As Germany’s best-preserved walled town, Rothenburg is a tourist magnet. Although there are MANY tourists here, it is such a cute and picturesque town. We took a great tour last night called the Night Watchman’s Tour that gave us insight into the town’s interesting past. Dating back over 800 centuries Rothenburg has experienced great prosperity […]
Above: Welcome to Germany in German.
I have one word for our three days in Bacharach: relaxation. We have been on the road for nearly one month and it has been non-stop action, so we really needed a few days of rest and relaxation. After a few train connections and a peaceful 3 hour boat ride down the castle-studded Rhine river […]
Above: Welcome video to Brugges in Flemmish.
Brugges was a wonderful stop in Belgium. The charming small town was refreshing after the big cities we just came from. After being museumed out in Paris, we decided to take it easy and just enjoy ourselves in Belguim.
April thinks her lost heritage is Belgian! They have chocolate shops on every […]
Above: Paris Welcome Video
On Tuesday May 22nd, we hopped on a train from
Barcelona and headed north into a small french town I think is called Cerebra. (Can’t find it on the map and threw away the train stub.) It was a great stop - quaint and right on the
Mediterranean Sea surrounded by vineyard terraces […]
Above: Shannon in a face sculpture - Scary!!
After our difficult travel day and our decision to stay over in Madrid, we were very happy with our decision as we had no trouble booking a room when we got to Barcelona on Sunday. After a 4 hour early morning train ride we arrived in
Barcelona […]
Today was awful!! We tried to travel from Toledo to
Madrid to Barcelonia via train. We hiked down the huge city hill of Toledo with bags in tow to the distant train station. It was hot, hot, hot! My back was literally soaked with sweat! Once we arrived at the train station, the attendant told […]
This sure isn’t
Toledo, Ohio. Toledo is just a short bus ride south of
Madrid. The former captial of
Spain, the entire city was declared a national monument for good reason. It’s a labrynth of narrow, well-polished stone streets. As we walked down these alleyways, we could feel the history. […]
We love Madrid, Spain!! After 12 days in damp chilly weather we welcomed the warm sunshine in
Spain!! The weather in Madrid was
perfect. Probably 75 to 80 degrees and it cooled down nicely in the evenings. We stayed at a quite little Hostal (modest Spanish Hotel) in the Chueca region of Madrid owned by the […]
Overall, Ireland treated us very well. I wouldn’t mind warmer, sunnier weather. If I had to give someone advice about visiting, I would steer people away from the cities of Dublin and
Galway. They were not as charming and quaint as the smaller towns. We found “loads” of trash scattered and blowing across roadways and alleys. […]
After leaving Killarney, which is a quaint, although touristy town we drove around the ring of Kerry and then headed down the Dingle peninsula. The Dingle peninsula was astoundingly beautiful. As the westernmost part of Ireland the harsh winds and weather have shaped it into a rough and rugged beautiful landscape. From the high mountanous […]
