We took the train from Bordesholm to Hamburg to Stuttgart the day after our fossil adventure.  It was relaxing for us.  We shared a table w…

Møns Klint is amazing! Translated, it means the cliffs of Mon (an island). These chalk cliffs are similar to the white cliffs of Dover, formed at …

Michele and I were super excited to go to Denmark for two reasons: 1) a new country! and 2) fossils!!!  We were headed to Møns Klint - chalk cl…

Happy Easter!  A light dusting of snow greeted us for our Easter breakfast.  I love the rolls, meats, cheeses, and quark.  They even h…

The Viking Museum in Haddeby houses a collection of artifacts that were found in excavations of the nearby Haithabu Viking settlement. This settleme…

We expressed interest in visiting a Viking Museum and it turns out this one was open even on Easter Sunday!  We drove up to Schleswig - the muse…

We woke up to a cold, rainy/snowy day.  Michele and I wanted to go shopping, so after another wonderful breakfast we all drove to Kiel to the ma…

We almost missed our train because I got us on the wrong bus!  We had to RUN down Konigstrasse with our bags.  The bus did eventually go to…

Somehow we ended up taking an earlier train so we arrived in Munich about 20 mintues ahead of schedule.  We were meeting my relatives that I've …

If you want to experience a German beer hall, visit the Hofbrauhaus. It is a bit touristy, but you can still find a lot of locals there as well. It…

Since I planned most of the trip, I asked Michele to plan the Austria portion - including Vienna and anything else she would like to see on our way b…

The Abbey in Melk sits up on rock overlooking the town of Melk and the Danube Valley. The monastery dates back to about 1089 but the current buildin…

We took the train from Vienna to Melk where Michele wanted to see the Abbey.  We stowed our bags in the lockers in the train station and wandere…

We arrived in Vienna around 9 in the morning (by night train) and worked our way to our pension.  I was so organized with everything we needed, …

We stayed in the Dr. Geissler Pension and had a wonderful experience. The pension is located just one metro stop from the downtown and Stephansdom c…

We took the metro back to the Colosseum and when we reached the surface we were greeted by those souvenir sellers - this time selling umbrellas.&nbsp…

If I had known how much time would be spent waiting in lines today, I would have taken some anti-cranky pills first.  We got off the metro and w…

We got our tickets to the ruins of Pompeii and headed in.  You get a map of the city with numbered sites marked and a corresponding booklet…

We got to the train station a little early to get our seat reservations but had some problems with the language barrier.  We thought the ticket …

Before coming to Rome, we had read many horror stories of theives, gypsies and pickpockets, so we were paranoid.  We thought maybe if we just tr…

We made a super quick stop in Pisa, dropping our bags at the train station and taking the bus to the Field of Miracles.  We were dropped off in …

Hotel Kennedy is located a few blocks from the Termini train station, making it an excellent home base. It was easy to find and the staff very frien…

We arrived at Riomaggiore after 8pm, so all was dark.  But as soon as we stepped off the train, we could hear the surf crashing on the rocks bel…

Edi's Rooms is actually a room-finding service. They have about 20 rooms and apartments you can rent, most with an ocean view. We inquired and book…

I woke up to (trains) screeching and (cars) honking.  Ah, yes, I'm in Italy.  That bed was the most comfortable youth hostel bed I've ever …

Youth Hostel Bolzano is a wonderful, clean place to stay. The beds are like heaven (which says alot for bunkbeds!). The rooms are 1, 3 or 4 bed roo…

They say to get to the airport three hours early for international flights, and well, we were flying to Frankfurt, so we got to the airport three hou…

Europe Blog 10.03.08 I am trying to stay awake so I’ll be tired enough to sleep on the plane tomorrow.  That is the best way I’ve found to…