Iceland: Reykjavik

A very strange beginning to our trip. Our plane was due to leave Toronto for Reykjavik at 7pm Sunday night. When I …

Netherlands and Germany

  It has been almost a week since we left Mike’s family in Holland.  I feel like we have really started our …

Northern Germany

Mike and I have spent the last two weeks in northern Germany.    Our thanks go to Clemens, our friend from Hamburg, for …

Entering Denmark

It’s been a few days since I posted a note so this one might jump around a little.  My apologies if the …

Legoland and More

We have visited various Danish attractions in the last few days.  We spent some time in Ribe which is Denmark’s oldest town.  It …

Northern Denmark

Northern Denmark – Mike and I are currently in Skagen which is the northernmost town in Denmark.  Skagen is the most “touristy” …

Danes in Denmark

Instead of talking about what we have seen and what we have been doing I thought that I would dedicate this blog …

The Centre of Denmark

Mike and I have seen many very different sites over the last few days.  We spent a great day at the Egeskov …

Leaving Denmark

Mike and I are currently driving from Denmark into Sweden.  We will soon be on a large bridge that connects the two …

Entering Sweden

I am writing this in the pouring rain and severe winds in a marina near the small town of Ängelholm.  Thanks to …

Norway after Oslo

We had been told to visit the small picturesque town of Risor on our drive through the south. It was quite a …

Bergen

Bergen is Norway’s 2nd largest city and its wettest city and this year has been their rainiest year in a very long …

Norway’s West Coast Fjords

Mike and I are now travelling around the area we most wanted to see this summer – the western coast of Norway …

Moving North in Norway

We have been told that Norwegians are really serious about their rules with hefty punishments for things like drinking and driving, speeding, …

Good-bye Norway

  Mike and I have left Norway and are now in Sweden. I thought this would be a good time to just …

Mid Sweden and Stockholm

From rural Sweden to Stockholm and I haven’t written a word.  All together Mike and I have now spent one month in …

Helsinki, Finland

Rain, rain and more rain!!!  For many hours every day and all night the rain pours down.  This has been Helsinki.  Until …

St. Petersburg, Russia WOW!

St. Petersburg WOW!!!  The buildings, the churches, the architecture and the art WOW!   Mike and I would have really liked three weeks …

Tallinn, Estonia

Well here are Mike and I in Estonia.  Not what we expected when I last wrote an entry but luckily, we aren’t …

Riga, Latvia

After Moscow and St. Petersburg Riga was said to be the third most important city in the Russian Empire.  It was also …

Lithuania into Poland

I am afraid that Mike and I travelled through Lithuania faster than we wanted to but the weather really wasn’t conducive to …

Warsaw, Poland

Mike and I are currently in Warsaw, Poland.  We had a few problems finding somewhere to stay as we arrived on October …

Krakow, Poland

Our first full day in Krakow started with a city tour bus.  It might be the worse city tour that we have …

Racing Home

Mike and I have spent the past 10 days racing to Budapest while also doing some running around before leaving our RV …