http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/Gabriela and Tony/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Gabriela and Tony en-us Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:10:43 BST Fri, 29 Aug 2008 08:10:43 BST Hello again blogaddicted fiends. Helping you say NO to rehab here's another shot of our greattasting goesdownsmooth travel blog. EnjoyTo begin you must know that Switzerland is one of our favorite places in the world. Despite all the places on Earth that we've yet to see it seems that Switzerland is a place that we continue to return to over and over again. This past weekend Gabriela http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/South-West/Zermatt/blog-308731.html Hi Friends and Family It's been suggested demanded that I post a blog on our families recent trip throughout the Mediterranean. I apologize for the attempt at developing a life offline. Won't happen again. So this long and over due blog is from our 4th of July trip with my family Mom Dad Sister Grandmother. Our weeklong trip took us to the following locations1. Venice Italy2. Ath http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Greece/blog-302181.html Look I know what you've been thinking the last few weeks. It's been pretty obvious to us too but we just haven't gotten around to it yet. But still there you are sitting at home thinking over and over to yourself Hey What about Southern Spain Don't worry friends we've been thinking it too. And as usual we've got you covered.So Southern Spain it is. You may remember something sim http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/Andalusia/Seville/blog-271901.html Hi allLucky you a new blog Stircrazy from working too many weekends lately Gabriela proclaimed our vacation break officially over. So this past weekend we went nuts visiting Amsterdam Netherlands Antwerp Belgium and Brussels Belgium. As much as there is to see and do in all these towns we only had a span of two and a half days. Asked to comment Gabriela replied crazy yet possi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Netherlands/North-Holland/Amsterdam/blog-267347.html Hi everyone We've been delayed in sending this out. So enjoy the short and newest blog. We were off to Hamburg for a quick 1 night weekend getaway. We stayed at a nice hotel in the midst of town by the trainstation and walked around town. Sadly it rained during our trip. Once it began raining we hopped on a bus for the rest of our tour. Hamburg is a port town well known for its red light distri http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Hamburg/Hamburg/blog-267345.html Over the MLK long holiday weekend Gabriela and I once again took to the air for a bit of world traveling. We met up with our friend Rashad for a visit to the capital of Spain Madrid. Overall we found Madrid to be one of the very best places we've visited so far. It offered all the things that you look for in a vacation. It had plenty of sites to see awesome food a fun and active atmosphere http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Spain/blog-251096.html As my friend in Germany always tells me every good story begins with the phrase No S there I was. In this particular instance the story continues while sitting in a cafe in Cairo Egypt waiting for a train. A young Egyptian man was on my left and a middleaged Kuwaiti man smoking in front of me. Gabriela sat quietly on my right as I struggled to answer the one difficult question that http://www.travelblog.org/Africa/Egypt/Lower-Egypt/Cairo/blog-242025.html Hello again everyone and happy New YearAs Gaby and I looked back on the year 2007 we tallied a total of 10 countries and 15 major cities which we visited during the year's travels. Not too bad for a calendar year. During our adventures this year we found ourselves sipping a pint of guiness in Dublin and a liter of dark in Munich Hofbrauhaus. We saw the remains of the Berlin Wall and stood http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Hessen/Wiesbaden/blog-228291.html Note before beginning Tony escaped from blogging again. Blame him. This past weekend we were off to Paris. It was a too quick but very enjoyable and relaxing time. I could've done without the rain or the wind but that didn't deter me in the quest for the deliciousness The sites were wonderful the Louvre full of art and history the Eiffel standing tall the Champs Elyse full of people but th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/-le-de-France/Paris/blog-227246.html Hello Guest blogging today is Gabriela. Sorry Tony has been sent away for work so this time I blog. Thailand the land of smiles it was. Everyone is super friendly and smiles all the time. The food was terrific spicy and fresh. Oh yum I miss the food just thinking of it From Pad Thai to delicious Tom Yum Goong spicy and sour shrimp soup with lemongrass to young coconut drinks and to Thai http://www.travelblog.org/Asia/Thailand/blog-225433.html The recent long holiday weekend Columbus day gave Gabriela and I the chance to head North and visit two countries that we have never been to before Sweden and Finland. We've been to a good number of places since we moved to Europe but we've never taken the opportunity to visit any of the Scandinavian countries. So off we went visiting the capital cities of both nations. In the end we foun http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Finland/Uusimaa/Helsinki/blog-210933.html Gabriela and I enjoyed a twoweek visit of Gabrielarsquos mother Lorena this month. As soon as she arrived we wasted no time hopping a plane to show her the Europe that we usually speak to her about on the phone. We had many memorable experiences touring the streets of London and Rome together. But nothing will be as memorable to me as the time I came home from work and opened the refrigera http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Lazio/Rome/blog-202667.html There are three things about Italy that I thought I knew. During our recent trip to both Pisa and the villages of the Cinqua Terre five towns I confirmed absolutely that these bits of knowledge are in fact irrefutable truths. TRUTH 1 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is REALLY leaning. No seriously that thing is REALLY REALLY leaning. It actually looks more like itrsquos on the verge of ut http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Liguria/Cinque-Terre/blog-192428.html So I almost got arrested earlier this month in Switzerland. I swear Irsquove never been so consistently close to being placed in prison as I seem to be here living in Europe. Itrsquos not that Irsquom out getting myself into trouble itrsquos just that I donrsquot seem to know the rules and I suppose that I tend to keep ldquoguessingrdquo on the wrong side of the law. Crime asi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Switzerland/North-East/Z-rich/blog-184082.html London is an awesome city to spend a weekend. The English might say that London is brilliant or stop short and just say that it's brill. But perhaps they'd go extraBritish and say something like London is brill and Bob's your uncle. Meaning something to the effect of London is a wonderful place to be and that's all there is to say about it. Language differences aside in London you http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/Greater-London/blog-170222.html Hello again friends and welcome back to Blog Central. If I started off this blog telling you that we recently returned from a trip to RUSSIA what thought's come to mind When I was planning for this trip there were several thoughts that instinctually came to me when considering Russia cold weather cold people little food little hospitality. Oh and Nuclear Warheads of course. This alone http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Russia/Northwest/Moscow/blog-165842.html The city of Berlin Germany has a feeling. You can sense something about it as if you actually feel the city changing coming out of its shell. The wild existence of Berlin goes something like darkness to depression to hope and finally freedom. This is the path of the amazing city of Berlin. Berlin was unlike any place Gabriela and I have been before. In my opinion while some cities are beau http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/District-of-Berlin/Berlin/blog-155623.html Hello again to our blog readers around the globe. It appears that Gabriela and I have done something interesting again otherwise why would we bother sending you emails announcing a blog about it On those weeks where we hit up the grocery store and rent lowbudget militaryvideostore movies I tend to avoid notifying you of such and abstain from blogging. However this previous weekend we too http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Munich/blog-148972.html Hello deprived blog fansIt's been some time since Gabriela and I have been on vacation roughly 1.5 months and she's proudly announced that such a long and suffering wait will not be allowed to happen again. While during this rest period I've celebrated my luxury weekends at home she hurriedly planned the many vacations we will be enjoying throughout the rest of this year. While I slept in http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Ireland/County-Dublin/blog-130798.html Family FriendsAs the new year rolled upon us I thought I might take a second to send out greetings to everyone for a very happy and safe 2007. I'd also like to post a longoverdue pictorial blog of some of my favorite photos taken during our first year in Germany. Many of these photos came during our various jaunts around Western Europe but some are from our town of Wiesbaden as well. All http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Hessen/Wiesbaden/blog-119402.html