This summer I went travelling a bit. Not too far away and not to the most exotic of places, but I did get a few miles under my belt.
So here’s my End of Summer recap of my Euro-Trips, including the GeNeLux (we did Germany but skipped Belgium) road trip with Ronni & Dave, and my solo travels around the southern UK.
A few have asked me to share pictures, so here they are. A random collection of my summer travels.
Halfway through the wall at King’s Cross to get to the Hogwarts Express on Platform 9 3/4 © Cornelia Kaufmann
The Great Court and Reading Room of the British Museum © Cornelia Kaufmann
Cardiff Bay seen from the Old Norwegian Church, © Cornelia Kaufmann
A gracht in Amsterdam at night. @Cornelia Kaufmann
Gräfrath’s Old Market Square and the Kaffeehaus, Solingen, Germany. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Performer at Covent Garden © Cornelia Kaufmann
Old convent church in Solingen-Gräfrath, Germany. © Cornelia Kaufmann
“Willkommen in Solingen” – Welcome to Solingen installation outside Solingen train station in Solingen-Ohligs. © Cornelia Kaufmann
St. Pancras International Terminal in London. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Grund, a suburb of Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. © Cornelia Kaufmann
St. Paul’s Cathedral © Cornelia Kaufmann
Colourful Neal’s Yard in the Seven Dials neighbourhood. © Cornelia Kaufmann
The Shard near London Bridge / Southwark © Cornelia Kaufmann
Evening departure at Manchester Piccadilly Station. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Statue of Lovers at St. Pancras International Station © Cornelia Kaufmann
Bikes outside Amsterdam Centraal Station, looking towards Damrak. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Sneaking up on cheese at the cheese shop in Amsterdam on Damrak. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Hungarian pianist Elöd Ambrusz in concert © Cornelia Kaufmann
A scene from Three Days In The Country with Shpigelsky (the formidable Mark Gatiss) and Lizaveta (Debra Gillett). ©Tristram Kenton
The main building of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn. This shows the side facing the large park behind the University of Bonn. © Cornelia Kaufmann
The Royal Pavilion in Brighton © Cornelia Kaufmann
At Horse Stable Markets in Camden, near Camden Lock. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Met and lost the Pub Quiz at The Grapes against Sir Ian McKellen. © Cornelia Kaufmann
The Drachenfelsbahn, a rack-and-pinion railway running from Königswinter up the Drachenfels (Dragon Rock), one of the hills in the Siebengebirge along the river Rhein. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Hamlet’s (Benedict Cumberbatch) madness. Credit: Johan Persson/
Meeting the Bloggers Bash bloggers outside the British Library in London.
Dinosaur skeleton in Hintze Hall at the Natural History Museum © Cornelia Kaufmann
Big Ben seen from Westminster Pier © Cornelia Kaufmann
The river Thames, seen from Embankment / Waterloo Bridge, towards the City and Southwark © Cornelia Kaufmann
Love Me graffiti along the side of a canal in Amsterdam. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Bloemenmarkt, the Flower Market in Amsterdam. © Cornelia Kaufmann
On a Gracht cruise in Amsterdam. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Inside the sitting room of 221b Baker Street at the Sherlock Holmes Museum. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery © Cornelia Kaufmann
Brighton Pier © Cornelia Kaufmann
The Sherlock Holmes Museum on Baker Street. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Savoury dinner at Brauhaus Bönnsch in Bonn, consisting of goulash soup, leek cream soup, Flammkuchen, homemade beer bread, lard, and several glasses of Bönnsch beer brewed on the premises. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Cardiff Millennium Centre “The Armadillo” © Cornelia Kaufmann
Shop window of the Beatles Store on Baker Street © Cornelia Kaufmann
Cologne Cathedral seen fom outside the Roman-Germanic Museum. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Waiting for the tube at Mansion House Station © Cornelia Kaufmann
Morning coffee sitting along a gracht in Amsterdam. © Cornelia Kaufmann.
The Grand-Ducal palais in Luxembourg City. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Schloss Burg in Solingen, with the statue of Engelbert II outside the palais. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Having breakfast in the small town of America, just past Venlo in The Netherlands. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Camden Lock / Middle Yard Market with Camden canal and boats, London. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Bikes leaning against a bridge over a canal in Amsterdam’s Red Light District De Wallen. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Meeting actor John Simm after a performance of Three Days In The Country at the National Theatre, London © Cornelia Kaufmann
Dragon on the boundary between the cities of London and Westminster along Embankment. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Cheese display on a rainy day in Amsterdam. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Red shutters on a building from the 17th century in Amsterdam’s Red Light District. © Cornelia Kaufmann
The river Rhein, Bad Honnef, and the Siebengebirge (Seven Hills) seen from the summit of the Drachenfels. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Joe Armstrong and Louise Brealey as Roland and Marianne in Constellations.
Me and my new ride, the TARDIS at the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Pianist Elöd Ambrusz at his first solo concert in Solingen. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Cologne Central Station at dusk and by rain, seen from Domplatte along the side of Cologne Cathedral. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Meeting actress Louise Brealey after the final performance of Constellations at Trafalgar Studios
Meeting actor Mark Gatiss after a performance of Three Days In The Country at the National Theatre. © Cornelia Kaufmann
The Quadrant on Regent Street towards Piccadilly Circus © Cornelia Kaufmann
White tulips at the Tulip Museum on Prinsengracht in Amsterdam. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Buddha in the window at Neal’s Yard. © Cornelia Kaufmann
Typical Bergisch Land timberfame architecture and green shutters on an outbuilding of Schloss Burg in Solingen. © Cornelia Kaufmann
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Love the photo gallery of your summer trips! Thank you for posting them!
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Stunning as always! I love that statue of the two people embracing.
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What a beautiful string of photos. For a second, I thought the actor was Hugh Laurie (from House)!
On an unrelated note, I get the feeling I never replied to your comment about SAD and if that’s case – I’m really sorry.. I didn’t know such disorder existed and funnily enough, after having looked it up, I believe I have it too… Hope you’re feeling less blue these days. Have a lovely Sunday 🙂
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Thank you Ellie! I admit John Simm looks a little like Hugh Laurie there 🙂
Many people have SAD without noticing it. I thought I had a bad week/month every now and then before symptoms persisted and SAD was diagnosed. I hope you take precautions as the days are getting shorter and colder again! For now, vitamins and UV light are helping me nicely. Now I just need to reduced my study-induced tiredness and stress and I’ll be fine!
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It’s all about the thought process, isn’t it? If we manage to remain positive and take care of ourselves, the low mood shies away. But how to do that? I’m hoping a cognitive behavioural therapy will help find those answers…
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