Tag: 2023 Europe

Written by Kim We took the train from Antwerp to Brugges. What we thought would be a simple 90 train ride turned into quite a challenge. When we got to Antwerp Central station while waiting for our train we were told the train was not coming to central station today so we had to go […]

Written by Kim Thanks to all who met us on our adventure or traveled with us virtually. We had quite the trip. As you know, Alex and I are both numbers geeks so let me start with some of our stats. Our trip lasted 23 days, where we had 8 stops in 8 beds, 7 […]

Written by Kim Our trip to Belgium was largely about seeing friends. With my job at J&J I estimate that I’ve been to Belgium 50+ times but Alex had never been there so I wanted to relive some of my favorite things and experience them with him. Originally we planned to stay in Antwerp and […]

Written by Kim I’ve been trying everything to fix the photos. I hope I finally got it. I’m not very good at this website stuff but disabled some plug-ins (not even sure what they are) but…here goes Heidelberg is located in the southwest of Germany on the Neckar river. It’s a small town with about […]

Written by Kim We had a fantastic time at Oktoberfest. What a party! This year was the 188th Oktoberfest in Munich which is held from September 16 to October 3, 2023 at Munich’s Theresienwiese. It’s been 9 years since we were here. We’re a bit older and greyer but felt like veterans. There are 14 […]

Written by Kim Slow down you crazy child, you’re so ambitious for a juvenile – Vienna waits for you. I couldn’t get that Billy Joel song out of my head the whole time we were here. We started our first day in a free walking tour but the tour was very big and it didn’t […]

Written by Kim After a simple breakfast and brief walk to say goodbye to Prague we headed to the train station for our four hour train to Vienna. We forgot we needed coins to use the restroom so left all our remaining koruna for the hotel maid so Alex had to go to the ATM […]

Written by Kim We arrived after an 8 hour train ride from Warsaw to Prague at 2 pm. The train station was quite crowded but we found our way out to the street and ordered an Uber. We noticed immediately that more people smoke here than either Poland or US. Our chubby Uber driver was […]

Written by Kim Dominika made us a fantastic breakfast prior to heading out for the day. We visited the Uprising Museum in Warsaw on our last day. It was a very moving museum that depicted the Polish uprising. The uprising began on August 1, 1944 and lasted 63 days drive the Germans out of Poland. […]

Written by Kim We arrived in Warsaw after a bit of a delayed flight around 1 pm. I slept a few hours on the plane but Alex didn’t sleep too much. Adam picked us up and brought us to his house about 30 minutes from the airport. Adam and his wife, Dominika, moved into their […]