From Amsterdam we bused our way through Belgium, stopping only to quickly buy the last of the best chocolates. Actually I prefer good old Cadb...

What a great place Amsterdam is. You want it, you can get it here in Amsterdam. I'm not into smoking pot, but I did spend a short time in one of th...

The long bus ride never bothered me. I had my eyes glued to the large viewing windows most of the time watching all the wonderful scenery go by. Th...

Lucerne. I bought a pair of binoculars, a watch and seven Swiss Army knives here. I still have the watch although several bands have been worn out ...

I had my 30th birthday in Austria; Hofgarten in the Tyrol to be exact. I had at plenty of schnapps that night! I danced with our tour guide Jules a...

Mauthausen. This place, although very interesting, was highly emotional. The film you get to view makes your stomach turn because of the horror sto...

Afterwards we had some great steins of beer at a Hoffbrau House where some lovely dancing girls were a great treat for the eyes. Or maybe I wa...

Vienna, birthplace of so many extraordinarily talented people. Composers, musicians, scientists, philosophers. A magical city to look around and en...

Venice! I loved this place. Some people say that the canals smell off, but I didn't think so at all. The canals were gorgeous and the ride on a gon...

Scorching heat made Rome a bit of a task, but lucky for me I love heat and love to walk. Lisa and I were bounding through the streets at a good ste...

158 tunnels between the French/Italian border and Pisa. Remember that fact, you might win a bottle of champagne like I did. Of course we did t...

From Paris we hit the road to Monaco. The Chateau de Fontain Bleu was a huge estate with lovely gardens that the Germans used during WWII. The lake...

Departed London early for France. How disorganised the Contiki start was. The hotel in London was full of other travellers mingling around, coming ...

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English county of Wiltshire, about 8 miles (13 km) north of Salisbury. One of the most famous p...

Now Dublin was a great place. Kilmainhem Gaol was very interesting. It was closed in 1924 and used in the film "In the name of the father". There w...

I remember this place called Sligo because it was here that I watched the Mars Rover transmit the first pictures from Mars. We sat in our nice hote...

A great night's sleep and shower before heading to Galway. We had travelled through the barren landscape of The Burren, a rocky area that used to b...

Ireland was becoming quite picturesque and enjoyable. A jaunting horse cart ride through the gorgeous manicured gardens of Muckross House was super...

Travellers were exchanged and we had a four hour ferry trip to Rosslare, Ireland. Our first stop was at McDonald's for a feed. We were starving. Th...

Back on the bus and a long drive to Llanelli, Wales. We had a great dinner there and listened intently to the sound of the Mountain Male Choir...

Chester is a nice place. Did some shopping and really loved the old Tudor buildings. 17th and 18th century houses and Roman ruins. Chester actually...

After shopping at Safeway for lunch we travelled further to Loch Lomond and went for a cruise. Lovely scenery surrounded us. We were shown where Ro...

Distilleries are always worht seeing aren't they? We went to the one at Lochnager near Balmoral Castle. We weren't interested in the tour that talk...

Travelled thru York. Rainy days. Saw the Viking Jorvick Museum, which was a good ride, but the Clifford Tower was a bit of a let down. York Dungeon...

Stratford-Upon-Avon graced us with lovely weather. We saw "The World of Shakespeare" and it was just okay. A stroll around the town was cool. We ch...

Windsor Castle looked nice, but not inviting enough for us to bother going in. Lisa and I just walked around town and checked out the locals. The m...

Now this was a city worth seeing. I was blown away by the ingenuity of the Romans. They considered everything, except of course the lead in the wat...

Heathrow Airport is huge! I really liked London. I was there with my wife and we did all the usual things like Madame Tussauds Wax Museum, The Plan...