Deb's Road Trip

Today is Friday, transfer day to Tallinn, Estonia. I have to admit, if anyone had asked me even a couple of months ago if I would have...

It's still Thursday, 17 August. And we are still not back into Riga after our excursion to the Guaja valley. So let's continue the...

Yesterday was, for me anyway, about the city of Riga. I didn't mention in yesterday's post, but I had originally booked an optional...

Latvia is the 2nd largest of the Baltic states in both population (about 1.8MM people vs 2.7MM people in Lithuania) and is only very...

Today (Tuesday) is a transit day, from Lithuania to Latvia, Vilnius to Riga. The distance is about 300km but we are making a couple of...

We left off in the last post at Vilnius Castle. And I never even showed you pictures of some of the beautiful buildings and sites in the...

I had to be at the Prague airport at 5:00am this morning. Not my favorite thing to do, but I did it. My flight from Prague to Vilnius...

I was out pretty much all day today (Saturday, 12 August). I did a combination of the Hop-on Hop-off bus (I will explain why in a few...

I wasn't originally intending to do Prague in two posts, but the sheer number of pictures makes it inevitable. My flight was Lisbon to...

As I said in my last post, I stayed over until Monday in Rotterdam - partly to NOT get involved in Sunday travel craziness and partly to...

For my Mensa friends EMAG is the European Mensa Annual Gathering. For my non-M friends, EMAG is the European Mensa Annual Gathering. An...

I checked out of my Brussels Airbnb on Monday morning (31 July) and headed to Brussels Centraal to catch the train to Bilzen. I was lucky...

Technical glitches solved ... for now at least. So let's get back to being walk-about in Europe. After the day wandering in Brussels, I...

Hi everyone. Now that I caught up on the France river cruise, and I have been in Belgium for a few days, let's get the party started. I...

An assortment of facts about the history of Lyon: * Lyon sits at the point where the Saone and Rhone rivers meet. In 43 BC on of Caesar's...

We left Vienne for Lyon at 5:00am on the 16, arriving about 8:30am. It's amazing how time just somehow isn't relevant on the river. I...

Tournon/Vienne is beautiful, situated between the river and terraced (and blanketed) granite slopes of vineyards. As often in this area,...

VIviers was founded on the banks of the Rhone by the Romans in the 5th century in the Ardeche department. It became a bishop's seat and...

We actually spent the night in Avignon, and left for Arles about 5:00am, arriving about 9:00am. Viking has at least one included...

As has happened once before, I have fallen way behind in keeping this blog up-to-date. Life sometimes has a habit of getting in the way...