A short drive west of Split is the island town of Trogir. Similar to Zadar but smaller, Trogir is a city on an island that was once a fortress. Like…

We left Zadar and continued south towards Split, Croatia’s second largest city. We stayed a short walk from the ancient center of town, much of which was built by the…

After three days in Zagreb, we picked up a rental car early Tuesday morning and started our drive south towards Dalmatia. Our destination that night was the city of Split,…

We started our Croatian adventure in the capital city of Zagreb.We had three full days to tour around, and our Airbnb apartment was only a fifteen-minute walk from the heart…

For our last few days in the UK we toured the Parliament building, saw a play, caught up with some old friends, and generally enjoyed the occasional chaos that is…

Our final stop on our long journey was England. We knew when we first started planning that no matter where we went, we would finish at our favorite city in…

Our penultimate stop was the Flemish city of Ghent in northwestern Belgium. We stayed here almost a week touring the old city and visiting with old friend Tom Plachecki and…

After leaving Jim and Neva in Munich, Kim and I traveled to the German city of Regensburg for the weekend. It was my third visit to the old Roman settlement, and…

On our last morning in Salzburg I took sister Kelly to the train station for her return trip to Munich and her flight home. Then Jim and I had an early…

For one of our trips outside of Salzburg, we took the train south to Hallein hoping to ride the 2,200-meter-long alpine slide. Unfortunately the weather failed to cooperate and instead…