Written on August 25, 2018 in
Hungary
Last day in Hungary! Our last excursion in Hungary was a bus trip to a town with medieval origins – Pecs. Arriving in the port of Mohacs, we were to be transferred by bus to Pecs. However, due to the low water conditions mentioned previously, our disembarkation process was not as easy as “hey, walk...
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Written on August 24, 2018 in
Hungary
Day 3 is the day we will be boarding our boat, although with the drought and very low water levels, our boat is unable to come to Budapest. (There are several boats docked, that have been stuck in the dock for 10 to 14 days.) Therefore, we’ll be shuttled to our boat via bus (about...
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Written on August 23, 2018 in
Hungary
Day 2 started with a really over-booked breakfast. It was so over-booked, they opened up the bar downstairs, and moved us (and everyone after us) down to the second location. After breakfast we had a City Tour where we got to see quite a bit of the City, starting on the Pest side which included...
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Written on August 22, 2018 in
Hungary
Embarking on yet another adventure! Our first flight – Kansas City to Chicago – was uneventful. Rushed through Chicago due to our 53 minute layover only to find that our plane was delayed by 1:10. No worries, right?! We had a 4 hour layover in Toronto anyway. Wellllll… as we stopped moving on the ta...
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Written on November 24, 2017 in
Italy
This is an “After-the-Fact” post. Our first full day in Rome, started with one of the most unique experiences we’ve had to date – we visited the Necropoli of the Vatican! This is a very limited tour (they only let a small number of people in per day), so we had made our reservations /...
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Written on November 23, 2017 in
Italy
This is an “After-the-Fact” post. We were in Rome nine years ago for a very brief two days, and we always said we would like to visit again, so here we are!! To our friends and family back home, Happy Thanksgiving! After checking into the hotel, we took it easy in the afternoon in anticipation...
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Written on November 22, 2017 in
Italy
This is an “After-the-Fact” post. We normally don’t report on Day 0, which is the day we leave Kansas City but this trip is an exception. Departure was Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving. This is usually one of the WORST days for air travel, and the local news showed clips of long lines of people...
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Written on September 25, 2017 in
Portugal
This is an “After-the-Fact” post. Thank you for your patience, but this specific post is generally a place-holder until we can come back in and provide a proper post for this visit.
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Written on April 1, 2016 in
Sweden
Stockholm is a city in the flush of its second youth. Since the mid-1990s, Sweden’s capital has emerged from its cold, Nordic shadow to take the stage as a truly international city. What started with entry into the European Union in 1995 gained pace with the extraordinary IT boom of the late 1990s, strengthened with...
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This is an “After-the-Fact” post. Thank you for your patience, but this specific post is generally a place-holder until we can come back in and provide a proper post for this visit.
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