Category: Travel

I got in to Barcelona a bit late the night before but made it to my flat without trouble. The owner, and his adorable little son, greeted me when I arrived and showed me around. I wished I could have stayed longer but I enjoyed the time I did have and even got in a…

When I first arrived in Brussels, I had planned to walk around the city itself that Sunday morning before heading to the airport for my flight to Barcelona. Each of the next three days, however, I rode on a tour bus through the majority of the city, two tours to the north and one to…

For the third and final time, I made my way from my flat to the Brussels City Tour office. I let a little early so I could make a stop at the Starbucks in the Grand-Place. (They really do seem to have an uncanny knack at wedging themselves into history. Remember the one right next…

The tour itself lasted a perfect amount of time with our guide leading us from one site to the next at quick yet perfectly spaced intervals. We saw Luxembourg’s cathedral, a quite young cathedral, built upon the independence of the grand duchy since it no longer had another within its borders.

Even though the late hour of the Last Post ceremony meant a long day, I consider this tour one of the best I have ever taken.

Before starting my self-guided walking tour of Prague, I thought no city, least of all Prague, would top Budapest. My track record on this trip so far started to tip in the favor of guided tours over my own walking tours. Prague changed all of that. I fell hard for that city and cannot wait…

After two fantastic days of organized tours, I did not prepare myself well enough for my self-guided tour of Vienna. At this point, I had not factored in a real break of any kind and I think my brain had reached a bit of overload. Thus, I did not eagerly anticipate my walking tour. I…

Having successfully located the tour departure point the previous day, I felt almost like a native as I navigated the metro from my flat to the State Opera House. Even though more people took this tour than the Bratislava tour, the bus did not fill completely. In fact, a family that took the Bratislava tour…

Thanks to my earlier train the day before, I arrived with plenty of time. We won’t dwell over long on the fact that I got myself stuck in the bathroom and spent two hours using a tiny metal key-like object I found to make a hole in the door so I could stick my hand…