This morning we took the train from Salzburg to Munich. When this was booked there was an option to take the express train or the regular less expensive non-express one. I didn't pay close attention to Robyn asking me if we should take the express or the regular train but next time I will. Piece of advice-- ALWAYS TAKE THE EXPRESS. The trip started fine for the first 20 minutes; then we made our first stop. About 20 adolescent children got on the train. You know ...

This is an advanced warning-- today's entry will be very lengthy as there is alot to write about. The best re-cap to describe today was when late this afternoon Robyn said, "I feel like we have climbed every damn mountain." Now, that is the cleaned-up version of what she actually said. I am trying to keep this blog to PG-13 at worst, so I only upload pictures with white English butts and use words like "damn" and "****" instead of what was actually said. As I ...

We flew from London to Salzburg today on British Air, which overall was a good experience. It was fairly hectic getting to Gatwick Airport and even though we left the hotel 3 hours before our flight, we got to gate only 10 minutes before boarding started. Of course as our luck would have it, we were the last possible gate in the airport. Talk about a long haul! One quick story about Robyn--she sometimes has trouble understanding British accents. The flight attend...

Today was the visit to Westminster Abbey and another place that was new for me. But before leaving the hotel for the Abbey, we had to arrange the shipment home of the first round of souvenirs. There was no way I was carting that amount of **** around Europe so I arranged with the hotel to have it shipped back to Dallas. I have no idea how much it cost us, but I really don't care. The rain had stopped but it was "bloody cold" on the walk to the tube. After we made...

Before we could really do anything today we had to address the problem of Robyn's knee. It really started bothering her late yesterday after way too many tube steps and way too much walking. After receiving real honest-to-goodness physical therapy advice (from our almost-a- physical-therapist-son) without the dripping sarcasm, Robyn found the exact knee brace she would need at an athletic store about 2 miles or 7 tube stops away. So this morning we left in the po...