Our first day of exploring Oslo. We have a list of want-to-see’s so we’ll try to hit them all over the next 4 days. Since…
We left Bergen at around 9am today for our long drive to Oslo. This is about 7hrs 30min so a real long day behind the…
Woke bright and early this morning to the sound of backhoes, shovels, dump truck unloading gravel and the suck-a-sack crew busy putting the pipeline together….
Sunday is a good day to walk around a Scandinavian city, almost everything except restaurants, is closed. Here in Bergen everything is closed except restaurants,…
Ended our stay in Alesund so off early for our 7hr drive to Bergen. Raining today, temp is about 500, light traffic due to it…
According to the Norwegians, Alesund translates to “thank you” in English. Perhaps this comes from Alesund being Norway’s capital of dried cod exporting or maybe…
Most of you probably knew this would happen, we (I) found a German bunker located in Alesund. Collette was thrilled! Located at the top of…
Just a short 2hr drive from Alesund is the Geirangerfjord. This is one of, if not the, most visited fjord in Norway. Formed millions of…
Made it to the apartment in Alesund after about 6hrs 30min driving. Traffic was a bit heavy coming into town right around 5pm so it…
Checking out of Jamtland (center of Sweden) time to drive to Norway but not before me and the Misses see the great symbol of the…
Couple of notes from our driving time in Sweden. Before we left, we read in many brochures and websites that the Scandinavian driver is typically…
Yet another early start to our day but not before a fabulous breakfast of eggs, bacon, potatoes and my favorite, fry bread! Today we’re heading…
Got an early start today to make the 6hr 45min drive from Stockholm to Krokom. We picked up our rental car at the airport so…
Great nights sleep and back out on the streets. Our hotel has been just perfect, quiet, clean and a king size bed! Can’t ask for…
So, first impressions of Stockholm, big city, lots of people rushing from point A to point B, lots of restaurants and pubs (thank ya Jesus!)…
So, after a long night flying, a long day strolling around Reykjavik and a long evening flying, we’re finally in Stockholm. We arrived about 15…
Start of a great adventure. But, not all great adventures start great. Nothing like a little cubed, processed cheese and a vodka & ???? to…
I know, this is the third time I’ve used this phrase to intro our adventure, but this one is different. This intro is in honor…
First let me start by saying I really don’t like the trend in writing articles for public consumption that start with “5 Wonderful Days in….”…
Thinking of going to France this year to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the D-Day landings? You’re not alone! The 70th anniversary of D-Day saw…
Managed to get through the market without buying too much. We did buy some candies and figs but decided to hold out for a restaurant…
Grabbed an Uber and headed down to the Boqueria Market, the most famous market in Barcelona. Since 1836 this market has been the nerve center…
Tomorrow we head to our hotel room at the airport and ready for the long journey back to Colorado. It’s been a great trip, went…
Got to the apartment and found everything as advertised, nice place. We’re around the corner from a main street in Barcelona so not too noisy…
Segways are really a neat invention. If you can stand, I know that’s difficult for some, you can ride a Segway. They stay balanced, turn…
Out early today to go to the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Spain’s national gallery of 20th century art. The gallery was named…
Thought we’d post a few pics of Madrid for your viewing pleasure. Weather has been pretty good here, occasional rain but nothing heavy. Temps have…
Toledo, Spain is an ancient walled city dating back to around 193BC. It is located on a peninsula of the Tagus river some 40+ miles…
Although Madrid has much to offer, occasionally it’s fun to venture off to other cities to get a feel for the countryside. We signed up…
No visit to Madrid would be complete without seeing a Flamenco show. Flamenco is actually a UNESCO declared Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of…
Lisbon is a great city to get lost in. Just walking around the streets, and hills, there are lots of unadvertised spots that make the…
Because we don’t have a lot of time in Lisbon, we decided to do a tour of the nearby towns with a guide. Reasonably priced…
First day in Lisbon, the kids made it in with no problems, so now we’re off to see the city. Usually we take the Hop-On…
If you’ve never flown Ryan Air, it can be a bit of a mystery. We’ve flown this airline several times and it is still a…
It’s been a long but very good time here in Italy, six weeks total. From our first apartment in Lake Como to our last B&B…
OK, so you already know about the great eruption of 79AD that basically put a damper on life for people living south of Mt. Vesuvius….
Where the hell is Herculaneum? Well, it was a small harbor town located about 5 miles south of Naples. I say “was” because it is…
Way back in 64AD there was this fire, pretty big, so big that it destroyed all of the center of Rome. The fire raged for…
Every once in a while things just seem to come together. Last night we decided to have dinner out, a rare occasion for us, and…
So not every day is a touring day. Some days we just got out of the house and wandered around not looking for anything in…
Today’s quest will be Villa Adriana, Hadrian’s villa, located about 25 miles north of Rome. We’re planning on using that ever so valuable weekly bus…
Of all the places we planned to see while in Rome, Ostia Antica was #1 on my list. Having already seen the usual tourist sites,…