Looking to save some money? Try this. Don’t rent a car. Find a city that is walkable, with good public transportation. There are many cities both in the US and abroad that are “walkable”. Another savings tip? Check out “City Pass” or some other savings card for the city you Read more…
I got to show Teresa some of my childhood memories in Colorado and now it was her turn to show my Galveston, Texas Galveston, Texas We live on the gulf coast. The gulf on this side is different, more arid. Of course, there is more oil production in this area. Read more…
Welcome to Daytona Florida and Daytona Beach. It is home to the Daytona 500, which has it’s history linked to the historic beach you can drive still drive on. We had traveled around and walked on many beaches, but none that would let passenger cars and trucks on it. We Read more…
Prague – Do we have to leave? We got up and had a full day planned. Okay, not planned planned, but there were things we wanted to do. I mentioned geocaching earlier. Well, the device that had the cache details now busted and experience tells us that finding a cache Read more…
Prague – Tick Tock Ding We woke up about an hour before our stop. We were excited to get to Prague. Our friends and colleagues who had been there raved about it. I had done a lot of research of where to stay too. I had been on a couple Read more…
Budapest and the Train to Prague It was nice to wake up in a bed. We packed and went down for breakfast. We would have to check out and store our luggage until it was time to leave for the train station. I made arrangements for a taxi to take Read more…
Budapest, Hungary – Beware of Gypsies and Taxi Drivers The train stopped at nearly every station along the way and Teresa and I both found sleep, albeit light. Often, I was aware of the stop, but barely, trying to sleep. This stop was no different, or was it? *Knock Knock* Read more…
Sighişoara and catching the Train to Hungary Sighişoara (say Siggy-swary) is, according to many of the our books and websites, the best preserved medieval town in all of Europe. We hoped it would live up to it’s hype. It was about a one and a half to two hour drive Read more…
To Brasov and the Transylvania Area We awoke to grey skies. No worries though because we had packed for cold, warm, and wet weather. We got dressed, packed and then went down to eat in the hotel. After breakfast we went into the small attached shopping area and bought a Read more…
Entering Bucharest, Romania How to avoid Jetlag: Sleep on the plane when flying east (and stay awake when you get there until night time). When traveling west, stay awake on the plane. Yes, that works. The flight to Romania was not too bad. Our flights itineraries matched, though Teresa flew Read more…