Author Archives: Tanja

Rarotonga

Yeah, we made it! After a very long day travelling, our day was over 30 hours long as we travelled through various time zones, we finally arrived in Rarotonga. What a difference here to our life over the last couple … Continue reading

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London

We arrived in London and after a great welcome from the friendly customs guy, who was a true geezer, we managed to find a pub at the airport for some food. They had a kids menu with chicken nuggets, cream … Continue reading

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Travel Day – München to London

Well, what a farewell Germany gave us… This morning Barbara, Armin, the children and I were quite the ‘A Team’ getting ready with Barbara entertaining the children, while I organised the last pieces of luggage and Armin staying calm, carrying … Continue reading

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Schloß Neuenschwanstein

Wow, have a look where we were today! Armin took us to Schloß Neuenschwanstein, which is an hour and forty-five minutes drive from here. It was so worth it, the sight of the castle as you approach is quite something. … Continue reading

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Circus Krone

Circus Krone apparently is a Munich institution and I still remember its fame from my childhood. Here in München they have a permanent structure in the shape of a tent. Armin and Barbara had organised tickets for us all to … Continue reading

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Christmas – Weihnachten

On the morning of 24th December Barbara and Armin were up early to go and pick up all the food they had organised and ordered for Christmas. Shops close at midday on Christmas Eve, so that the poor shop keepers … Continue reading

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Tollwood Festival

On Saturday we all spent the afternoon at Tollwood. Ben said it was the best day in Munich, yet. Tollwood is a massive tent village, set up on one of the big stadium type places (Theresienwiese) in the inner city, … Continue reading

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The German Amazing Place

Dear All, One day after the toy debarkle  we went to the  german  museum it was very amazing. At first we went underground and then we went To this ship place…     Merry Cristmas

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The ‘Deutsche Museum’ – The German Museum

Oh, I forgot to tell you about the Deutsche Museum to which Armin took us on Wedneday. First we went to a mine underground the museum. That was quite interesting and the children got an idea what it was like … Continue reading

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Toy Shopping Spree in Munich

On Thursday Armin took us into Munich as the children still had some birthday money to spend. I had told them to wait until Munich so we didn’t have to cart their treasures through the entire country. Well, there is … Continue reading

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