Let the Christmas markets begin
Posted by Stan Less than a week after we were basking in the sun in Dubrovnik we were cold but happy in Vienna, visiting the Wiener Christkindlmarkt. We drank Glüwein, shopped for ornaments, ate pastries and hauled home more for breakfast the next morning. A good time was had by all. The Christkindlmarkt is one [...]
The Canyon Under the Earth
Posted by Sierra I’m sure you’ve all heard of Mammoth Caves in Kentucky, and I’ll probably write about those caves when we visit them in March-ish. But right now we’re in Europe, and I’m going to tell you about Skocjan Caves in Slovenia. Now, we’ve visited another cave on this trip (in France, see The [...]
Our 15 Minutes in Bosnia …
Posted by Daria If you had told us that we were going to visit Bosnia & Herzegovina, a country that in the U.S. is usually preceded by the adjective “war-torn,” I’d have wondered what the heck you were talking about. Yet, there we were at the Bosnia-Herzegovina border, handing a Sydney Greenstreet look-alike our passports. [...]
When in Rome …
Posted by Sierra When asked to name two great European cities, many people will name Paris and Rome. We’ve already been to Paris, and I wrote a post about it (Ooh, La La!). But I haven’t written about Rome. So here are the highlights, area by area: ANCIENT ROME The name says it all. Full [...]
The Not-So-Great-Flood
Posted by Sierra 6:00 PM, Thursday, October 23, 2008- The Slow Travelers trudge through their albergo door after a long day. They have finished an 11km hike through all of the Cinque Terre (Five Towns: Riomaggiore, Manarola, Corniglia, Vernazza, Monterosso). They miraculously found a supermarket and also managed to get back to the hotel. Sierra [...]
Our latest desktop background
Posted by Stan It has turned out to be too difficult to update our Flickr feed during the European part of our adventure (connections, time, stuff like that). So maybe in December and January. But I did want to share a couple of photos. You can click on them to see them full size at [...]