Leaving Belfast, we took the Dublin Express bus. This was a comfortable ~2.5 hour ride that took us directly to Dublin centre. From there, the DART train whisked us to within 1/2 block of our hotel. For 5 nights, we … Continue reading
We arrived in Belfast after spending 2 1/2 weeks on a family vacation in England (perhaps later I’ll post a bit on some new things we did there). A quick British Airways flight took us from London Heathrow to the … Continue reading
As with all of our European trips, we spent a few days at each end of the trip in London with our girl Kristin. Here are a few highlights of our time there. We visited the National Portrait Gallery one … Continue reading
The history of European Christmas Markets dates back to the 1200’s, although the open air markets of the Middle Ages with street vendors selling their wares around the holidays are often considered to be the forerunner of the markets as … Continue reading
Leaving Delft (somewhat reluctantly), we took a 25 minute train trip to Leiden, the city that we chose for our second home base in the Netherlands. Leiden has approximately 120,000 residents, In Leiden, we stayed at the Steenhof Suites Boutique … Continue reading
We are on our annual fall Europe trip. We spent a fun few days in London – but I will blog about that after we return there next week. From London, we took a quick British Air flight to Schipol … Continue reading
We spent the last week of our trip to Eastern Europe in Athens, the capital city of Greece. It is believed that Athens has been inhabited for 5000 years. The ‘Golden Age’ of Athens between 480 – 400 BC was … Continue reading
We had never heard of the city of Thessaloniki, Greece before planning this trip. We were looking for somewhere to relax for a few days between the business of Istanbul and Athens and Thessaloniki popped up. It was a great … Continue reading
After our great time in Budapest, we journeyed to Istanbul, Turkey. To travel to Turkey, visitors must obtain a tourist visa. This is easily done on-line – be sure to go to the official Republic of Turkey website. It’s a … Continue reading
About a week ago, we spent five days in Budapest, the capital of Hungary. This was our first time in the city and we were very impressed with it. Budapest has nearly two million people and is a sprawling metropolis, … Continue reading
A Long and Winding Journey 