Sleepy Little Cochem Germany
We spent 3 nights in the cute little town of Cochem on the Mosel river. It was nice to slow down a bit and we really relaxed here. We had our first traditional German...
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Surprising Trier Germany
We stopped in Trier for the night since it was on the route and spent the morning exploring. What a great surprise. This former Roman city of Augusta Treverorum is considered Germany’s oldest city. It...
Windmills and World War II
We left Amsterdam and headed south to Zaanse Schans a kind of Windmill restoration area and the next day saw a World War II Cemetery and stopped near Bastogne where part of the battle...
Amsterdam! It’s OK.
We spent four nights in Amsterdam and maybe I was expecting too much but it was just OK for me. It does have a very large old town around the central canals which is...
Netherlands: Big Dykes, Delft Blue, Vermeer, & Tulips
After Belgium, we made a quick stop at one of the many eco-friendly storm surge barriers (modern dykes) on the North Sea. We also took a tour of the Delft factory and made an...
Champagne and Waffles
From Paris we made a quick stop in Reims in the Champagne Region of France and spent 3 nights in Belgium. We loved our home base of Brugge and liked the college town of...
5 Low Key Days in Paris
Karen and I arrived first and spent two nights in the Latin Quarter and then one night near Disneyland Paris. We were then joined by my mom and my aunt; both nearing 80 and...