Blogs from Europe - page 11603

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Hi again, yes I know so soon. (what is going on......) Anyways don't really have too much to talk about. The weather has turned typically English (apparnetly) and it seems to be raining a lot now. Which is great now that we are actually going to soon be travelling and no longer stuck indoors. Although I suppose we won't actually be in England so I guess the weather may be different in Europe. (please excuse my rambling) Ok so just to clear things up. A lot of people have been asking if we have drowned in the floods. No we haven't. We haven't had that much rain. It's all up North. And we are in South East England. So we are safe. (yes all breath a sigh of relief) Anyways. Bletchingley had it's annual Bletchingley ... read more

Hi Folks, This is our first travel blog on the road. Hope this works ok... We are having a cool time so far, if not a little exhausted for our long journey here... Copenhagen is a very cool city, the standard of living here seems really high... Its a quiet city considering its size .... the airport was quiet..... not like London. ny etc ..... Heather is already editing what Im saying... she can post a few later!! oh yeah the trains are quiet too, The people are really nice and friendly . Everybody we have met so far can converse in English which is great considering our Danish is non existent.... didn´t save all my mail ... so lets go again!! I like the open plan of this city...it doesn´t feel like a normal ... read more

traveling to cinque terre from interlaken was a full-day experience. we left early, switched trains 4 times, and got to riomaggiore, the town at the southernmost end of the cinque terre, by late afternoon. cinque terre means five lands in italian, and the area consists of five small towns situated on cliffs and hills at the edge of the northwestern coast of italy. monterosso, the first town, has rocky-sandy beaches and is probably the largest of the towns. vernazza, the next town down the coast, has a small sandy beach and a few shops and restaurants. corniglia, the middle town, is situated on a hill and has amazing views. manarola is tiny and has rocks to lie out on. riomaggiore, the town we stayed in, is probably the second largest town and has lots of big ... read more

On Sunday June 24, the feast of St. John the Baptiste, Canada´s patron saint, Ray and Andrew attend two high masses. One is the Haydn Theresien Mass at the Hofmusikkapelle (with Vienna Boys Choir - lots of flash photography, very touristy) and the other the Haydn Nelson Mass at in the St Augustin Church (very good organ, accoustics). In the following, week, they attend a popular Viennese opera, Die Fledermaus, at the Volksoper and go to the Vienna State Opera for two more serious works: Lohengrin by Wagner and Werther by Massenet All of the operas were the last performance for the season which ends June 30 for these two state opera companies. For the opera buffs: Ben Heppner was not that exceptional as Lohengrin. Others in the cast were more memorable and overall the ... read more