http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/toni-lister/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from toni lister en-us Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:09:04 +0000 Mon, 07 Dec 2009 18:09:04 +0000 Thursday 9th October Day 45Orlando Miami Los AngelesWe got up and managed another breakfast at the Waffle House before heading off back towards Miami. We had to leave fairly early as we had to drive back south return the rental car and get to the airport for our flight to Los Angeles. The drive back wasnrsquot quite as picturesque as I had hoped as we didnrsquot really have time to tra http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-443669.html Miami Orlando Tuesday 7th October Day 43Today we were checking out and heading for Orlando so we stopped for one last time at Walgreenrsquos. It had certainly been helpful for cold drinks and decent snacks and awesome air conditioning during our stay in South Beach. We picked up some fresh fruit salad and other items for breakfast and ate them on the way to the Everglades National Park http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Cape-Canaveral/blog-442529.html New Orleans Miami Saturday 4th October Day 40We got up in the morning and had one last stroll past the restaurants and tourists shops. I bought a few items for people back home and Vaughan bought a white tshirt as he was finding it too hot with all the blackcoloured shirts he had brought with him. New Orleans was so sunny and really vibrant it was full of bright colours and action and mus http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Florida/Miami/blog-432245.html Memphis New OrleansWednesday 1st October Day 37Today we had a little time before leaving Memphis but didnrsquot have much time to really go back into the city or any last attractions before needing to get sorted so we just had a quiet morning at the hotel. We caught a taxi to the airport bound this time for New Orleans. Of course as with our last two flights we could only get there via http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Louisiana/New-Orleans/blog-432239.html Davenport Iowa Memphis TennesseeSunday 28th September Day 34Today we were heading for Memphis but we still had a little time to spend with Kelly and Robbie before we left and with Bradlee and Dustin playing on the game cube. We went out for breakfast somewhere I forget sorry but eventually had to say goodbye and head off back through Davenport over to Moline airport in time to tak http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-427190.html Thursday 25th September Day 31Boston DavenportWe woke up fairly early in the morning and ventured down to the breakfast room. Our first experience here had been a bit creepy the host of the place was really formal and we sat around a large table with some other older guests just kind of looking at each other while music similar to the Munsterrsquos theme song was playing in the backgroun http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Iowa/Davenport/blog-423775.html Tuesday 23rd September Day 29Burlington Cape CodWe started the day by having another fabulous supermarket breakfast lots of fresh healthy food combined with all the bad American foods we canrsquot get back home before heading for one last drive through the town and back south through the University areas. We were making good time an on route to the Ben and Jerryrsquos factory home of http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Massachusetts/blog-422148.html Sunday 21st September Day 27Brattlebro BurlingtonToday we got up and had some breakfast at the hotel before heading across the Connecticut River into New Hampshire for a bit of a look around the riverrsquos edge. It was a very pretty area with heaps of people fishing or just generally out in their boats. After a brief stop back in Brattleboro where we had a quick look around some old hous http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-418033.html Friday 19th September Day 25New York City BostonWe started the day by milling around for a little while and making sure we were sorted out for our bus trip to Boston without rushing too much. This time we had researched well ahead of time and booked a bus with one of two companies operating out of Chinatown for a significantly cheaper fare. We caught the Underground to Chinatown and walked http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/blog-415305.html Wednesday 17th September Day 23It was our last morning in Europe and we managed to make it to the train station on time and without any dramas once again. I bought some breakfast items from a small supermarket there and we had a munch on that while waiting for our train to the airport. We got to the airport quite early and had to wait for ages in a giant check in queue because flights going to http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/New-York/New-York/blog-412464.html Skagen ArhusSaturday 13th September Day 19Today we headed back to middle of Skagen to catch the train south again. We arrived with plenty of time to spare no dramas this time and boarded our train with a few other locals heading for the large city of Arhus. Seeing the sand dunes yet again really fascinated me and I enjoyed the journey back just as much. We changed trains again in Aalborg http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-411796.html Copenhagen SkagenThursday 11th September Day 17Today we said goodbye to the nice people at the BB headed into the main city train station for our trip north. We had decided to get a rail pass to travel around Denmark as it was relatively cheap and also easier since we didnrsquot really have any idea where we were going as usual. Denmark is actually made up of three main islands Zee http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Nordjylland/Skagen/blog-404786.html CopenhagenWednesday 10th September Day 16Today was pretty overcast and it had been raining overnight so we werenrsquot too sure what we would be able to get up to before any more rain kicked in. We headed back into central Copenhagen anyway and walked over to Christiansborg Palace currently the Parliament buildings. Christinsborg Palace is actually on its own island called Slotsholmen http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/Region-Hovedstaden/Copenhagen/blog-402519.html CopenhagenTuesday 9th September Day 15We had two full days in Copenhagen and had not overly planned a lot to do there. We found getting around a bit more difficult as the Danish language really didnrsquot seem based on English at all and many of the sounds they use were so different that we couldnrsquot pronounce anything anyway. Never mind public transport was pretty easy so we headed i http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Denmark/blog-401853.html Fussen FreiburgSaturday 6th September Day 12Today we jumped up for some breakfast and met Declan and Kirby upstairs in the common area. Not long afterwards we parted ways as we were checking out and they were staying on for another few days. We cruised out of Fussen in the mini and headed for the two local castles we had come to see. It was a quick 5 minute forest drive to Schwangau and the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/blog-399315.html Nordlingen Munichplease note that photos further down the page taken in Dachau Concentration Camp might be upsetting to some peopleTuesday 3rd September Day 9Today we jumped up in time to have the giant cooked breakfast buffet that was included in our room tariff Vaughan had been looking forward to German sausages for breakfast so he chowed down. The variety was excellent and we both e http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/blog-392311.html Saturday 30th August Day 5The next morning we still had a bit of time in Bruges before we had to head out of town on the train. We had a final look around the town and ventured down to the basement level of the Copthorne Hotel at least I think it was the Copthorne where some original Medieval tunnels have been restored as part of a conference facility type area. There were a few artefacts http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/blog-343886.html Thursday 28th August Day 3Paris BrugesAs our time in Paris drew to a close we still managed to have a relaxing morning before checking out of the hotel and making our way to the train station where we waited for our train to Bruges Belgium. We couldnrsquot find a direct train well maybe there is one but it was probably too expensive for us so we had a train change in Brussels which http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Belgium/West-Flanders/Bruges/blog-342190.html Tuesday 26th August Day 1We were up early to get Vaughan sorted as he had left it until the last possible minute of course to sort out a lot of his stuff in anticipation of leaving the UK. Vaughan had expected to fit everything in his pack for some crazy reason and was suddenly hit with the realisation that he needed to go to the Post Office very urgently. So items eventually but safely p http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/France/Ile-de-France/Paris/blog-322852.html Welcome back to our blog I'm a little slack on it right now with all the wedding plans and returning to work yadda yadda yadda but I'm getting there. I'm not sure how long this will all take me so I am sure you will get over it if these entries are a little slower than usual. I hope you enjoy them all the same feel free just to check out the pictures and avoid my ramblings.For those of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/United-Kingdom/England/blog-322830.html