I always awaken in a new location (Inverness) with quivering in my belly anticipating exploration wonder, and awe. This has been our mantra the entire journey. We tentatively planned to visit the Isle of Skye for the day, so I started scouring the Web for transportation options. I quickly learned […]

BEST LAID PLANS So, in one of my more recent meanderings, I briefly mentioned that we had made a U-turn to cross the English Channel as ScotRail RMT  employees were threatening a nationwide strike. We wanted to make sure we were on the London side of the channel to avoid […]

I have a developed a severe case of wanderlust which moves me to  make a quick study of the surrounding cities for potential, single-day trip locations. That said, we headed to Luxembourg with great anticipation and expectation.  Typically, when we arrive in a new province, our order of priority is […]

Once again, we boarded our favorite mode of transportation trekking to Trier, Germany, which was a hub to our adventure north. We exited the train station, and made our way to the next Airbnb location. Let me preface this analysis by including our history with Airbnb locations—for the most part have […]

I HAVE NO WORDS. . . We traveled through Bruges to get to our next location, visited with our previous Airbnb host, Magda, and took an historical walking tour of the city. In many ways, this quaint town has a real cozy feel, and you are compelled to be out […]

True confessions.  At this point in our excursion through Europe, specific details and facts associated with several of the 20-plus locations is at times becoming a bit of a conondrum as to what occurred at which destination.  My best response, i.e., defense to this would render the aggressive traveling itinerary […]

The Eiffel Tower and the Louvre were two locations I was anticipating with great excitement AND since our visit was not in the height of tourist season, we would most likely be  perusing at our own leisure. DREAM ON! VENUS de MILO….FAMOUS TOP 3 To make matters a little more […]

We may have considered re-routing our journey past Paris in lieu of the respite in Spain, however, we opted to stay the course. And. . .we are SO GLAD we did! We had a basic  agenda or plan to sojourn 3 or 4 definite tourist “traps” (added for sarcasm factor) during our […]

THIS IS TO  BE READ TO THE CADENCE of: “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (A Letter from Camp) OR IT WILL NOT WORK. Hello Muddah, hello Faddah,We are not in—Camp Granada.We’re in Europe—with a cell phone,Please don’t be afraid that we won’t truly come home! Here we are in……Barcelona.Eating fresh bread—with […]

Friday, when we were up @ 5am to catch our train, the first of our 4 trains, our gut issues had subsided. We were SO, SO GRATEFUL, as I am not sure how we would have been up to traveling. Phew!!! Our 10-hour trek was full of wonderful conversations with […]