Aug 24

Ninety One Days in Europe Come to an End

787-8 BRI B-2 Jetairfly

787-8 BRI B-2 Jetairfly

I wanted the title to read ‘When is the Madness Going to End?‘, but decided that a reference to Ninety One days in Europe would make more sense in the bigger picture.
The 5:00am wake up call was not welcome, since we have had very little sleep the past few days, but it was time to roll it out.
Once again we were in for a surprise when we checked in with the airline as we were supposed to land in Sanford International Airport, our original departure airport. However at check-in we learned that we were being re-routed to Miami and then shuttled via bus to Sanford. What was supposed to be a 12 hour travel day, turned just like that in 22 hours! We were both literally fed up at this point. Continue reading

Aug 22

August 22 – Spending Night in Brussels Airport

Unsuccessfully trying o catch some sleep

Unsuccessfully trying to catch some sleep

We have throughly enjoyed spending time with our family Marlies and Eef these past few days. I want to thank them for their wonderful hospitality and sweet natures. Visiting, washing, packing and catching up on websites was what our last few days consisted of.

We went out to dinner to have one more meal of Babi Panggang which is a Chinese/Indonesian pork dish and can only be found (or so we have noticed) is in Holland and some areas of Belgium. It is so good and Han needs to learn how to prepare this. : )
Okay so our daily dose of reality bites us in the butt again.

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Aug 20

August 20 – Another Horrific Bus Experience! When Does It End?

This is how I feel about Flixbus

This is how I feel about Flixbus

The first leg of the bus trip went as scheduled. We were dropped off at Frankfort Airport to await our transfer. We had about a 25 minute wait. My tummy had been upset and was visiting the toilet more than usual. When the time grew nearer to bus arrival we went outside to the stop. All of a sudden my tummy was upset again and I asked Han if I had a few minutes to dash back inside. He looked at his watch and said yes, so I took off. By the time I walked through the front door of the airport, Han is screaming to hurry up because the bus was early and not going to wait, even though it was not time for him to depart.

 

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Aug 19

August 19 – Delightful Pleasant Heidelberg Germany

Heidelberg SchneeballenSlept in and it was fabulous. We even missed breakfast. We finally got our lazy butts out the door, had a quick lunch at next door restaurant and jumped on the bus into town square.
I immediately wished we had spent more time here and not elsewhere in less unsavory places.
Simply charming, historical, interesting, beautiful, friendly and enjoyable is Heidelberg.
The public transport is very easy to figure out and clearly marked. Plenty of eateries and stores to choose from, even a health food store. Ice-cream and gelato shops outnumber everything else. The churches even have signs to not bring ice-cream inside. Not sure why it is exceptionally popular here?

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Aug 18

August 18 – From Milan, Through The Swiss Alps, To Heidelberg Germany

switzerland landscapingI am fairly sure I was in sleep deprived hell last night. The AC kept cutting off every single hour, Han tried not to but he snored enough for three weeks and the guest next door paced back and forth on their heels very loudly. It was misery.
Got up today with maybe three hours of broken sleep. Twice in the night, I started playing Solitaire. I was bored out of my mind.

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