Today, we were in Passau, Bavaria (Germany) where the Inn, Danube and Ilz Rivers meet - the three different colours of the waters are easily seen. The lightest - Inn, the darker blue - Danube and the darkest (just visible in the lower right hand corner)- Ilz. Just across the river is the Austrian border. This photo was taken about 6pm after a day walking amongst the tree tops in the Bavarian National Park - what a beautiful part of Germany!
Where in the world will FIRST experience Christmas Day? Because of the time zones and daylight saving , the first places will be Samoa, Tonga and Kiritimati (Christmas Island) . They are the first places to welcome Christmas. New Zealand and Australia see in Christmas Day soon after, while American Samoa and Baker Island in the United States of America are among the last. These statistics are more often quoted in relation to New Year's Eve, but I think it seems appropriate that Christmas Island is one of the first to celebrate Christmas in the world. Kiritimati, or Christmas Island, is a Pacific Ocean raised coral atoll in the northern Line Islands. It is part of the Republic of Kiribati. The name "Kiritimati" is a respelling of the English word "Christmas" in the Kiribati language The island has the greatest land area of any coral atoll in the w...
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