June 2016 archive

June 13: Good Morning Prague

Good morning Prague! Few bites to eat, out the door to meet with the Tour van driver. Loaded up, picked up five more passengers along the way and drove up to the Prague castle. Met George (Jiri), our tour guide, everyone introduced themselves and where they were from and we began our tour. We had …

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June 11 – 12: Heavenly First Two Days In Prague – An Architects Delight

June 11 – Leaving Berlin, we had one of the most non-stressful taxi rides to the train station. Simple solution, ask the driver to take it easy. If they don’t comply, no tip. Easy-Peasy! We left Berlin this morning to catch my first real train ride. Subways don’t count. We continually saw ever-changing scenes to keep …

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June 8 – 11: The Promise of Berlin Builds Excitement

Got up this morning so very excited to fly to Berlin. I was so ready that even my little fear of flying did not get in the way of escaping back to just Han and I keeping each other company. We turned the car in, checked in, had a little lunch then headed towards our …

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June 5 – 7 Another Brother, Another Stay, Another Day

Spent the past three nights with Han’s eldest brother Wim and his wife Marlies in Montfort. Their little country village is quite attractive and peaceful. The neighborhood is very quiet, which made it perfect for getting a great night’s sleep. Marlies and I took a walk to the grocery store to purchase the daily sweet treat …

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June 1-June 5 – Exploring Heerlen, Han’s Home Town

We checked-out of the B&B and checked-in with brother Eef and his wife Marlies. We slept in Han’s childhood bedroom. How cool is that? I slept on a single bed, while Han insisted he take the single floor mattress. It was kinda of like camping out. Every morning we were woken up by their roosters …

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A Week In The Countryside Of Valkenburg, Netherlands and Beyond

Our hotel/B&B is lovely, owners are very informative and friendly, enough room in our suite to spread out, IKEA furnishings, it is on the outskirts of town so is very quiet unless the farmers decide to work at night, morning birds are very happy, chipper and loud, breakfast is European fare of boiled eggs, expensive …

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