A quick flight on Aer Lingus from Dublin to the Netherlands landed me at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam in the early evening. I had to check my backpack because Aer Lingus is not friendly for carry-on baggage, so after I pick it up at the baggage area, I have to figure out how to get…
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The Land of Éire
We said goodbye to the Azores on Thursday morning, traveling from Porta Delgada to mainland Portugal, landing in Lisbon. Two hours later, we’re on an international flight to Ireland. My seat mate was a young mother from Brazil who now lives on the outskirts of Dublin. We had a great conversation – me, what was…
And the adventure begins
This is my first trip traveling as an adult with my Auntie Carol. That, in itself, has been an adventure and it’s only day two! My cousin said one must be prepared when vacaying with Carol. She wasn’t kidding! Auntie is like a cross between a drill sergeant and Jiminy Cricket… Keeping everyone on schedule,…
THE START OF EUROADVEN 2025
I started a new adventure on Saturday when I left Memphis International for a month-long excursion across the pond. After a quick layover in Atlanta, I was headed to Heathrow onboard a packed Delta flight… at least that’s what they kept saying, but my fellow row mate and I were lucky with no one seated…
Back to Germany
Steven is ready to head home so we decided that we would try for the weekly BWI rotator flight on Tuesday out of Ramstein AFB. We’re to check out of the Moxy in Lausanne, Switzerland on Saturday, Oct. 15, and I really didn’t want to spend the entire weekend in Ramstein waiting for the flight…
Old Town Lausanne
The next day we woke and went down for breakfast that was included with our room. This hotel puts on a spread and it’s simply wonderful. Europeans sure know how to eat well! The hotel manager tells us to take the subway up one stop and we’ll be in Old Town without having to climb…
Change of Plans
After we left Artena, Italy on Wednesday, the plan was to head further down the country to the Calabria region to visit the city of Cosenza, the location where Steven’s grandmother was born. I had really wanted to find information on Catarina Stano for her last surviving daughter, Steven’s Aunt Mary, but he felt that…
Home of the Honored
First Look After leaving Rome on Sunday, a short 40 kilometers or 25 miles, we found ourselves in the ancient town of Artena, Italy. A “suburb” of Rome, Artena is really two cities. You have the lower half of the town, still old in years, but more modern. Then you have the upper part of…
The Eternal City – part 2
Yesterday’s walk took a toll on Steven, so he told me today that he didn’t want to do a bunch of walking – which meant I had to get him to where I wanted to be… then walk him. So on day two in Rome, we… I decided to pay for tickets for the Hop…
The Eternal City
At the train station in Milan, we had to get seat reservations to travel to Rome. I had already purchased a seven-day Europass to travel wherever we wanted… a choice of 33 countries. We have a month to travel to use those days up… you could go through three countries in one day if you…
And Life Goes On... 