We survived the first night in our boat house on the Grootkade Canal. More importantly Deb was still alive when I woke up despite her coughing all night long. The beds were pretty good as I slept well again with the on-going wheezing coming from my chest. Hopefully we'll all be better by the time we hit Paris on Friday. Deborah just couldn't do the walkabout today, so she stayed behind while T&J and I made our way to the Anne Frank Huis. This was about a 15 ...

As I stand out on the balcony I see – zero – taxi's. Our flight is around 11:30ish and the airport is about 40 minutes from the pier so I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to flag, call or find a cab big enough for the four of us plus our luggage. If all goes right, we should be arriving at our new hotel, a houseboat on one of the canals in downtown Amsterdam. Keep your fingers crossed. We managed to get a large mini-van capable of about 16 pe...

We arrived into Copenhagen for the second and last time on this trip. We've got an overnight and then head out to the airport in the morning. Now we’re all sick – seems T&J are on the mend and Deb & I are hacking our heads off. Yesterday we grabbed the HOHO again at 25Euro’s PP and headed into town for some of the sights that we missed on the first go round. The HOHO thing here in Europe, especially here in Copenhagen is pretty screwed ...

We pulled up to the pier right in the heart of town. This area of Schleswig-Holstein is a city with impressive cruisers, ferries to Scandinavia and the Baltic states, sailing ships, boats and a long time maritime history. We all got off about 10:30 for a walkabout with T&J. We went through the historic old town and then on to the shopping plazas that wound their way throughout the downtown core. We visited St. Nikolai Church that dates back to 1242 and then ...

No need to rise early today – this is a long stop. We arrived at about 6:00 a.m. and we're not leaving until 10:00 p.m. This stop is extended to 16 hours mainly to allow people to make the Berlin tour. It takes a 3-hour bus ride each way to get into Berlin, so we opted to cancel our SPB tour a few days earlier. T&J left early this morning to get on the bus, where we chose to sleep in. Located on the northeast coast of the Baltic Sea in Germany, the ci...