Category: World Travel

Florence is a fascinating city that has a large city look and feel, except that all the buildings are ancient! I love this. Also, there are ancient and magnificent statues{...}

We could not have been more pleased with Venice!! It was  a wonderful, romantic step back in time. It’s like no place else we’ve ever been. All of the streets are{...}

On our journey through Europe, from Amsterdam, down through Brussels/Cologne/Luxembourg/Zurich and into Italy, we started with Milan. Actually, Italy started with Venice!! Milan just happened to be a good place{...}

In beautiful Switzerland, we had an eventful arrival into Zürich at the border. The customs officers boarded our bus, walked thru checking everyone’s passports and asking us basic questions. They{...}

On our Backpacking Through Europe Adventure: 9 countries, 14 days, 24 hours in Luxembourg was our 4th stop. Thinking we were coming and going from Central Station in Luxembourg, we decided to{...}

3rd (and short) stop on our Backpacking Through Europe Adventure: 9 countries, 14 days is Cologne, Germany. This was a short stop, but exceptional. The Cologne Cathedral is massive and we{...}

Wow! Loved the city center with cobble stone streets, all of the old buildings and exquisite architecture. Lots of whimsical art sprinkled throughout the city on the buildings. We stayed{...}

Amsterdam is the 1st stop on our Backpacking Through Europe Adventure: 9 countries, 14 days. It was to be the 2nd, but I’ll refrain from ranting about our disappointing airline delay.{...}

This is our dream trip with a little tweaking. Big Dog and I have said for years that we were going to Italy for our 30th anniversary. We planned on{...}

As mentioned in my post Backpacking Through Europe Adventure: 9 countries, 14 days, Big Dog and I have been wanting to go to Italy, and also London and Paris, for years! At{...}