2011 – Berlin; Friedrichstrasse and the German History Museum
We like to use Berlin as our last stop before returning home. It’s an easy flight to Frankfurt and a direct flight to San Francisco. After a couple of month …
2011 – Croatia, Zagreb; the Gornji Grad and Donji Grad
The name Zagreb comes from the shape of the area at the base of Mount Medvednica that looks like it was scooped out of the landscape. The old word for …
2011 – Croatia, Korcula; home of Marco Polo
In one version of the Island’s origin, when Jason and the Argonauts stopped here on their way back home, the island reminded them so much of their beloved Kerkyra (Corfu) …
2011 – Croatia – Istria; Porec, Pula, Rovinj and Opatija
We rented a car in Milan and drove it through the Friuli region but it’s still not easy to drive Italian rentals into Croatia. It’ll happen soon, but not yet. …
2011 – Friuli Venezia Giulia; Trieste, Udine and Aquileia
Without a doubt, getting to Trieste this was the worst travel day we’ve had in a long time. We started at 8:30am from our villa in Puglia and finally arrived …
2011 – Puglia; Lecce, Alberobello and the Salento Peninsula
A quick stopover in Tesle Terme, Benevento in the Campania. We drove to Puglia from Rome. Point to Point it would have been a 10 hr drive so we decided …
2011 – Rome; Palazzo Farnese, Cinecittà, Vatican Nights and the Hypogeum
“Hail Caesar. We who are about to fry salute you”. The temperatures in Rome are +33°C (91°F) every day. somedays we’ve gotten up close to 40°C. We like to get …
2011 – Sanremo, Genoa, Cinque Terre, Sestri Levante, Portovenere
Sanremo The tunnels through the mountains from Milan to Sanremo are an amazing engineering achievement and worth every euro (and it costs a lot of them). They come up at …
2010 – Lisbon and Sintra, Portugal
There are a lot of theories as to the origins of Lisbon. Ancient references hint that Ulysses discovered the location when he fled Troy. Cartographers of the 1st century mapped …
2010 – The Algarve, Albufiera, Lagos, Silves Portugal
It’s an easy 2.5 hr drive from Seville to the Algarve of Portugal. We paid the extra charge to drop off the Spanish car rental in Portugal. The two countries …
2010 – Andalucia; Costa Del Sol, Jerez, Carmona, Cordoba, Seville
Costa Del Sol We’ve been flying a lot of short hops around Europe. EasyJet is our favorite and they are usually very dependable but they had a problem getting a …
2010 – Andalucia; Gibraltar and the UK
Although Gibraltar is technically in Spain, it’s really not, at least according the British. Gibraltar has been in the hands of the British since the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713, after …
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