To those who have servedin the reaches of the north,the sands of the desert,the heat of the jungle,and on the swells of the sea… To those who have walked through the valley,heard the scream of the rockets,smelled the smoke and seen the wreckage,and comforted those who have… To those who have watched the screens for […]
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After a long hiatus, I’ve decided to revive my travel blog. Though Facebook has become the primary way to share our adventures with my family, I find that when I’m traveling somewhere, I like to seek out opinions, thoughts, and advice from others who have been there. Plus, I need to shake the rust off my […]
We took a day trip to the “Romantic Rhine” – specifically the area more prosaically known as the Upper Middle Rhine. This UNESCO World Heritage site features about 40 castles in a 65 kilometer stretch between Bingen and Koblenz. Related Images:
Every autumn, numerous villages in the Alpine regions of Austria and Germany celebrate the Almatrieb, the return of the cows and their herders from the Alps, where they have spent the summer. This tradition is marked with festivals including food, music, and topped with the cattle parades and Viehscheid, where the cattle are separated and […]
We got into Budapest in the late afternoon. Traffic was snarled up and parking, of course, was a pain, as in most cities in Europe. However, even though there was a miscommunication in the parking, the hotel people let us park in the one of the taxi spots right in front of the hotel, and […]
The Beautiful Blue Danube…isn’t. At least not the part we’ve seen. It’s brown, just like the muddy Mississippi. Still, it’s an impressive sight, especially seen from the mountain where Devin Castle stands. Related Images:
Well, the first tale I have to tell rather overshadowed a fairly nice day in Vienna–on the way back to the hotel, a (presumably drunk) older man slapped me on the tail in the subway station! I mean, really! Fortunately, he was moving pretty fast and apparently never skipped a beat, since he was halfway […]
I have wanted to visit Vienna for a long time; I have leave I have to burn, so was lucky enough to get some time off for one last summer trip before school started. (Side note–Rebecca is starting high school–AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!) I got home late Wednesday night, so we got a bit of a late start […]
Mainau (the “Flower Island”) is a popular destination in Lake Constance (or the Bodensee). It has over 100 acres of gardens, a palace with a huge rose garden, an arboretum, and a butterfly house. We took a day trip there over the 4th of July weekend. It was beautiful, but HOT! It was over 90 […]
For our base to see the beaches of Normandy, we stayed in a little hotel just outside the main city area of Bayeux, France. The room was really small, but the area was nice; we could see the town of Bayeux and there were cows right behind the hotel, which Rebecca thought was cool. Related […]