Our family adventures
Our family adventures
In the morning, we woke up and walked across the street to the Haukadalur valley geothermal area. Since it was fairly early, there were not many other people there, making it quite peaceful. We walked …
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We arrived at Keflavik airport on a Monday morning after an overnight flight from Toronto. Our plane had been delayed about an hour, but getting through the airport was quick. Although, for those flying into …
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Mr. Strange and I have been talking about going to Iceland for as long as I remember. So we decided it would be perfect to celebrate our fifth anniversary and first trip alone since LS …
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Wednesday, September 16 We arrived in Munich following a two hour drive from the Fussen area. The car rental said to return it below the train station, but despite driving in circles around the train …
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After breakfast at our hotel in Fussen, we drove to see the castles Hohenschwangau and Neuschwanstein. I had previously reserved our tickets online, so we arrived an hour early, as instructed to pick them up. …
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After our adventurous day in Baden Baden, the next day was the start of our southern Germany road trip. We took a bus back to the train station and walked to the car rental agency …
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The train ride from Mannheim to Baden Baden was fairly short: only about 40 minutes. Once we arrived, we took a bus to the city center where we found our hotel, the Rathausglockel. Our hotel …
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Wednesday, September 9, 2015 Mr. Strange’s maternal grandparents, along with most of his aunts and uncles live in or around the northwest part of Baden-Wurttemburg. We were spending five nights of our trip with them, …
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Tuesday, September 8, 2015 After arriving in Cologne on our train from Amsterdam, we checked into Hotel Lyskirchen. The rooms in the hotel were pretty nice, although it did have one quirky feature: the shower …
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Sunday, September 6 We arrived at the Amsterdam airport, jetlagged but excited, before 8:00 am. We collected our bags and took a bus to our hotel, the Neighbour’s Magnolia, near Vondelpark. After dumping our things …
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