All roads lead to Rome! We spent the first half of the day in Florence. Laszlo lead our group into the museum where we saw the famous David sculpture. There were others cultures from Michelangelo in there as well including what he called the “prisoners”. Michelangelo, as a sculptor, said Read more
We are off to a very early morning. After we loaded back on the bus, we went back to Venice. Today was St Marks Square and Cathedral. Here we were told that if a pigeon “drops” on you, it is good luck. I tell you, with the number of birds Read more
This morning, we left a Austria for Venice Italy. We stopped below the Dolomites and had to hot Cocoa’s for a mere 7000 lira. Note, one US dollar was approximately 2100 Lira at the time of this writing. I find myself sleeping a lot on the bus and I’m sure Read more
We are on our way to Austria, Innsbrook to be exact. We went through mountain pass heading towards Liechtenstein. We went through a pass near the top of Innsbrook pass in the Swiss Alps where we stopped for lunch. Again our tour guide Laszlo recommended a couple of small shops Read more
Teresa has a cold. We are not staying in Lucerne, but in a mountain ski resort called Engelberg at the -TressHotel. During the summers, it is slow. I went to the pharmacy in this little ski town and did my best I could. Teresa did make the morning tour and Read more
We are on our way to the Black Forest then on to Lucerne Switzerland. The houses is in a black forest are quite unique with many flowerbeds and gardens in the windows. I think this part of the trip was what excited me the most. I remember our trips in Read more
Oh my god it is too early, we were up before the sun, trying to get a jump on traffic. We are leaving the Netherlands on our way to Rhineland Germany. We made a Quick stop in Cologne Germany. It was enough time to take a tour of the cathedral. Read more
We are now on our way to the Netherlands and Amsterdam. Our tour guide has set up a rotation on the bus. The people sitting in front in the front seats will move back a row and those in the back seats will move up to the front. It gives Read more
We left this morning around 8 AM, heading to Brussels. We stopped at a town called Reims. Reims has played an important role in French history as the Cathedral was the site of many coronations of French monarchs. The Cathedral was heavily damaged in WW II and has since been Read more
We woke up early. Teresa was feeling much better. We took a morning tour after breakfast. We went to Notre Dame, I was surprised that they allowed us to take pictures and video inside. The cathedral is huge and very beautiful. The street vendors were hocking their wares and the Read more