http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Bothan-Taistil/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Bothan Taistil en-us Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:52:47 +0000 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:52:47 +0000 Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. Seneca WEB SITES click on the blue letters tp learn more Fort Donelson National Battlefield Shiloh National Military Park Fort Donelson National Battlefield. Tennessee November 1 2009 Sunday Just a bit of historyhellipldquoThe morning of February 14 1862 dawned cold and quiet. Early in the afternoon a furious r http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Shiloh-Battlefield-National-Park/blog-454884.html ldquoTravel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.rdquo Seneca October 30 2009 Friday We left Berea and drove west to Perryville Battlefield State Historic Site. This is our first Civil War Site visit on this Historic Tour. The day was bright and breezy but the history of this place is dark and sad. After viewing the video we walked the battlefield. This is ldqu http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Kentucky/blog-450805.html ldquoA wise traveler never despises his own country.rdquo Carlo Goldoni On The Road Again...Well we are off on another trip. Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi and Arkansas Texas. The route we are taking is based on the Civil War Battlefields. Bob has been reading and studying what happened and where.But we will have side tripsstops and other points of interest..KENTUCKY Carter Cave http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/blog-449301.html I should like to spend the whole of my in life traveling abroad if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home. William Hazlitt http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Bremen/blog-431425.html I should like to spend the whole of my in life traveling abroad if I could anywhere borrow another life to spend afterwards at home. William Hazlitt July 27 2009 Monday Amsterdam The Netherlands to Schiffdorf Spaden Germany just outside of Bremerhaven. Today is a ldquodrive dayrdquo and we arrived at Schiffdorf Spaden midafternoon. Since we plan to ship our motorhome bac http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/blog-431396.html I may not have gone where I intended to go but I think I have ended up where I intended to be. Douglas Adams July 24 2009 Friday Gaasper CG to Amsterdam and back. We met some nice folks from Colorado they have been visiting Europecamping for 19 years We are just novices they have a camper in Europe and one in Colorado. So today we will see ldquoAmsterdam according to Jud http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/blog-430851.html The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page. Saint Augustine July 22 2009 Wednesday Gaasper Camping Amsterdam The Netherlands. The Metro is less than 300 meters from the CG and the last stop on 53 is Central Station Amsterdam. A stop at a very crowded Information Center was a disappointment the ticket we got showed we needed to wait for 60 other people http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/blog-430843.html A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. Lao Tzu July 19 2009 Sunday Cochem to Beilstein and back to Cochem Mosel Valley Germany Another changeable weather day and we are off to Cochem on our bikes. There is a small shuttle bus that travels the tiny medieval cobblestones streets up to the castle and this is the bus we are on. It is amazing how the drive http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-429225.html The other day I opened a fortune cookie It is up to you to create your own adventures today July 16 2009 Thursday Potsdam to Cologne Koln Germany A long drive day across Germany to Cologne Germany our campingplatz Berger is right on the Rhine River and we are right on the bike trail. There is a nice RestaurantBiergartenhellip time to have dinner and relax. July http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-427370.html Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind. Seneca July 14 2009 Tuesday Potsdam to Berlin and back to Potsdam Germany. The location of this campground requires some effort and time to get into the city of Berling. From our readings there simply are not any campgrounds closer. So we bike to the bustram station take the bus to the train station and take the t http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-427369.html I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson July 11 2009 Saturday Copenhagen Denmark Absalon Campground Some people never learn from their mistakes so we are off on our bikes again to the city. Biking is a serious mode of transportation in Denmark. There are bike lanes vehicle lanes pedestrian lanes http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-422311.html We are Amsterbam and will be moving to Germany on MondayTravel is great Iceland to Norway to Sweden to Denmark I have found out that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. Mark Twain July 8 2009 Wednesday Reykjvik to Keflavik Iceland to Oslo to Utne Campground Norway By 450AM we were on the bus to the airport and all c http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-422305.html Sorry it has been so long we have been busy having fun Wandering reestablishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. Anatole France July 6 2009 Monday The Farm to Kerw Crater. to Icelandic Ponies to Skalholt Church to Geysir to Gulfoss to Pinavellis NP to Reykjavik to Hertz to our apartment in Reykjavik Iceland. Breakfast at the farm is 8 to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/blog-422299.html I travel not to go anywhere but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. Robert Louis Stevenson July 4th 2009 Saturday Ekeberg Camping Oslo to Oslo Airport to Keflavik Airport to the Blue Lagoon Iceland to Farm Guesthouse near Selfoss Iceland. After a night of storms the weather has finally cooled down. Finding our way to the airport was relatively http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Iceland/blog-420746.html No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old familiar pillow. Lin Yutang July 1 2009 Wednesday Laerdal CG to Borgund Stave Church to Hemsdal Norway. From Laerdal we drove to the Borgund Stave ChurchhellipWOW It is like a pagoda style fancy wooden carved church. The timber for the church was felled during the winter of 118 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/blog-420715.html July 21 2009. Just a quick note to let our followers know we are alive and well but have not had internet connection thus our blogs are a bit delayed. At the present we have just arrived in Amsterdam. I haven't been everywhere but it's on my list. Susan Sontag June 29 2009 Monday Tvinda CG to Voss Train Station to Bergen back to Voss and onto Taulen Campground Norway. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/blog-420691.html These are more photos form Norway We wander for distraction but we travel for fulfillment. Hilaire Belloc http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/blog-417424.html Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom when it comes not merely philosophically but almost with pleasure. Aldous Huxley June 27 2009 Saturday Gol Norway to Hardangervidda N.P. to Voring foss waterfall to the ferry at Brimnes to Bruravik then onto Voss then to Tvinde Campgro http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/blog-417420.html Who lives sees much. Who travels sees more. June 25 2009Thursday Ekeberg Camping Oslo Norway. We are now experts on the bus system ho ho and know how to get to and from the city. The Frogner Park is our first destination. We still have our 24 hour ticket good on all transportation systems so we located the tram out to the park. This is a 75 acre park containing a lifetime of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Norway/blog-417204.html wE ARE NOW IN COPEMHAGEN WE HAD A GREST TRIP TO ICELAND BUT YOU CAN READ ABOUT IT LATER To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world. Freya Stark June 23 2009 Tuesday Bandang Camping Stockholm Sweden to Karlstad Camping Sweden a drive day. We traveled from Stockholm to Karlstad the lake region in Sweden. This lake region is a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Sweden/Stockholm-County/blog-417200.html