We arrived in Heathrow late last night – at about 22:35. I had done some research ahead of time, so I knew that there were four ways to get from the airport to our hotel which was chosen for its proximity to the train station Paddington. These included taxi, Heathrow Connect (30 minute ride), Heathrow…
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English breakfasts – here we come!!
We are on our way to the UK for about a month – flying into London tonight and directly onto Bath on Tuesday. We’re taking Rick Steve’s general itinerary for UK touring in 22 days and cutting it down in a few places. We will be checking out Stonehenge and Avebury after a few days of relaxing…
Queens of the Rhein
If you ever need to feel like a Princess again (yes, I’m talking to you Bill), the Rhein Valley in Germany is just where you should head! After spending the night in Rothenburg, we took the Romantic Road – which incidentally, is really not that romantic at all, especially with all the construction. We bailed…
A Day in Rothenburg
After Switzerland, we took the train up to Frankfurt just to pick up a rental car. This time, however, we had no intention of using it as a hotel room, thank goodness! Instead, we decided to ditch the train system again to get to that ever-elusive European “back door” Rick Steves keeps espousing. Before heading…
Autobahn, Baby
Back in the States, whenever I saw a fast, flashy car, I’d think, “What a waste around here. They need to go to Montana or the Autobahn.” Now, I’ve never driven the former, but I couldn’t have guessed how accurate I was about the latter. Rick Steves described German drivers as frustrated race car drivers.…
…Oooohhh…so that’s why it’s so green around here…
Okay, so when we began exploring the idea of visiting Switzerland, we knew that it would be pricey – like over 250 euro per night for a basic hotel over 100 euros per night for a crappy hostel where tales of stolen items abound and easily over 13 euro for a 6-piece nugget meal from…
This Is Mike and Sue
Even if we are behind in our posts, I felt we would be remiss not to mention two really nice travelers we met in the Cinque Terre. We were fortunate enough to chat with Mike and Sue over a bottle of prosecco while chilling on piazza benches fronting Vernazza harbor. Of course, Mike and Sue…
Sun-bleached Cinque Terre
Since we originally began planning our trip to Europe, the Cinque Terre portion of the Italian Riviera was a must-do! We saved it for a time frame when we would not require internet because the tiny fishing villages are just not connected like we normally would need them to be. While there – we had…
Rome Rewind Redux
Yes, it’s been two weeks since we were in Rome, but obviously, we are terribly behind in posts. Lots of those coming. While in Switzerland last week, I wrote a really long post on my iPod Touch with the spiffy WordPress app. Of course, when I went to post the darn thing, the app crashed. …
Doing the “Must-Dos” of Rome
The past three days have been a whirlwind of sightseeing and tons and tons and tons of walking. We visited the Colosseum on Tuesday – it really is enormous and a feat of engineering built by Jewish slaves – it was good to be a Roman citizen. Part of it was destroyed centuries ago in…