We were in Devon and Cornwall after Halsway, and somewhere I have wanted to visit for a long time is the Eden Project. In particular I wanted to see the biomes – two large climate controlled zones made from geodesic dome sections, built in an old clay pit.
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We had only visited Haute-Savoie briefly before. It was certainly warm this year, even in Belgium on the journey out!
Also posted to:Got back this afternoon from our trip to the island of Rügen in the Baltic, off the north coast of Germany. Travelled on the Newcastle-Ijmuiden ferry then drove across the Netherlands and Germany. The most sunny photos have been selected!
First the ferry trip from Newcastle to Ijmuiden and a drive across the north of Germany, staying in various little hotels:
At our holiday house and in Stralsund, over the bridge on the mainland:
Around the island of Rügen:
Lübeck:
Journey back across Germany, into the Netherlands, and back to the ferry at Ijmuiden:
Had a great few days in Switzerland – staying in Basel, and visited Bern. Fantastic weather until the last evening when the torrential rain arrived – so we were lucky. Great food (Swiss specialities of course) and drink (also Swiss – wine and beer).
Here’s the link to the Einstein paper: http://einsteinpapers.press.princeton.edu/vol2-trans/154
