European Honeymoon, 2012 – Day #9, Salzburg, AU to Venice, IT
Wednesday, June 20, 2012 – With today being a travel day, Julia & I were up at 6:45 am and checked out of Hotel Villa Carlton in Salzburg, Austria by 7:30 am and walked to the train station. At Salzburg Hauptbahnhof, we picked up croissants, bottles of water and some juice, to get ready for [...]
European Honeymoon, 2012 – Day #8, Salzburg, AU
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 – For the first time on our trip, the weather was actually beautiful – we had a great sleep with the A/C on in our little pet-friendly boutique hotel. Our number one mission once we woke up was to find me some sunscreen, that I had forgotten to pack before we [...]
European Honeymoon, 2012 – Day #6, Amsterdam, NL
Sunday, June 17, 2012 – After a pretty late night we slept in and had breakfast at the crepebar across the street from our hotel, for some crepes – a Dutch specialty. While the service was a little on the slow side, and the menu that they were set to launch in the coming weeks [...]
European Honeymoon, 2012 – Day #2, Paris
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 – Julia & I woke up and headed down for breakfast in the restaurant at Hotel Design de la Sorbonne, since we had made a reservation the night before. We had high expectations for our meal, since we were told it was a ‘buffet’ and it was setting us back 18 € [...]
Suad in Spain, 2012: Part Four – Museums
(Text and photos: Suad Bejtovic) About the only thing I knew about Madrid before going there was that it is the home of one of the world’s most famous museums, Prado. After doing some research before the visit, I realized that at least two other Madrid museums are worth the visit – Reina Sofia and [...]
Suad in Spain, 2012: Part One – Madrid
(Text and photos by Suad Bejtovic) A few months ago, I stumbled upon a fare sale on American Airlines, and booked a round trip ticket to Madrid for only $755. My itinerary had me changing planes in Miami going, and in Boston coming back, but non-stop flights were available from Dallas-Fort Worth for about $200 [...]
Australia, 2009 – Day #15, Fraser Island
Saturday, October 22, 2009 – We woke up this morning at the farm and some of us ate breakfast in the mess hall before boarding the bus en route to Hervey Bay. We were heading to Fraser Island today, for our ‘eco’ stop of the trip and our big ‘Tight & Bright’ party tonight. Along [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 10
Once we got settled in Florence, we walked around town and took in some of the sights and got acclimated to our surroundings. We made plans with to head to the Joshua Tree Pub to meet up with Ricardo (a guy that worked in the hostel, from California) and Alex & Josie (other travelers staying [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 9
Today we woke up & packed up our stuff, then made our way on foot to the Vatican Museums. This place was like a fortress! We walked around forever, trying to figure out where the entrance was, since it was guarded by 15’ brick walls. We eventually found the entrance, and like the rest of [...]
Dave & Nick’s European Adventure, 2002 – pt. 4
After a full day of sight-seeing today, I can give you a full report on Barcelona – in one word, AWESOME! The city is really beautiful, albeit smoggy like Hamilton, but the architecture and scenery is amazing. Couple that with being on the Mediterranean Sea, and it’s pretty much a match made in heaven.
