I think the Thanksgiving episode of Bob's Burgers summed it up best: Belgium was a pretty big relief from France. The weather was cooler, the people were friendlier, and the general attitude was less frenzied. I talked in my last post about how I'd been looking forward to Switzerland, and how I was heartbroken when we had [...]
Month: November 2015
Europe 2015: France
This post needs two disclaimers. First: France was not our original plan. Until about two weeks before our departure in May, the plan had been to take the train from Kaiserslautern to Thun, Switzerland. We'd even booked a gorgeous BnB there. When we went to book train tickets, we realized just how expensive it is to [...]
Europe 2015: Germany
I was very excited to go to Germany. As sad as I was to turn in our rental car on our last day in England, it was also a relief to take a break from the stress of driving (in a foreign country, on the other side of the road) and rely on public transportation (or [...]
Europe 2015: York & Cambridge
For today, we are resuming on 21 June 2015, the day we bid adieu to Scotland and made our way to Newcastle. This aspect of the trip was a little bit of a bust; we had planned most of that day around going to Washington Old Hall, because our dad is a big George Washington [...]
Europe 2015: Scotland
First things first: WE BOUGHT A NEW HOUSE! We closed at the end of September, cleaned and repainted the interior by ourselves, and then moved in the middle of October. I haven't even opened my laptop since my last travel post, so... that is my excuse for not posting in so long. For now, let's [...]