Europe trip

I spent the last month in Europe traveling about. My pals of many years the McClenahans have been living in Munich, where they had just finished work on an animated film. When I showed up they dropped everything and went with me on a trip to Venice. What can I say, I loved that city (but believe it or not I had the worst Italian food I’ve ever had right there!) Thereafter I made my way to Florence, that trove where Western Civilisation’s greatest achievements are on display.

Next, I rode the NIGHT TRAIN for a weird ride back to Munich.. Then onto France for the main purpose of the trip – to be at my sister VICTORIA’s wedding in Paris, which all my family members managed to attend. It is no easy matter getting all of us far flung Bakers in the one place at the one time either! It was a real blast spending time with my small-town family in that wonderful city. I never stopped getting a kick out of it. Despite the terrible summer, the city looked beautiful in the autumn.

After spending some time together, we Bakers all had to go our seperate ways. The group that came over from Australia went home via Vietnam, which I am jealous about, as they had a bunch of adventures there. As for me, I headed North via Brussels & Amsterdam to Sweden to visit my old pal Annelie. I first met her in the Orient when I was travelling there years ago. It was late in the year to be travelling around Sweden, but I gave it my best shot, despite the sometimes grey weather. 

Stockholm is a truly beautiful city, I’m not sure why I haven’t heard more people gush about it… Perhaps the high prices keep them away… I briefly visited the Filmtecknarna Animation studio to pick up a new copy of one of my favourite ever animated shorts; REVOLVER by Lars Ohlson. My previous copy went missing a few years ago…Then I travelled to Gotland, a beautiful island in the Baltic Sea, with the medieval walled city of Visby. After Sweden I headed back to Germany via a train that drove straight onto a ferry. I spent a bit of time in Stralsund and then on to Berlin, which I enjoyed exploring a great deal.

Then back to Munich where I flew out of Europe. A few days in New York hanging with my buddy Dave Gordon and the trip was done… whew!

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