Category Cultural Attractions (Museums, Historical Sites, Etc.)
Europe 2014 – The Dordogne, Part One
We arrived at Le Capeyrou Campground at the edge of the small town of Beynac mid afternoon on Friday, May 30th and were delighted with the site and its facilities. Beynac is a picaresque place, with its well-known castle perched high atop a steep hill overlooking the Dordogne River. For the first time on the […]
Europe 2014 – Cognac, Need I Say More?
We bade farewell to Francois after one last filling breakfast and made our way to nearby Versailles in search of a bike shop to see if we could purchase more tubes and flat repair materials. Driving in the older cities of Europe, as said before, is always an interesting experience and even with the GPS […]
Europe 2002 – Return to Ludwig’s Way (Koning-Ludwig’s Weg), Part Two
Note to Readers. While looking through prior posts this one appears to not have been posted. If it is a duplicate, sorry about that! Up early to get on the trail, checking in luggage at the Hauptbahnhof went smoothly and we then boarded the S6 line for our ride out to the last stop at […]
Europe 2014 – Montigny, Part Two (May 22-26)
Note to our followers: We recommend the use of Chrome as your browser for one important reason. It will automatically translate into English many of the web pages I’ve listed a link for. It is a very handy tool to have available. We had called ahead to let Francois know we would arrive around 7:00pm […]
Europe 2014 – Brussels: We Have Pride
We slept well that night and awoke to another tasty buffet breakfast. The now familiar walk up to the St. Catherine Metro stop, transfer to the train to Antwerp, and handling tickets all seemed to go more smoothly. We arrived at Antwerp Central in less than an hour and found ourselves in one of those […]
Europe 2014 – Brussels: We Have Arrived
We thought we had a lot of time built into our last couple of days in Charlotte, but the number of small tasks that needed completing in order for us to leave the house and our affairs in order for six months took care of the entirety of Monday and had us hustling Tuesday morning. […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part Four
We made the five-hour drive down to Francois’ place in Montigny without any further incident. It would be our first time to his new apartment, which he shared with his son Axel, after so many visits to the house that he and Heike had shared during our past journeys. With their divorce a few years […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part Three
The drive up to Amsterdam took a little under three hours, made a bit longer as we got lost a couple of times in confusing interchanges on the freeways. Our plans for the stay were to meet up with our good friend Doug Hoggatt (aka the Griz) at the Hotel Acacia in the Jordaan. Doug […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part Two
After another fine breakfast, we loaded up the BMW and began our journey west to Bruges, Belgium. On the way we made a brief stop in Birkenfield, the area my Uncle Chuck was stationed when I visited he and his family in 1977. Unable to find any locations that sparked a memory, we moved on […]
Europe 2007 – The Start of a New Adventure, Part One
The year 2007 marked our 25th anniversary and plans for a celebratory return to Europe began early in the year. We set aside the last two weeks of October for the trip in order to be there on our actual anniversary date, October 30th. It would be a year of transition for us, concluding with […]
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