Category Europe

Europe 2025 – Lisbon, Part One

April 1-3 Our drive to Lisbon today would take under four hours of driving time and we decided, based on a Rick Steves recommendation, to make a stop in Coimbra which was about halfway in the journey.  To accomplish this easily Marty booked us a ride with a driver that would take us to Coimbra, […]

Europe 2025 Porto, Part Three

March 26-30 Jessica felt much better the next day and was able to join us as we set out on a Hop on Hop Off bus experience that would lead to a day of fun and adventure.  Our first stop would be across the river in the suburb known as the Lodges of Gaia.  In […]

Europe 2025 Porto, Part Two

March 26-30 That night Jessica got hit with a nasty stomach bug that would keep her up all night and put her out of service for the next day and part of the one afterwards.  Kris also felt a little under the weather and decided to stay close to the apartment and hope to recover […]

Europe 2025 Porto, Part One

March 26-30 Last summer Jessica and Kris received an invitation from their friend Meg for her wedding which was scheduled to take place at the end of April in a small-town Portugal, about two hours east of Lisbon.  It was soon decided that we, along with Kim and Marty, would join them and that we […]

Europe 2022 – Conclusion Part Two

June 2 – 28 For this trip, transportation expense was more than for a typical road trip as we purchased those Eurail passes, which were still an incredible bargain in terms of the number of individual trips and the distance we traveled.  If we were to have purchased single tickets for each of our legs, […]

Europe 2022 – Europe 2022, Conclusion Part One

June 2 – 28 As we wrap up this trip, we’ll examine how it differed from some in the past in that although we were cost conscious, we weren’t obsessive about it and has been a more recent pattern for us, did not include any camping.  This naturally makes the total expense higher as indoor […]

Europe 2022 – Munich, Part Five

June 25 – 27 The next morning, given the long lead time between waking up and eventually getting food on the plane, we opted to enjoy the hotel breakfast at 12-Euros apiece and were very glad to have done so as it came a close second to the one we had experienced at the Meininger […]

Europe 2022 – Munich, Part Four

June 25 – 27 Having been to Munich so many times in the past and although it seems hard to believe from these last couple of posts that all we did while here was drink beer, in fact we’ve hit almost all the major tourist spots.  These would be, in no particular order:   In […]

Europe 2022 – Munich, Part Three

June 25 – 27 We entered the BMW Museum on the ground floor and then worked our way to the top of the “salad bowl or white cauldron” via a spiral walkway then wound our way back down a floor or two, the exhibits here focusing on the company’s sustainability initiatives.  From the first-floor ground […]

Europe 2022 – Munich, Part Two

June 25 – 27 After finishing up our welcome drinks at the Premier, we made our way up the street to Karlsplatz, which is the gateway on Neuhauser Strasse to Munich’s pedestrian only historic center and its highpoint, the Marienplatz.  Our destination was a familiar one, unique in that of all of the towns we […]