13 B- Cities and Towns visited

TT Thursday April 3 - 2008

Last Week I did start a journey – Cities/Towns I’ve visited around the World
beginning with the Letter A – This week they all begin with the letter B.

Let’s start this weeks travel: (This week also with a few private photos - want not make the post too long for you, my dear reader)

1-Bergen – Norway

Bergen, The Capital of the Norwegian Fiords, as seen from Floien Mountain. Just some minutes with the Cable Car from the City centre. Part of the City is on UNESCO's World Heritage list

2-Bodoe – Norway
(Nearby you'll find Saltstraumen - the Worlds most powerful malstroem - and you can even experience the Midnight Sun end of June)

3-Berlin – Germany
(My first visit was in 1965 - via that times DDR - we were lucky not shot at the Frontier between BRD and DDR. But that's another story - wich was written about in a Magazine)

4-Bonn – Germany
(Do you know which very famouse composer, beginning with todays letter, was born here?)

5-Basel – Switzerland
(Can you believe it - I've gone with a 20 feet motorboat from Norway to Basel/Bale in Switzerland - And don't laugh when I say: The Basel Harbour is large and important)

6-Balazuc – France

Here we are with friends in Balazuc, Chez Paulette (Cafe and Post Office), back in 1985. Anna is #3 from left. I'm in the middle. Ingelin (7) is sitting on Patrique's lap (A very good friend from Nivelles/Charleroi in Belgium - several visits - he even stayed with us for a couple of months in Norway) and Mats 10 years old to the right. What a great time and memory. We went to Balazuc for 6 concecutive Summers

7-Bordeaux – France
(If you like excellent wine, seafood, culture and soccer, plus have a short way to Europes best Beaches, Highest sand dunes and best surfing conditions, besides visiting the fabulous river valleys in SW France, then this is the city to visit)

8-Besancon – France
(Victor Hugo was Born here - the citadelle is special and the River Doubs as well. I know the river from my Europe on rivers and channels tour in 1965)

9-Blois – France
(Castles, history, La Loire and wine - - French - British battles for centuries)

10-Bruxelles – Belgium
(Capital of Europe - serach on RennyBA and Gattina's blogs)

11-Bratislava – Slovakia -

The Presidents Palace in Bratislava. Enlarge to see the "floating" Globe in front

12-Buenos Aires – Argentina nos_Aires

Anna and Ingelin in Buenos Aires, December 2007. Go looking for more in my Blog Archive.

13-Benton Harbour - USA

Enlarge and you'll see the Lighthouses of St. Joseph and Benton Harbour (twin cities at the outled of St Joseph river in SW Michigan, USA) behind me and my son Mats

Go to Thursday (TORsday) Thirteens Homepage. It's very interesting what you can learn from bloggers TT. At first hand I did not realize, but now I see, it's much more than blah, blah about myself

Have a great rest of the week
FYI - My Internet Provider has had problems lately - which in turn has left me more or less offline (I'm very patient - this post I did start writing 12 hours ago - working from my home office has by all means been lots more frustrating). Hence, excuse me for not commenting as I should the past Days. Now it's afterMidnight, so I'll commenting your blog on Friday.