49.
HOTEL Hotel Lynggaarden, Glorified Ghost Motel
50. Silkeborg, the Tollund Man, Art in a Spa
51.
HOTEL Radisson Blu Hotel Papirfabrikken & Café Evald, Silkeborg
52. Jutland Lake District, Ry and Himmelbjerget
53. Jelling, Givskud Zoo Hostel and Give
54.
FLIGHT BLL-CDG Economy (Y) AF1763(A5) (rebooked) (delayed 1h01)
55.
FLIGHT CDG-MAN Economy (Y) AF1168 (rebooked)
56.
HOTEL Holiday Inn Express Manchester Airport
57.
FLIGHT MAN-BFS Standard (Y) U2705
58.
FLIGHT BFS-EDI Standard (Y) U2346
59. Perth and TK Maxx
60. The Kelpies at Falkirk
1. Introduction
Here we go again, another rolling trip report with experiences that appear to be unique as well as being somehow bizarre. At the same time I revisit some places I've already been to, such as the Dautermann winery near Mainz, and the Holiday Inn Express in Wiesbaden. As far as hotels go, it can be useful to submit updated reviews of the same property in case there have been any changes or improvements. And for flights, every flight is a different experience! The same could be said of the sometimes numerous hikes that I do.
This shop doubles up as the shop where Wilsberg has his antiquarian bookshop in the TV series Detective Wilsberg
Among the less usual reports coming up are flights with the boutique airline SkyAlps which is based in Bolzano in the Alto Adige region of alpine North Italy, also known as the Südtirol. The point of this trip was to make a pilgrimage to Dobbiaco (Toblach), where Gustav Mahler wrote his 9th and 10th symphonies, as well as the song cycle
Das Lied von der Erde. I would then spend time with my university friend (we graduated from Edinburgh University at the same time) on the shores of Lake Garda.
Lago Di Dobbiaco - Toblacher See