http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/2-BLONDES-ON-HOLIDAY/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from 2 BLONDES ON HOLIDAY en-us Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:24:51 +0000 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 14:24:51 +0000 DAY 133I am so excited today because the first thing that I get to do is go horseback riding. I have seen the icelandic horses in the fields and they have to be the happiest horses in the world. I see them chasing each other rearing up on one another and they just look like they are a bunch of kids in the school yard. When I arrive at the horse farm we are given equipment to use for the ride h http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/South/Vik/blog-430629.html DAY 131 I left Charles De Gaulle airport really early in the morning. My flight was only 3 hours and what an airline Icelandic Air. I had a tiny screen right in front of me and I could choose the movies I wanted to watch. I did have to buy my sandwich for 3 euros but the Pepsi was free. A really smooth flight.I landed in the Keflavik airport to find that I had gained 2 hours. Fabulous http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/Southwest/Reykjavik/blog-429818.html DAY 129Leaving Belgium this morning and taking the train for a 3 hour trip to Paris. Well at least I enter the Paris East Train Station and quickly walk to the Paris North Station and take a train that will take me close to the Charles DeGaulle Airport. I will be staying here for the 2 night that I will be in France. It is a small little village called RoissyenFrance it's so small 2600 pop. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-429537.html DAY 127I take the 830 train from Brussels. My travel is only 3 hours this morning and I reach my destination at 1130. Luxembourg is officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and has a population of under half a million people. Luxembourg is a parliamentary representative democracy with a constitutional monarch it is ruled by a Grand Duke. It is the world's only remaining sovereign Grand Duc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Luxembourg/Luxembourg-City/blog-428561.html DAY 125So up this morning in plenty of time to enjoy the wonder breakfast buffet and I leave for the train station. Today is one of those all travel days. I get to the Copenhagen station about 45minutes 845AM prior to boarding just to make sure that I know where I am going. But the station is pretty good and easy to figure out. My first train will take me to Hamburg Germany. I have done a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-428206.html DAY 124I find it hard to get out of bed this morning. I just love the Scandinavian beds. It might be just in my mind or that just shows how weary a person can get from traveling for this long but these beds are so wonderful.The breakfast is included and what a great selection of foods. Pastry yogurt fruit breads eggs and assorted meats and cheeses. I waddle from the restaurant.I decide t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-427632.html DAY 123I was up last night until 330 AM working on the computer trying to get information that I need for today. The problem is that many web sites will not take an American credit card. So when I try to buy flight tickets I am denied. But I was able to confirm hotel accommodations using my credit card.So now I have a room but how do I get there. I fall asleep only to wake with a headache at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-427417.html DAY121I have arrived in Oslo Norway it is 6 AM and have been on the bus all night with very little sleep. I was awake at every stop that were just in the middle of nowhere I was waiting for a bathroom break when on one of the stops I asked the driver and he said use the toilet on the bus. Oh for heaven's sakes First of all I am in seat 4 up front and never has there been a toilet on a bus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/Vestlandet/Bergen/blog-427171.html DAY 119 The ferry was as large as some cruise ships with restaurant cafeteria snack bar a casino and shops. The ride is smooth and I didn't notice are moving for about half an hour after the sail time. I have a streak of good fortune as my 4 bunk cabin is all mine. I am on deck 7 the 2 decks above are the sun decks with bars. The food is located right down the hall from my cabin. It was a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/Stockholm/blog-426251.html DAY 116 I am leaving Krakow this morning so I pack my things and head for the train station. I have 3 destinations in mind Warsaw Prague or Gdnask. I really don't know where I am going to go until I get to the ticket window and the person asks me I say Gdnask. That's when I decided. I know that Gdnask sits near the Baltic Sea and that I would have ferry options to the Scandinavian countrie http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Pomerania/Gdansk/blog-425681.html DAY 116 GOODBYETODAY IS THE OFFICIAL END OF THE 2 BLONDES ON HOLIDAY.WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF OUR READERS FOR THEIR LOYALITYFRANCINE AND ANGIE HAVE ENJOYED THEIR JOURNEY AND WAS HAPPY THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO JOIN USWE REALLY LOVED YOUR COMMENTS AND ENCOURAGEMENT THROUGHOUT OUR TRAVELS.FRANCINE IS MOVING ON TO LONDON TO VISIT HER SISTER.ANGIE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH HER JOURNEY SO YOU WILL BE AB http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-425567.html DAY 113We spent a good part of last evening trying to decide where we were going this morning. We checked accommodations and train schedules referring to the web and the Lonely Plant book. The possible choice was to visit the High Tatras Mts or go directly to Krakow Poland. The problem visiting the mountains was the fact that it was the weekend and all the accommodations on the web were book http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Krakow/blog-425566.html DAY112Today we are traveling by train to Bratislava Slovakia. The ride was about 3 hours. Not a long ride and we arrive by midday. In the train station we talk with the information women but not any real help with accommodations and then there are some young women at a hostel information booth and we talk with them about the several hostel here in town. The one that we preferred did not have http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-425565.html DAY 109We leave Ljubjana this morning for a train to take us to Budapest. We are taking the day train because an American we met yesterday told us that the train ride has beautiful scenery along the way. Plus we haven't fully recovered from the over night bus trip yetThe train leaves at 840 and we and the train are on schedule. We are told the day before when we purchase the tickets that ther http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Hungary/Central-Hungary/Budapest/blog-424754.html DAY 108So we are on our way from Split to Ljubljana Slovenia Loo be yarna. Francine and Angie thought that they would be really really smart and take the back seat of the bus so that they could stretch out during the night and have a good night's sleep. So we raced to the back seats and were lucky because there were very few people on the bus. Our luck held out until about the 6 7 stop and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovenia/Upper-Carniola/Ljubljana/blog-424445.html DAY 107We awake in our little surprise stop of Makarska with the wind still blowing but the sun is out and we anticipate another beautiful day along the coast of Croatia.We slept in a little today and get down to breakfast around 930. The room is filled with holiday makers and we had to share a table with a couple who did not speak English. The buffet was large and we had a big breakfast. It w http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Split/blog-424438.html DAY 106Dubrovnik to Mostar to Split VIA MakarskaWe have decided to take the 800 AM bus to the Split this morning via Mostar Bosnia Hercegovina. It's about three hours to Mostar. We drive along the coast of Croatia is the most beautiful of all coastlines. The little villages tucked into the valleys and the small marinas scattered along make this such a scenic picturesque drive and we then http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Bosnia-and-Herzegovina/South/Mostar/blog-424432.html DAY 105The alarm goes off and it is 700 AM we drag ourselves out of bed and get ready for the bus ride from Kotor Montenegro to Dubrovnik Croatia. Just ready to leave when Francine asks what time it is because her watch is different than the alarm clock. We don't know at this point so we leave anyway and find out at the bus station that we are an hour early. So we had a time change that Angi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Croatia/Dalmatia/Dubrovnik/blog-424230.html DAY 103Flying to Belgrade this morning We are on our own for the next month. No more having to fit into other peoples schedules. We are up at 545 and leave the hotel at 700AM. We take the metro to the bus station. It's an hour ride to the airport. We are flying JAT airlines. This is the Serbian Airlines. We have no idea what to expect but everything seems to be just like all the other http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Serbia/West/Belgrade/blog-421436.html DAY 104What can we say about the 12 hour bus ride from Belgrade Serbia to Kotor Montenegro other than we now have 101 ways to sleep on a bus seat. Angie's favorite one is to stretch our with her legs going across the aisle resting in the empty seat. No one needed the aisle anyway until the stops. Francine's most comfortable way to sleep was to curl up facing the seats and her head on her bl http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Montenegro/Kotor/Kotor/blog-421444.html