| The European Impression Tour |
| Touring Europe has always been our dream.
This time we have decided to join a coach tour with Trafalgar Tour.
The reasons are simple, first we need someone to guide us due to the
possible language problem. Second, we heard a lot of horror story
about the safety in Europe. Our tour started from London, it covers
6 countries in 15 days. Yes, it is tie but it is the best way to
make full use of our time and money. |
4th Oct 98 - London
We arrived London via Beijing. After checking into the hotel, we began to
realized what it means by expensive in Europe, anyway we
have decided not to think of the conversion rate for the
next 15 days. The first place we visited of course is
the Queen's London home and office - The Buckingham
Palace. After dinner we roam around London under the
rain, then back to the hotel and get ready for the next
day European Impression Tour. |
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5th Oct 98 - Day 1 - London - Belgium |
| After a warm welcome from our
Tour Director - Jon, we drive to Dover for the short sea
crossing to France. Joining our touring coach, we
continue to Brussels, the capital of Belgium. Belgium
are famous for its' world best chocolate and sea food.
We stop at the Exhibition Center and Atomium to take some photo. In the evening we
took a stroll to the world most beautiful square, The
Grand' Place. Then followed by shopping and of course
taste the Belgium mussel. |
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| The Manneken Pis, a
statue of an impudent boy (with an apparently
gargantuan bladder) steadily urinating. One
story goes that a 17th century mayor promised to
build a statue in the position that his lost son
was found; another says it commemorates a boy
who ingeniously defused a bomb. Locals have
created many stories about this
figure. |
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| 6th Oct 98 - Day 2 - Belgium - Heidelberg - Offenburg
(Black Forest) |
We move eastwards across Belgium
to Germany. Where we cruised on the Rhine River. The
tranquil scenery of castles and hillside vineyards drift
by as we cruised upstream.
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We saw the legendary
Lorelei Rock before disembarking to rejoin our
coach and continue to
Heidelberg. | |
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