After we left Amsterdam, we paid a visit to the Keukenhof Tulip Gardens on our way back to Nijmegen. Now this might have been the most disappointing part of the trip. I wanted to go to the gardens so I could see fields of tulips and take photos – but, as it turns out, you [...]
Before going to Amsterdam, we debated about whether or not it would be better to drive to the city and park, or pay a little extra and take the train. I’m glad we talked E into the train idea, because when we got there, it was immediately apparent that driving around in the city would [...]
We were reluctant to leave Hallstatt, but as we were leaving it was rainy and misty. Beautiful, to be sure (I find few things more lovely than fog over water), but I’m sure it would have been even harder to leave if it had remained sunny and idyllic. Winding through the Alps, the mountains churned [...]
Without question, the most beautiful place in the world. (The world I’ve seen, at least.) Also, the place on our trip that most precisely displayed the concept of gemutlisch. As I sat out on the lake and wrote in my journal, the owner of the place we stayed (Pension Haus Sarstein) rowed out on the [...]
