Summer 2025: 1. London to Amsterdam | The Kirks

Here is my first post about travels in 2025. Starting in London and ending the day in amsterdam.

Trying out my new shortcode, from my new test harness:

A peaceful oasis in the middle of the city

These photos look like they were taken in the daytime because of lighting but they were the middle of the night!

These photos look like they were taken in the daytime because of lighting but they were the middle of the night!

These photos look like they were taken in the daytime because of lighting but they were the middle of the night!

Trying out my new shortcode again:

Rumbling through the outskirts of Dresden on a grey morning

Crossing the Elbe at Dresden - not for the last time this trip!

Stretching our legs at Dresden Hauptbahnhof

.. and iher excellent trams.

Trying out my new shortcode again again, with some edits:

...though Rosa begs to differ.

A WW1 memorial

One of the twelve bronzes outside the south transept representing both the signs of the zodiac and the months of the year by Jaroslav Horejc. This one is cancer / early summer, hence the sharpening of the scythe.

The specatular ambulatory around the apse

Right opposite the Russian Embassy, but owned by the Knights of Malta, this wall became a canvas with a legal grey status which meant that in the communist era, Prague's free thinkers had a tiny bit of the city on which to express themselves straight in the face of their Soviet oppressors. It started with pictures of John Lennon after his 1980 murder and is still being repainted and repainted.

Dom with his much-needed haircut!

Rosa built herself a throne in Prague's lego museum

A beautiful, leafy, shady haven in the middle of the Vltava river. We had ice creams, skimmed stones and Rosa met the Nutria.

A beautiful, leafy, shady haven in the middle of the Vltava river. We had ice creams, skimmed stones and Rosa met the Nutria.

A beautiful, leafy, shady haven in the middle of the Vltava river. We had ice creams, skimmed stones and Rosa met the Nutria.

A beautiful, leafy, shady haven in the middle of the Vltava river. We had ice creams, skimmed stones and Rosa met the Nutria.

A beautiful, leafy, shady haven in the middle of the Vltava river. We had ice creams, skimmed stones and Rosa met the Nutria.

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Summer 2025: 5: Oslo