You gotta love big, buff guys sportin’ pageboys and holding glowing globes. I mean, really. And you’ll find these stoic, Prince Valiant look-alikes standing guard in front of Helsinki’s Central Railway Station. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Train
Podgorica: A Whistle-Stop Tour of the Capital You’ve Never Heard Of
When traveling in a new area, we prefer traveling by train or bus. It gives us a chance to see the countryside, observe how people live, and gain insights into their culture – well, and nap. Continue reading
Transit Days: Grin and Bear It
Plan as you might, whether between cities, countries, or continents, transit days are tiring and stressful. Some trips are harder than others of course, but in foreign countries almost all trips are demanding. Continue reading
Celebrations / Travel / USA
Christmas on Steroids: Welcome to Wally’s World
We live on a small island. Not much escapes us. But when a casual conversation with new friends at our local Starbucks turned from computer hacking to Christmas decorating, my ears pricked up. Continue reading
Bacharach: The Perfect Time-Out Town
As long-term travelers, we learned long ago that to enjoy ourselves, we have to pace ourselves. It’s always about quality over quantity. We see what we see, and as for the things we miss, well, there’s always next time. Continue reading
Rothenburg: A Fairy-tale Village at the End of the Line
One of the basic requirements for successful travel is knowing that where you want to go, is in fact, where you’re going. As obvious as this sounds, travel blogs (including ours) are littered with stories of taking the wrong bus, train, road, or street, and ending up in the wrong place. This is exactly the … Continue reading
Malmö, Sweden: Border Jumping For Twenty Bucks
If you’re a day-trippin’ travel junkie who loves the rush of entering a new country, Malmö, Sweden is the bomb. Continue reading
