Category Cultural Attractions (Museums, Historical Sites, Etc.)
Europe 2014 – Amsterdam (Bev) – Kansas Meets Amsterdam
Timeline: August 5th – 9th Anticipating a complicated morning and hoping to be able to make a move to Field Three before we ran our various errands, we bought some coffee and chocolate croissants from the market and then checked in at Reception to see about moving. The gods of travel smiled upon us that […]
Europe 2014 – Bruges (Brugge) – We Climb to the Top and Tour the Canals
Timeline: August 2nd – 4th This day would be spent seeing as many of Bruges’s typical tourist spots as possible. After a very good and filling breakfast at the Fevery (ham, cheese, yoghurt, cereal, three different types of bread, jams, etc.) we set out for the Markt Square with a brief but fun detour at […]
Europe 2014 – Bruges (Brugge) – Still a Special Place to Visit
Timeline: August 2nd – 4th We decided to use toll roads this day to cut down on driving time and give us the opportunity to make a stop in Rouen, a town Joanna and I visited in 1984 and known for where Joan of Arc was martyred. In a little less than two hours we […]
Europe 2014 – Caen and Normandy Beaches – A Sobering Day of Reflection (Re-Post)
The original post yesterday did not include the pictures so am resending it to see if it will correct the problem. Timeline: July 31st – August 1st We had intended to get an early start on Thursday in order to drive to Mont Saint Michel for the day before spending the next two nights in […]
Europe 2014 – Versailles – The Ultimate Palace, Just Not in July
Timeline: July 24th – 30th I’ll put it right out there. This ended up being a long day full of challenges, hard physical work, overwhelming conditions at Versailles all capped off by a dinner so full of life, we went well into the night. It’s one I’ll long remember for the way all three of […]
Europe 2014 – Paris – The Tower at Night
Timeline: July 24th – 30th Having been up late the night before for the big announcement, we slept in on Tuesday and got a later start knowing that the next day would bring an early departure, as we would be checking out of the Cosmos and heading out to Versailles. We left mid-morning and on […]
Europe 2014 – Paris – This Town’s Greatest Hits
Timeline: July 24th – 30th We determined that Monday was going to be full day with Notre Dame and the Eiffel Tower on the docket whereby we’d start to utilize the Metro and Bus systems to more efficiently move around town. Having noted the lines at Notre Dame on Saturday, we resolved to get there […]
Europe 2014 – Paris – Tour de France Redux
Timeline: July 24th – 30th To put it bluntly, our plan for the two weeks with Bev was to walk her hard and keep her so busy we’d have to pour her on the plane for the return trip to Kansas. Looking back in hindsight though as I write this a week or so later, […]
Europe 2014 – Paris – Kansas Meets Paris and Neither is the Same
Timeline: July 24th – 30th Bev was due into Charles de Gaulle around 9:30 in the morning on Saturday the 26th so I left the Cosmos a good 90 minutes before hand to allow myself time to navigate the metro to Gare du Nord where I would pick up the RER A line for […]
Europe 2014 – Lyon – Home of the Two Hour Lunch
Timeline: July 22nd – 23rd The drive up to Lyon took a bit over five hours, as we’d set the GPS to avoid tolls. In France, this turns what is an easy drive on the toll road into a day of speeding up and slowing down as you enter small towns and negotiate round-abouts. […]
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