Wroclaw was very picturesque, but I have forgotten it already. A year from now we may distinguish the cities by whether it was windy or snowy, or maybe it will all meld together in the fuzzy, happy memory of Poland. I really like each of these cities and they seem like great places to live, …
We are back in Europe and it is everything we were hoping for. We recognize letters if not words and there is a logical pattern to ordinary activities. This is the easiest time we have had since Australia. Old town Krakow is a sweet old medieval city with a castle, soccer stadium, and central square. …
The bicycles are everywhere! The central train station had an enclosed parking area with bikes stacked two levels high to park 10,000 bikes. My favorite day was our bicycle day to Haarlem and Amstelveen. The city felt crowded and it was refreshing to pedal through the countryside and explore a bit more of the Netherlands …
I love it here. The Belgians are so friendly, they all ride bicycles, and they specialize in beer and chocolate. What's not to love? We toured Brussels and Bruges. Brussels seems like a very liveable city. They have a palace, a royal library, Delirium brewery, lots of street lights and roads that wouldn't be confused …
Trier is the oldest city in Germany and briefly served as the seat of Roman government (383-388 AD). It has the most Roman ruins outside of Rome itself as the Romans showed up and started building in 50 BC. We gave two day to this city with the goal of enjoying a quiet town and …
Mont Saint Michelle and the D-Day beaches of Normandy are really hard to reach by public transport, so renting a car was the best way to include these on the trip. I reserved the most basic, budget, manual car in Paris and they gave me a brand new SUV with automatic transmission. It felt great …
Last time I was in Paris, I fell in love with the city and I knew I would be back some day. I had a week earmarked, but accomodations were so expensive that I decided to split the time between Paris and Normandy and only give Paris two nights. We had a night and a …
The plan was to spend another week in the UK and then fly down to Switzerland. However, we are ready for a change and excited to take advantage of spontaneity so we flew straight to Italy. It was cheaper to fly to Bologna than to take a train to York. Last time I was in …
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