Two weeks and change and we finally have a piece of trip documentation that’s not an e-ticket, email message or credit card bill. Today, our Eurail passes for Sweden and Norway arrived. While it’s nice to have the rail vouchers in our hot little hands, I’ll feel much better when the passports along with visas …
We’re inside of 40 day’s until Euro 2103. A little prep left, but I think we’re in OK shape. As of Friday, the visa apps were in Washington; I’ll feel much better when visas an PPs are back in my hands.
OK. PHX to Hamburg and back are booked. It’s always scary to make that commitment. The trip on the training ship from Kiel to Denmark, Latvia and St. Petersburg are all in the schedule. I think this is getting serious.
A new year (Chinese and haole) is here and it’s time to start planning the big Euro 2013 trip. This year we’re heading to Scandinavia, probably in the July timeframe. Still a lot of blanks on the schedule, but one sort of exciting potential opportunity is sailing on one of the ships in the 2013 …
This is my first time in Venice and like almost everyone I was aware of the canals, but I’d never really thought about how the environ impacts day-to-day life. After board my first Vaperetto—the city bus operated totally by boat—it occurred to me that almost everything is transported by water. If you call the fire …
Today we decided to head west through Belgium to the Dutch lowlands in search of some of those endless fields of blooming bulbs. Alas, either our timing or course was less than perfect for we saw but two multi-hector examples. No worries, though, it was a great day. I will confess to moderately in love …
If it’s spring in Holland, there must be tulips. Read More »
In addition to all Dutch things that grow, Floriade draws exhibitors from around the world. Hands down, the best foreign exhibit this year was the Spanish Pavilion. To begin, the building itself was drop-dead gorgeous and once inside, there were a collection of ten kiosks highlighting the diverse agricultural regions of Spain. My favorite display …
The end of day 2 here and already time is just slipping away. It’s been a chilly, blustery first couple of days in Germany and the Benelux, but that was to be expected. The big surprise of Wednesday was actually seeing our bags arrive in Dusseldorf. Our connection at DFW wound up being really tight—like …
Still playing with the best way to do the Dalmatian coast/islands. The plan has been to dump the car in Split; take the ferry to Korcula and spend a couple of days there and then do a bus/ferry trip to Dubrovnik. This is OK, but there’s an issue of getting rid of the car on arrival in …