This is the third installment in our ongoing series about our Eastern European trip from Fall 2024. We loved Budapest (well, I loved it more than my wife did, but that’s OK). I found Budapest fascinating. It has real European charm and at the same time, it is an expensive city compared to the rest …
We recently visited the capital city of the Czech Republic during our Eastern European trip. Originally, we planned to take a train from Krakow, Poland, to Prague. We chose a direct train (meaning no change of trains along the way) because we had a lot of luggage—really a lot! Normally, we don’t travel with this …
I have written mostly about the destinations since we started this blog, and I thought we would talk about the journey itself—especially our transportation experience on our trip to Eastern Europe. In the fall of 2024, we visited Eastern Europe. This was a unique trip in that we decided to drive through eight countries on …
We recently visited Greece, the all-time classic tourism country. It was a fun place to visit—I was especially impressed with Athens and its history. Santorini has an amazing history—almost 3,000 years of history, but I could do without the beaches—more about that later in the post. We arrived in Athens in the afternoon—in the middle …
In one word, Turkey was AMAZING! We recently visited Turkey (officially, they changed the name to Turkiye) and found this country on two continents, a developing country with a European touch, fascinating. IST Airport – Just Incredible We landed in Istanbul, a city of 16 million people, in the early hours of the morning. Istanbul …
In 2011, we decided to spend Spring Break in the Blighty! I wanted to make sure we checked out London as well as the famous countryside in the short one week time we had in England. We began our journey on a direct flight from Denver (In the early 2000’s ,Denver really took off as …
In the last blog, post I briefly mentioned that we went to St. Petersburg, Russia while cruising the Baltic Nations in 2015. I wanted to make sure I gave enough space and time to share our journey in Russia, so, as promised, here is an entire blog post dedicated to St. Petersburg! Before we talk …
In 2015 we went for a European Baltic nations cruise with Royal Caribbean—by far the best cruise experience we ever had. This was all around a wonderful experience learning about different cultures. It was almost like a cultural immersion experience even though we were only in each country for a day or two. We decided …
We decided to spend part of summer 2012 in Spain. As always, I booked this trip months in advance. We flew to Barcelona via Air Canada, from Denver to Toronto, and on to Barcelona. Spain is a vast nation of autonomous regions. This was quite evident as we moved around the country—culture is different from …
In 2010 we decided to take a family vacation to Italy during the kids’ spring break. As always, I wanted to make sure we planned a trip that was memorable and exciting for both of our kids. I also wanted to make sure we had a unique experience in Italy. About three months before our …