Our final itinerary ended up being: 5 nights in Paris; 6 nights on the Original Gravity Tour in Germany (3 nights in Munich, 3 nights in Bamberg); 10 nights in the Netherlands (5 nights in Amsterdam, 5 nights in Delft); 15 nights in Belgium (5 nights in Brugge, 5 nights in Antwerp, 5 nights in Ghent); and a final night in Paris before flying home to Boston. We relied on public transportation rather than renting a car so we limited ourselves to a single backpack each. It was a wonderful way to travel.
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| Killing time at Harpoon Brewing in Boston before catching our flight to Paris |
Paris:
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| Hotel d'Ville (City Hall) |
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| Brett outside the D'Orsay Museum |
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| Clock D'Orsay Museum |
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| One of Van Gogh's paintings of Sunflowers D'Orsay Museum |
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| D'Orsay Museum |
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| Brett outside the Louvre |
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| Royal Chambers Louvre |
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| Venus de Milo Louvre |
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| The best beer in France was from Belgium |
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| Notre Dame Cathedral |
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| Notre Dame from the Seine River cruise boat |
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| Eiffel Tower |
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| Sacre Coeur (Sacred Heart) Cathedral Montmartre |
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| Montmartre is hilly! |
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| Moulin Rouge |
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| Only vineyard in Paris Montmartre |
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| Montmartre |
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| Moulin de la Gallette Montmartre |
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| Locals having lunch in the street Montmartre |
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| Dinner at the Ratskeller in Munich |
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| Brett and Celina outside Weihenstephan Brewery Freising |
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| Theatine Church Munich |
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| Our tour group at Hofbrauhaus München |
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| Dinner time entertainment at Hofbrauhaus |
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| Kloster Andechs |
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| Brett in a hop field Hallertau region |
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| Schneider Weisse Brewing Kelheim |
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| Bamberg |
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| Bamberg |
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| Weyermann Malthouse Bamberg |
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| Huppendorfer Bier Huppendorf |
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| Kathi Bräu Heckenhof |
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| Forchheim |
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| Dr. Ing. Karl Remeis Observatory Bamberg |
The Netherlands:
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| View from our apartment in Amsterdam |
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| Amsterdam train station |
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| Windmills Zaanse Schans |
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| A fun lunch of traditional food Zaanse Schans |
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| NDSM Amsterdam |
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| Canal view Amsterdam |
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| Traditional Dutch salted herring at Haesje Claes Amsterdam |
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| A 3D version of Rembrandt's Night Watch Amsterdam |
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| Our hotel Delft |
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| Stadhuis (City Hall) Delft |
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| Canal view Delft |
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| Swans in the canals Delft |
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| Bierfabriek Delft |
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| Hand painting Delftware Delft |
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| Courtyard at Delftware factory |
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| Gift shop at Delftware factory |
Belgium:
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| Kristen and Grant at Cambrinus Brugge |
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| View from our room Brugge |
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| Sculpture made from plastic trash Brugge |
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| A view from the water side Brugge |
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| Beguinage Brugge |
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| Sint-Janshospitaal (Old St John's Hospital) Brugge |
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| Bonifacius Bridge Brugge |
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| Bonifacius Hotel Brugge |
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| Window display Brugge |
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| Basilica of the Holy Blood Brugge |
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| Menin Gate WWI Memorial for unidentified soldiers of the British Commonwealth Ieper(Ypres) |
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| Poppies at Menin Gate Ieper (Ypres) |
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| In Flanders Fields Museum Ieper (Ypres) |
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| Grant, Kristen and Brett at St. Bernardus Watou |
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| Trench of Death Dixmude |
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| De Halve Mann Brewery Brugge |
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| Oldest wooden building in Brugge |
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| Man sketching canal views Brugge |
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| View from Augustijnenbrug Brugge |
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| Arriving at the Antwerpen train station |
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| Plantin Moretus Museum Antwerpen |
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| Oldest Printing Presses in the world Plantin Moretus Museum in Antwerpen |
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| Flower shop Antwerpen |
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| Sint-Carolus Borromeuskerk (St Charles Borromeo Church) Antwerpen |
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| Sint-Pauluskerk (St Paul's Church) Antwerpen |
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| Antwerpen train station viewed from the Zoo Antwerpen |
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Onze-Lieve-Vrouwekathedraal (Cathedral of our Lady)
Antwerpen
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| View of Stoelstraat with the oldest house in Antwerpen in the background |
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| Sint-Niklaaskerk (Saint Nicholas Church) Gent |
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| Looking toward Sint-Niklaaskerk from Sint-Michielsbrug (St. Michaels Bridge) Gent |
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| VIew across the Leie Gent |
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| Entrance to Gravensteen Gent |
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| View across the Leie on Zuivelbrugstraat Gent |
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| Looking up the Lieve from Lievestraat Gent |
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| Gravensteen Gent |
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| Kayakers on the Lieve Gent |
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| Looking across the Leie near Sint-Michielsbrug Gent |
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| Sint-Niklaaskerk Gent |
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| Sint-Niklaaskerk Gent |
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| Stadhuis (City Hall) Gent |
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| View of Gent from Gravensteen |
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| Gravensteen Gent |
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| Rabot Gent |
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| Monument of Jacob van Artevelde Vrijdagmarkt, Gent |
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| Trollekelder Gent |
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| Sint-Baafsabdij (St. Bavo's Abbey) Gent |
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| Street Art Gent |
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| Groot Begijnhof Sint-Elisabeth (Great Beguinage of St Elizabeth) Gent |
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| Groot Begijnhof Sint-Elisabeth Gent |
We had a wonderful trip but as always we were glad to get home. Especially as this time we had something special to look forward to. The day after we returned, we went to pick up the newest member of our family - Ena vom team Panoniansee, sometimes known as 'Lady Ena Underfoot', but mostly just Ena. A great welcome home gift!
If you want to look at additional pictures of our trip, you can check out Brett's Flickr album here.
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