Before we embarked on our three day roadtrip through Portugal, we had a to first connect in London. Our flight to Lisbon included a connection in London that put us on an A380 (the “pilots” preference). We were fortunate to meet the flight crew in the security line at SFO who then invited us to visit them on the flight deck when we arrived at London’s Heathrow Airport. This was…
-
A Roadtrip through New England
Read moreIn early July, we flew from Sacramento to NYC on a red-eye. We have taken red-eye’s a number of times, but I guess when you are only flying across the country and not the world, it hits you a little harder. Anyway, when we landed…
-
Twenty-Four Hours in Martha’s Vineyard
Read morecontinued from A Roadtrip through New England Originally called Noepe, or “land between the streams” by the indigenous inhabitants of the Wampanoag Native American Tribe, the Island of Martha’s Vineyard was renamed in 1602 by a British explorer named Bartholomew Gosnold. Bartholomew chose to name…
-
Hiking Around Acadia National Park in the Summer
Read morecontinued from A Roadtrip through New England We arrived in Bar Harbor Maine on a Sunday afternoon. Bar Harbor is a town on Mount Desert Island and serves as a gateway to the mountains and cliffs of neighboring Acadia National Park. I had booked us…
-
One Day in Budapest in Winter
Read morecontinued from 4 Amazing Days in Salzburg and Vienna at Christmas On the three-hour drive from Vienna to Budapest we passed through Bratislava, Slovakia. The goal, to add another country to our list for this trip. Unfortunately, the weather did not cooperate. The day was…
-
4 Amazing Days in Salzburg and Vienna at Christmas
Read moreLeaving Germany behind, we arrived in Salzburg late on Friday evening. Our lodging for the next two nights would be at the Hotel Garni Frauenschuh. After unloading the car, we settled in to watch downhill skiing. Downhill skiing is self-explanatory. We did not need to…
-
72-Hours in Hong Kong in April
Read morecontinued from A Four-Day Roadtrip through Malaysia Greg rallied, and we boarded our Malaysia Airlines flight to Hong Kong. The “pilots” did not want to fly on Malaysia Airlines (they are well aware of the mysterious disappearance of flight 370), but our options from Kuala…
-
A Four-Day Roadtrip through Malaysia
Read morecontinued from One Night in Kuala Lumpur. The drive from Kuala Lumpur to Taman Negara National Park took us 3 hours and 45 minutes. It was easy driving, and very similar to driving in the United States aside from the whole driving on the wrong…
-
One Night in Kuala Lumpur
Read morecontinued from How to Spend Two Action Packed Days in Singapore There are a handful of ways to travel to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from Singapore. We chose to take the bus. This offered us a new form of public transportation and it was cheaper than…