Since my previous post, we have finished the "Road to Budapest" tour and are within a few days of finishing the "Balkan Adventure" tour.  After Prague, went on to Telpice, then on to Krakow Poland, Tatra Mountains in Slovakia and finally Budapest Hungary.  I'll update details later, but...

Just a quick update.  I no longer have my laptop and now will be more or less constantly on the move till end of the month, so these entries will more than likely short.  I've finished the last two weeks of my German classes in Vienna and now have joined up with Intrepid Travel's "Central Europe...

If you enjoy trekking, then I think you would enjoy GAP Adventure's Tour of Monte Blanc (TMB). I took the TMB the first week and a half of August after a two week stay in Munich. The TMB tour has GAP's highest physical rating, i.e., you should be in pretty good physical shape to be on this tour. No,...

I've wanted to learn German, just for fun, no particular reason. As an absolute beginner, I thought what better opportunity then to spend two weeks in Munich, learn a little German, but also get to know the city as well. I signed up online with A2Languages (aka Spanish Abroad) who set up the first two...

I was just in Vienna, but didn't write anything about it since I'll be back there next month. I'm currently in Munich, Germany, but that story can wait. On my way to Munich from Vienna I stopped in Salzburg, Austria. You might know Salzburg, as the birthplace of Mozart, but it is also famous for...

My dad and I just finished a four day coach tour of Switzerland with Hans Meier Tours. We were told they where the only ones based in Switzerland that conducted a coach tour of the country. From my search for a tour online, I think that is correct. The tours can be tailored to suit the amount...

My dad and I our continuing our coach tour of Switzerland. Tuesday, we went from Interlaken to Gruyeres (famous for its cheese) and then on to Geneva. Wednesday, it was Geneva, to Montreux to Zermatt. Thus far we have had an excellent tour. Our tour guide is a fountain of local knowledge and is fluent...

I guess I'm having what could be considered quitter's remorse.  I left a very stable, well paying, government civil servant job and am now traveling Europe for about the next three months.  The economy isn't the best, and I'm not planning on working for the next few months i.e., no income. ...