Albear

MERRY CHRISTMAS STOCKHOLM! • From December 24th-27th we toured this lovely (one of our favorite cities!) city • We arrived Christmas Eve with some snow fluff on the ground-- quite beautiful • We walked the hallowed streets and there was nothing to eat- NO CHINESE!!! • Hotel to the rescue a nice dinner buffet-- that was a bit pricey! • Christmas day- slept-in (what more do you do?), Ice-skating in Kungsträdgården park, World’s largest Christmas Tree, stands 125 meters with the star, dine on pizza and gyros, it wasn't Chinese, but it was our own tradition! • Wake up ready for site-seeing—walk around the old cobble-stone streets, peak in the windows (we rose too early for most shop owners). • Hit up the Noble Prize Award Hall. Beautiful building. All the noble prizes are awarded here ... read more

Little behind on the BLOG, we know... but figured it would take this long for anyone actually trying to read every word of it. (Thanks again to those of you who do, and yes, we understand that a lot of you are handling this BLOG the same way we all got through grade-school... look at the pics, read the captions and make up your own story. We still appreciate your interest!) København, Denmark ...an exhaustingly exiting weekend of site-seeing and such. So, after a grueling bus/ferry combo through the night we kicked off our adventure on Saturday as we pulled into town around 5:00 in the morning; walking, napping, sailing, walking, drinking, listening, walking, riding, swinging, walking, eating our way through Copenhagen and sleeping (in shifts) on the bus-ride back, Sunday at midnight. Highlights: - 5:00AM ... read more

With 6 bags between the two of us, getting to and from the airport can be a challenge. We somehow managed to pack our lives back up, including any new items we might have aquired, and began our journey to our new home in Hamburg. Since we’d already been introduced to our new city from the SMM Boat Show back in September, we knew exactly what to expect—which was nice. A few hours up in the air and some 6-bag-tackling later, we were in the taxi and on our way to the Clipper-Elb Lodge—where we’d be residing for the next 3 months. It’s a good location, right by the water and it’s close to bus stops, subways and walking paths. Grant either bikes or hitches a ride with a friend to work (a little over a ... read more

I see Ali left off at the train to Cork. I have to hand it to her, she verbally painted her hefty 12-year old co-pilot in a fair light but here's a picture to do him justice! And the funny part is, we actually conned (well, Ali shoved) some poor local out of his seat claiming, "We have 'reservations' for those two seats!" …that was totally incorrect. Confused and abiding by the irrational American's demands, the poor guy wandered around and luckily found another seat. Apparently this train constantly overbooks; people were stuck sitting on the floor, in-between cars, for the 3+hr journey, but not us! (Phew) As we pulled in to the station at Cork, Bryan, an Irish friend of mine that I met while traveling the Galapagos (the "odd-couple" bunkmates on a first-class honeymooners ... read more

Good morning to you all! Sorry for the delay in my blog, we took too many pictures so we had to wait and upload those bad boys before I could write you (y'all really just like the pictures, right?!). I know I'm a visual learner :) We ended up driving about three and a half hours South to a place called Cornwall, New Quay (New Key) to be exact. It's UK's surfing capital. Everywhere you look there's a person holding a surfboard and their dress is a wet suit, they may have a toboggan on and different colored flops, but they all pretty much look the same. Upon arrival we located our hotel--- but no one was home. We rang the doorbell and called only to be told our reservation had been cancelled because we were ... read more