Dubai - final stop

World's tallest building, over 800m and 160 stories high

The bottom floors of the world's highest building, from the terrace of our hotel!


Fountain of divers in the extraordinary Dubai Mall

Figures at the Dubai museum

An abra on Dubai Creek

 The world's tallest fountain (of course...)

 Just a few of the 4WDs in the desert, out the back window of ours

Desert view coming up to sunset - through dust clouds

Camel riding!

... and the flight home over Oman ...

Austria - Salzburg and Vienna

View of Salzburg from the Hohensalzburg Castle (below) that sits above the city

Cable car at the Untersberg, just outside Salzburg

At the top of the Untersberg (1800m)

The World Dog Show in Salzburg while we were there!

St Stephen's Cathedral, Vienna, lit with colours by a 'light artist' for May and June

Col at the Viennese market, Naschmarkt

Both of the above at the Vienna Prater - a large park that includes a historic ferris wheel and other rides.  

Germany - Freiburg, Rothenburg, Fussen and Munich

View of Freiburg city

Street view from outside our hotel in Freiburg 

Countryside on the way to Rothenburg

Rothenburg from the top of the town hall

Our hotel in Rothenburg...

 More countryside around Rothenburg

View near Neuschwanstein Castle - the 'Disney' castle (one end unfortunately heavily covered in scaffolding at the moment)

In the English Gardens, Munich, with friends ...

a particularly close friend....!

Band busking in Marienplatz, Munich

Switzerland - Interlaken

A few photos, with more photos plus words to come - not that any of them will do Switzerland justice....

Cable car to the Schilthorn, at 3000m (10,000ft) 

Farm below village of Mürren, at about 1600m

Near Mürren again

This one's for you, Melissa ....!

France - Provence

Fields and roadside all over Provence covered with glowing poppies...

- and relaxing days spent pottering from one hilltop Provencal village to another.

Gordes

The ochre cliffs of Roussillon


Menerbes

 

Bonnieux

Nice, Vence and the Route Napoleon

So after an uneventful train trip from Monterosso via Ventimiglia to Nice, we picked up our Postman Pat van for the five days in France, and struggled through the late afternoon traffic up the hill to Vence.

It just needed to be red ... 

Not really knowing what to expect, Vence was a lovely surprise - its walled medieval centre and beautiful church - as was Tourette sur Loup, surely one of the most postcard-pretty towns in France...

Tourette street scenes

Followed the Route Napoleon to Provence - rocky outcrops and sheer cliff walls...

... until we got close enough to St Saturnin les Apt (we thought) to let the GPS take over. Not such a good idea!

This is the right road??