Our last day in London, and in Europe. We did on this day something we’d been planning on doing since the first day — take the double decker narrated tour of the city. Pricey, but fun if you have a good guide, and we had a good guide.
Traffic was horrendous, so it took us about [...]
You’ll have to excuse me, I’m not at my best. I’ve been gone for a month, I’ve been drunk since I left.
These so-called vacations will soon be my death. I’m so sick from the drink, I need home for a rest…
Ahh, Spirit of the West, you wrote it well! I can’t [...]
Our 14th day on this European excursion was not one filled with adventure. It was not filled with museums. It was not filled with beer. Okay, I lied about the last one.
Day 14 was a sedate one. The past few days were so full and so tiring, we gave ourselves an off day, so to [...]
(I’m going to use the word “amazing” too much, I’ll clean this up in post-trip editing.)
Guess who is exhausted, again! What a full day.
After a quick breakfast at a local cafe (since we overslept and didn’t make the breakfast at the hotel), we made our way up north to the British Museum.
And [...]
Another super full day for the Staceys in their marvelous western Europe adventure, the final week of which is in London.
Once we got breakfast out of the way, it was on to our first stop of the day, the British Library. We only had a couple of hours there, so we played in their [...]
What a difference a full night of sleep makes. Our bed is wonderful, and we both woke up around 8 on our own. So we took our turns in the shower (it’s a shared bathroom a half floor down), and hit the breakfast downstairs. Wow, that was a spread. The English [...]
Our first day in London was fuller than expected. The ferry arrived at 6:30 local time (wake-up call came an hour prior), so we had a pretty early start to the day. We cleared passport control, made our way to the adjacent train station, and rode the train into the city. It [...]
An abbreviated report today for an abbreviated day. The rave last night ended at midnight, but the commotion went on until well past 3. There’s a downside to having such a great view.
It was a weird experience, watching the square go from its normal self (with people sitting in the cafés [...]
A full day in Haarlem began with our breakfast at our hotel, the Hotel Amadeus. We had known for the past few days that the weather was going to be rainy today, but we’ve dealt with our share of rain. So, after breakfast, we loaded up the umbrellas and made our way to [...]
Our last morning in Brussels went smoothly. We got up, checked out of the hotel, left our bags there, and took a last walk around the area. We stopped by Galeries Royales Saint-Hubert, then had some breakfast, and walked to the Bier Temple to find some rare Belgians to ship home. And [...]
