And a happy fourth of July! To celebrate our nation's independence, Deb and i hopped on our bikes and headed north to see some good old fashioned Dutch windmills. We biked through the center of Amsterdam to hop on the fry across the north sea canal and start our adventure. We figured out which signs we should be following (at least we were pretty sure) and started out on a gorgeous bike ride first through amazingly cute Dutch neighborhoods (who knew one little ca...

Today saw us on yet another train, this time headed to Salzburg, Austria. Former home of the Von Trapp family. Due to our limited time and budget, I did not do the Sund of Music tour, even though everyone said it was good. I look at it as a good reason to have to come back. :) When we left the train station and headed towards the old town, we passed through Mirabellgarten, which was just beautiful. And those of you die hard SOM fans (yeah, that's what it gets ref...

Today started relatively early with us walking just down the road to catch our bus to do the Romantic Road tour. Not that there is any romance along this road, but it is apparently an area that still has that good old German look we all imagine. We wound up lucking out and getting the front seats to avoid any and all motion sickness. But then, our guide Fred (or Klaus or Dieter, depending on my mood. I did not approve of the name Fred for my German tour guide) st...

So, Friday was pretty much a day to get the place ready so Deb and I could leave on our three day trip to Germany! So, lots of laundry to be done, groceries to be bought, instructions to be left, and one bike to be returned. Once all was done, Deb and I left the house around 7:15 to catch the tram to catch the train to catch the train. :) so, by about 9 pm we were tucked into our middle berths on a sleeping car on our way to Munich! It was a bit cramped, so it wa...

This was quite the day! It unfortunately started on a low note. "Old ******", the bike Paul first got when he got here, was not where we had left him on Wednesday evening. We cannot figure out why anyone would have gone to the trouble of removing him from the fence he was locked to, but alas he is gone. So, Deb had to do the tram to get the girls to school and was a bit frazzled when she got home. But, then we headed down to the corner and their local bakery. YUM...