What’s the windmill saying?

“Ik ben op het werk.” At least that’s how we think you’d say “I’m at work” in Dutch. Today we visited Kinderdijk, which has the largest concentration of windmills remaining in The Netherlands (there used to be 10,000 in the country; now there are 950). We learned that how the blades are set sends a [...]

The City Inside the Walls

Posted by Sierra Red gabled roofs, walls guarding the town, and schneeballen. Where can these things be found? The first two are found, well … lots of places. But the latter is a Rothenburgian specialty; I’ll let Mom reveal the “nature” of them later. Rothenburg is a small town in Bavaria, Germany. It is picturesque [...]

Loosening up for the long flight

With the New York City skyline as a backdrop, Daria — under Sierra’s careful supervision — does some airport yoga in Newark. We’re in Charlotte now, waiting to board our flight to Frankfurt. The airport has free wi-fi (thumbs up) but won’t let you access beer sites (thumbs down).

Trip Part 1, By the Numbers

Today is the 100th day of our adventure. So here are a few numbers for you: Number of Provinces and Territories Visited: 8 provinces, 1 territory Number of States Visited: 24 Number of New States for Sierra: 3 (Idaho, Oregon, and Maine) Number of Times Canada-United States Border Crossed: 12 Number of Time Zones: 6 [...]

Best (and Worst) of the Trip, Part 1

We, the Hieronymus/Labinsky family, have decided to put together a “Best (and Worst) of the Trip” list. There will be four lists, each for a leg of our trip, and this is the first one. Best Meal: beerbistro, Toronto Best RV-Cooked Meal: Pasta With Red Peppers and Tomato Sauce (Sierra calls it Tomato-Pepper Pasta) Worst [...]

New Jersey Cardboard Boat Races

Posted by Stan We might drive slowly, but when you log more than 14,000 miles in about three months, then you are breaking the “rules” of Slow Travel: Slow down, immerse yourself in the local culture and avoid the fast pace of rushing from one guidebook “must-see” to the next. We expect the pace to [...]

A Connecticut Castle

Posted by Sierra Atop one of the “Seven Sisters,” the seven hills in East Haddam, Connecticut, sits Gillette Castle. Completed in 1919, the “Castle,” also called the “Seventh Sister” took 5 men 20 years to build. The estate was personally designed by actor/director/playwright William Gillette, who is best known for his role as Sherlock Holmes [...]

The Five-Minute Guide to Canada

Posted by Daria Don’t have time to read much? Well, here’s a quick and easy guide to the Canadian provinces and territories, roughly in the order in which we visited them. As a special treat, it includes a sampling of the winners in the “Hieronymus/Labinsky Best of the First Leg of Our Trip” Poll. British [...]

Acadia is Different

Posted by Daria Acadia National Park is definitely different from what we’re used to in the way of national parks. Most of it is on Mount Desert (de-SERT) Island, but it only takes up about half of the island’s land, so there are houses and businesses and small industrial sites in among the parklands. On [...]

Not Your Average Mall

Posted by Sierra Splash in the water, scream on a roller coaster, show off your figure skating moves, and shop! You can do all this, and much more, at the West Edmonton Mall. Located in Edmonton, Alberta, the mall is somewhere between the first- and fourth-largest in the world (due to confusion of sources, I’m [...]

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