…three days of rain in Prague might be pushing it but nevertheless we have been thoroughly enjoying the sights with and without our umbrellas, hats and coats. Currently we are sitting in a café in the Old Town area of Prague enjoying the thickest hot chocolate I have ever had while warming up from […]
The Dust On Our Shoes
As we are slowly making our way to Prague via a six hour long train ride, I figured I could use some of this time to relay our experiences of yesterday visiting Dachau. I am not sure what my expectations were, having never been to a concentration camp before I only had pictures and history […]
Munich and it’s “Resting” trees
Wilkommen Munchen! It’s our second day in Munich, first day of feeling rested. We toughed it out yesterday to avoid feeling jet lagged for the entirety of our trip and, I must say, we were quite successful and maintained the usual manic level of activity normally reserved for the first and last days of any […]
And the winner is…
Here is our rough itinerary for our 2011 trip across the pond: March 11 – Fly into Munich, Germany Visit the following cities in 16 days: Prague, Amsterdam, Bruges, Paris March 27 – Fly home from Paris. I told you it was a rough itinerary…we are so so thrilled to be continuing our new ‘tradition’ […]
Don't stop til you get enough…
Grab life by the horns, take big bites, the world is your oyster, grab the bull by his….well you get the picture! Adam and I decided to ‘not stop til we get enough’ of this whole travel thing…so we now know where the travel bug will be bringing us come March 2011! Here are some […]
Interesting article…and our take on it
This sign should probably be posted at the departure gates of all International flights leaving the U.S. and heading towards Europe… http://www.cnn.com/2010/TRAVEL/07/13/european.nudes/index.html?hpt=C2 The article (link above) is written by Rick Steves – a quirky, slightly nerdy traveller extraordinaire whose videos and books helped Adam and I plan our recent trip. To give a quick synopsis […]
Travel worn, travel stained, hardly travel weary
We are back in Charlotte safe and sound. Over the past week I was doing some tallying and came up with some interesting figures so I thought I would share a few… 3 – number of clothing items torn and stained 5 – number of eye drop bottles 1600 – number of pictures taken 1 […]
Siena and wine-tasting
The drive to Siena from Lucca was gorgeous, if there was a picture that would sum up Italy…well, except for like the Colosseum, or Trevi Fountain, or Venice…it would be the rolling hills with fields of grapes and olive trees. We decided to take the least direct path to Siena which lead us to the […]