Vienna Anthony Bourdain filmed 2 seasons of The Cook’s Tour and was 7 seasons into “No Reservations” before he made it to Vienna. He admitted to avoiding it due to not being a fan of pastry and sweets (and even makes a disparaging comment about pastry chefs in general). Once …
Prague II: And way leads on to way… which sometimes means getting a little lost. Since we don’t have data turned on for the phones (it turned out to be horribly expensive, over $300 in the first week of travel), a good map was a necessity (although John hates it …
Czech Republic/ Prague The train from Munich to Prague took 6 hours, so we splurged for 1st class tickets. We expected more legroom, reclining seats, service for snacks and coffee. We got slightly wider, more comfortable seats, no legroom, not even a working café car (“because of COVID” – but other …
Germany Part II: With the Netherlands and Denmark declining to accept American tourists, we decided to go with – plan “M” – maybe plan “N”? I forget how many redirects and revisions we’ve made to our travel plans, so we are sticking with rule #1: be flexible. So back to …
Belgium The getting there aspect from Koblenz, Germany: Two train changes carrying luggage, and since the reserved seat markers had a glitch, sometimes we’d find a seat and then soon discover it was reserved, so then we need to get up and find new seats. Luckily, John and I got seats …
Germany Luckily, no issues going through Customs since we had filled out the proper documentation and were fully vaccinated. The PCR results were in by Tuesday morning, but they did not check the results, just our vaccination cards and the locator form. After a few bad stops and starts with …
Galveston: preparing to leave Traveling to Europe has always been fun and exciting for me, with occasional language barriers, but there have always been friendly locals helping me along. When we booked our tickets to Europe in the early summer, Europe had opened to all Americans, with some countries requiring …
Days 124-125, Feb. 20th-21st: I almost forgot about Wellington! We had a sea day as we sailed along the coast to Wellington, New Zealand. The coast remained off our starboard side and we watched hundreds of gannets and other seabirds during yet another lifeboat drill. This one we gathered in …
Some enchanted evening…. Day 108, Feb. 2nd: No “health report” from the bridge today concerning the intestinal infection going around– hopefully that means things are getting better. Fingers crossed they reopen the gym and casino soon – I’m going into withdrawals without the gym (and the coffee station, Viktoria our …
Day 48, Dec. 4th: We woke on the ship in port – no fog today to cause any delays. It’s funny watching the other passengers on disembarkation morning. A lot of people take all of their luggage to the dining room. Even if walking off, you’re not leaving until 7:45 …