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Amsterdam (NE) - Cologne (GER) - St. Goar (GER) - Lucerne (SW) - Engleberg (SW) Another 6am wake up call, with many unhappy faces in the lobby for your trip to the Rhine valley for the next portion of our trip through Europe. We were supposed to make a one-way trip to a little town called St. Goar located on the Rhine River. You probably will not find it on many maps, as population is barely 3000 people. However we were fortunate enough to stop in the town of Cologne (Koln) in Germany first and be taken to one of the largest gothic cathedrals in the world. Now I had been here before but did not get a chance to go. This church was one of the very few last remaining buildings left standing in Cologne ... read more

I write this blog from my hotel just outside of Edinburgh, Scotland, my last stop on an extraordinary road trip through England and Scotland. I have just had the pleasure of spending the last three days in and around Lake Windermere and the Hilthwaite Hotel. A huge thanks must go out to my brother, Warrick and Mr. And Mrs. S, owners of the Hotel that Felicia and I stayed at. My brother had worked at this rather exclusive little hotel close to Lake Windermere and befriended the owners, who in turn allowed me to stay at their hotel. But a little more about that later … Well I am gong to change this blog up a little as this area of the country is well worth every word. Now the Lake District in an amazing place, ... read more

Before I start this new blog, I would to submit a new mathematical formula into any new travel planning exercise. This is a measure of just how much trouble you (the male) are going to be in when traveling with your partner (the female). However this does come with warning label, if you cherish your health, you can never make mention of this. It’s a rather simple formula actually and goes a little something like this; there is an exponential relationship between the pain and discomfort you are going to experience as the total weight of your partners luggage moves towards half of their partner weight. If her luggage exceeds half of her weight, cancel your trip; the pain will be too great. We woke up rather late on Sunday morning at 10am, with a slight ... read more

While Galileo Galilei may have gone before the church in Rome (1612) and professed that the earth was not the center of the universe (according to the Copernican theory) and for such heresy he was put under house arrest for the remainder of his life. Well Galileo Galilei obviously has never been to New York City (especially Times Square), if he had, he may have made an small exception before ratifying this theory. I was born to live in this city, its simply incredible. I know that it maybe a concrete jungle, but the cosmopolitan make up of the people makes it’s so incredibly interesting. I believe that London is the only other city that comes close to NYC. Well, I landed in NYC, a day after the arrests in England of the terrorists involved in ... read more