What a day!!!! We started with an early wake up call and a very fruity breakfast and a lot of meat. With this powering us, it was into the town of Sevilla. We started off with a tour of the giant royal castle. This was where traders from all over…
Today was our first big day of traveling. We had an early start, which was much harder for some then others! Leaving Madrid we passed fields and farms where olive trees stretched as far as the eye could see. The morning bus ride provided many with a chance to catch…
As per our previous blog entry, our flight was delayed leaving from Hong Kong. Since our new flight was at 6:30 Saturday morning, we couldnt leave the Hong Kong Airport. As a result, we needed to stay. But this is where our luck started to change. Our airline (Emirate Airline)…
Good Day, Our flight out of Hong Kong was delayed. We will be spending the evening at the airport. Our new flight times are: EK 387 11MAR HKG-DXB 735A 1235P EK 143 11MAR DXB-MAD 240P 750P We will do an update when we land. Have a great day, Seamus
We started our day with a luxurious sleep-in until until 9:00 am. Then it was off to start our amazingly scenic trip through the Czech countryside. The nearly three hour drive seemed to pass quickly as we passed along smaller country roads on our way to Kutna Hora. Here…
Another day and another country to visit. But before that, we had a picturesque drive through snow-blanketed fields and forests. A peaceful start before our emotionally heavy first stop...the former concentration camp and memorial at Mauthausen. The weather was setting an appropriate mood as the wind was bitingly cold…
Day four started with a great surprise...snow(!) and freezing weather. As we braved the elements, we boarded the bus at a reasonable hour and meet our guide. We had a half day tour scheduled with her, and she didn’t disappoint as she showed us the main sights of Vienna, starting…
We had another early start (6:45 AM) as we boarded the bus to go to the our next country...Slovakia. We traveled for what was suppose to be 2.5 hours. However, we had to do it in three hours as Slovakia customs decided it needed to take 35 minutes to give…
After a much needed, but short, nights sleep, we woke up to a lovely breakfast and then it was time to get our busy day started. We began with a short walk from the hotel, we found a Sunday morning organic market. This market is hosted in old “ruined” houses…