Tour d’Europe
simon posted in Detours on July 15th, 2008
Before the ‘Ploob heads off to pastures new I thought I’d take one last photo of him in front of a Belgian landmark, so off we headed to the Atomium, which had recently been spruced up in time for its 50th birthday.
After the obligatory snaps and a celebratory waffle, I suddenly remembered that Mini-Europe was next door. What a perfect opportunity for ‘Ploob to visit (kind of) monuments from all across the continent (as well as a few Belgian sites he’d missed out on) in one go. I’m not sure we got all 27 EU member states, as my four-year-old daughter was along for the trip and needed occasional distraction, but we managed most of them, I think. I’d never been before, but I was quite impressed by the quality of some of the models. Most displays had a big blue button which played that country’s national anthem when pushed.
So, in no particular order…
Copenhagen harbour:
Dinant (Belgium):
Leuven (Belgium) town hall:
St. Patrick’s Rock, Ireland:
Bath, UK:
‘Ploob the Royal Guard:
Sacre Coeur, Paris:
Porto, Portugal:
Seville, Spain:
Mnajdra, Malta:
Pisa, Italy:
Vesuvius. Press the blue button and it “erupts”:
Brandenburg Gate, Berlin:
Apparently the most famous sight in Luxembourg is a bridge with some lorries on it:
Prague on the left, Bratislava on the right:
Bucharest:
Budapest:
Ljubljana:
Melk abbey, Austria:
The Acropolis, Greece:
So there you have it: a tour of (most of) Europe in less than an hour. A fitting way to end his stay in the Capital of Europe, I think you’ll agree.
Next up is a long weekend in Devon before moving on to the next destination…
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