Book
-
The Results Are In!
People have asked how much we walked around Europe on our 54 day trip. Here is the answer, according to Fitbit: We each took 969,051 steps. Two more days, and we would have walked a million steps. We each walked over 443 miles. We each walked up 1,561 flights of stairs. With all that work,…
-
The Three Tops of Europe
On return home, several people have asked, “What was your favorite thing about your trip to Europe?” This is a tough question to answer unless you ask for specifics, such as favorite city or favorite hotel or favorite museum. So we decided to create our “Three Tops of Europe”. We came up with a variety…
-
Ending a Trip: Home Sweet Home
We had one more bus ride to the airport and one more looooong flight, but this time without the anticipation of all the adventures ahead of us. We were downright bummed, to be honest. We were sorry our journey was over, and we both agreed we could have traveled much, much longer. During the last…
-
Ireland: Presidential Sa-weeeeet!
Sorry to leave our little castle with the delicious food and the medieval village ambiance, we began our journey to the next stop. We decided to check out the city of Wexford, since it was so steeped in Irish History. We saw an abbey founded by a broken-hearted woman who became a nun because she…
-
Kennedy’s Ireland: From Feast to Famine to Fame
We traveled through time today. We started in the 1849 in New Ross, Ireland at the Dunbrody famine ship. 80% of the Irish at this time were Irish Catholics. Because Ireland was essentially a British colony and Britain was Protestant at the time, Irish Catholics were not allowed to own land. Instead they had to…
-
Ireland: Left Tight, Right Bites
We closed our visit to Dublin with a little memorial to those who fought in the Irish rebellions the early 1900s. Ireland finally won their independence from Great Britain in 1922, but many lives were lost in the process. We made our way to the Dublin airport to rent a car so we could explore…
-
Double Dose of Dublin
Day 48 ended in Dublin, with a trip to “The Church.” We broke bread together in beautiful, joyful surroundings, but that is where the similarity to church ended. The Church is now a bar and grill. It’s a good thing there are lots of other churches in Dublin, Ireland. Our hotel was only a block…
-
Open the Munich Box
It was difficult, but we finally forced ourselves to leave our air conditioned haven to explore Munich. Bill does a great job of finding lodging close to the Old Town of each city, and Munich was no exception. We walked to the palace where the Bavarian kings resided when they were doing business in the…
-
Fussen, Germany: Hiking in the Alps
Set in the middle of the bustling town of Fussen was a little bit of forest that had not yet been cut down, and in that forest was Villa Toscana, a hotel owned and run by a convent of nuns. They had cared for an old man until his death, and he left them his…
-
3 German Towns: Back Door Bavaria
Everybody who comes to Bavaria probably goes to see at least one of King Ludwig’s dwellings, especially his fairy tale castle. We’ve checked that off our list, so today Curtis took us through the back door, first by showing us the basilica in his own town, Weingarten. The Basilica St. Martin was amazing! Built…
World of Options Travel club 