travel beyond the obvious
While a Central Europe itinerary can include a number of countries, my three-week road trip in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Vienna, and Krakow was a great way to explore this fascinating – and often overlooked Read More …
All my life I have heard my father talk about his time in the army when he was stationed in Berlin. It is a place I have always wanted to visit with him and I Read More …
You can see Hohensalzburg Fortress from all over the city, so why am I having so much trouble finding the funicular that will take me there? At last we find it! We buy our tickets Read More …
It takes us awhile to find it, but Rick Steves is correct and there is a stop for bus 840 to Berchtesgaden. It looks as if we have about ½ hour before it arrives, so Read More …
Despite the train’s relative comfort, we are both tired when we arrive in Salzburg. I can’t wait to get to the hotel! Thus it is especially frustrating to find that the train station is being Read More …
It was a college seminar and it was the single best/most important/transformative experience I had in four years of college in that it made the wider world a real place in a way that no Read More …