“Hurry up, June,” said eight-year-old Carol. “We don’t want to be out here when it gets too dark.” Carol shifted in her Girl Scout uniform while holding her sister’s hand. Carol and June, two siblings living in the southwestern region …
Category: Europe
Ties that Bind: Falling in Love with the Aran Islands by Guylaine Spencer
I am always baffled when people call me brave for travelling alone, for at heart I know I’m a coward. My fear flared up in full force that morning, as I stood in the two-room airport, just outside of Galway, …
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Garmisch-Partenkirtchen, More Than a Ski Resort by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Garmisch-Partenkirtchen is famed as the largest ski area in Germany, but we were there in summer to discover the other wonderf of this historic little town in Bavaria. We opted for a walking tour, even though it was a bit …
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Visit Augsburg When in Southern Germany by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Around the world many sports fans are making plans already to attend the World Cup Soccer Games in Stuttgart and other cities in Germany in June 2006. Many of the games will be in Stuttgart, which is a grand old …
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BEARS, BELLS, AND BANNERS IN BERN by Nell Raun-Linde
A 16th-century clocktower puts on a show every hour. Bears and jesters kick and whirl, while a rooster crows and a knight bongs a big, brass bell. The four-story clocktower sits in the middle of a wide, cobblestone street lined …
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SWISS ALPINE INTERLUDE by Nell Raun-Linde
“The sun is out!” Magic words around the Swiss Alps. After 2 days of gray skies and intermittent rain in Bern, Switzerland, this sunny day would be the perfect one to see the peaks of the Eiger, the Monch and …
Hungarian History In Tour of Budapest by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Hungary is just coming into her own after a long, rocky history in which she lost two-thirds of the Motherland. Her borders once stretched form the Baltic to the Caspian and Adriatic Seas. Through many wars she lost much of …
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Mary King’s Close Edinburgh’s Major New Attraction
The year is 1645. The most virulent strain of the Bubonic Plague has immobilized Edinburgh, Scotland, claiming the lives of more than half the city’s population. The area hardest hit: Mary King’s Close on High Street, a busy thoroughfare and …
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CANOEING INN TO INN THROUGH THE DORDOGNE A TREAT FOR THE MIND AND PALETTE by Charles Olson
From our very first stroke on, it was serendipity. Our canoes turned to time machines as we paddled through 37,000 years of mankind’s progress. Around each bend, the riverbanks became storybooks unveiling new examples of civilization from prehistoric times to …
Tips For Visiting Hungary by Andrew Der
Arranging airfare to Europe can require some effort if you want to get the best price possible. With the arrival of the Internet, choices have become even more numerous. Airfare websites may, but don’t always, have the best deals. The …
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