Some things that we loved, hated, and couldn’t have done without, as well as just interesting observations. Loves: *The food was quite yummy, even if we had no idea sometimes what we were ordering as the menu was in another language! To luck we could figure out the “main” ingredient usually even though “chicken” or “pork” was different in each language too! *Slow pace: it couldn’t get much slower but it set the pace for everything else. It really was relaxing but it did take a little time to get used to the slow and then back to fast once you are home again. *The views were amazing, whether it was city or country or somewhere between--loved the variety of the landscape and the flowers and ruins. *Europe in general has a serious commitment to wind energy and solar energy; everywhere we went were fields of windmills and solar panels, and many houses have solar panels affixed to their roofs! *We loved that some side view mirrors were autom...
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July 20 Epilogue.... the "father unit" weighs in... I did not take the time to read "the blog" while on our trip - just did last eve/this morn.... and... thank you, Cheryl - you captured the journey quite well ala' "The Notebook" style... so we can share with all who wish to read and can help us remember in the future.... you made the comment a few times that pictures can't really do justice to what you see and not sure words can capture what you feel... but you did a great job at it By the numbers... · 13,042 kilometers on/in the VW Golf = 8,100 plus miles (10 days of that --- about ¼ = "left side" driving in the UK/Ireland) · up/down mountains/hills (literally in/out of the clouds in Austria), through "city streets" (many would not classify as even an alley in the US), some we had to pull in side view mirrors to fit threw, one time we had to pull in the si...
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July 15 We hated to leave as the grands have grown so much in these weeks we were gone but we needed to get home to get back to a routine again. Andrew and Cheryl both report back to work on Monday, Cheryl at Cedar Crest, and Andrew, ironically enough, in Toronto, Canada, where he’ll be working through the end of the year. More “international” travel for him!! Reflections: It was a long time to be gone but Andrew’s travel keeps our days together to the weekends. It is our choice and it works but having nearly 7 weeks together, literally within sight except for restroom breaks(!) is great for the soul. Even after the “incident” and Cheryl REALLY wanted to go home, Andrew was there and it was okay. :) In Hamburg, walking in extremely close proximity to riot police with machine guns, Andrew was there and it was fine. Another church or castle or Roman ruin or random store? Cheryl was there and it was fine. :) The trip gave us a wo...
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July 14 We were up and gone early. Too early for the car rental as we had to wait for them to open! To luck we took a wrong turn trying to find the rental car return place. We had to go through a parking garage area so we missed it the first time. Then we needed to find a place to park in the Hertz area, so really we only had to wait about 15 minutes. They needed to see the car and replacement tire, and the contract that spelled out our coverage. Then they told us to contact the mailing address for reimbursement procedures. They don’t handle that at the actual airport. Figures! Andrew found an abandoned cart so we could put our bags on that and only push one thing around and found where to check our bags. Since Andrew flies so often we got to use a fast line!! YEAH--Gotta love those perks!! We checked our bags, paid a bit extra for the heavy one (For the record, that bag contained hiking boots and other shoe...