Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg on May 27th, 2018
Today was our last day in Germany, as we’re headed to France to primarily spend a few days in Paris (with a quick stopover in Reims). Heidelberg to Reims is about a 4 hour drive; so, we scouted some not-so-out-of-the-way options to break up the trip and settled on Trier, Germany en route. It’s the […]
Posted in Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, England, Europe, France, Germany, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Poland, Slovakia, Switzerland, United Kingdom, Wales on Jul 7th, 2012
All in all, this was a very successful trip. While the pace was a bit hurried (I think we could have easily used an extra day in every hotel location, save St.Gallen), we did very well in terms of improving our country count, managed to visit mostly new places, and never felt as though we […]
Posted in France, Germany, Luxembourg, Rental Car, Switzerland on Jun 24th, 2012
We had a slightly later than intended departure, as I opted to move Emerson’s car seat from the side to the middle of the rear seat in an effort to avoid issues of motion sickness (my theory: this would reduce movement and improve sightlines). It also took us a little longer than usual to procure […]
Posted in Belgium, Germany, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Rental Car on Jun 23rd, 2012
We departed Allen House at 4:30am for Heathrow and our early morning flight to Dusseldorf, Germany. The flight was uneventful and on-time, arriving in Dusseldorf a little after 9:30am. We proceeded quickly through passport control, though we nearly missed baggage claim, which would have sent all of us out of the secured area. That would […]