Why Norway? Seems to be a popular question! Short answer: because it was the cheapest flight into Europe I could find. Long answer, and more to the point: because we are going to a wedding in Austria. Yep. A friend is getting married in Austria, so we flew into Oslo. Makes perfect sense, right?!? It…
Eric and I left Ellie and Dan at the Brussels airport, and set our sights on France. We stopped for a little brunch of beer at the Scourmont Abbey, where Chimay Trappist beers are produced. Eric had a miscommunication with the waitress, who spoke only French, and wound up with four beers instead of one,…
After the worst traffic that I have ever seen (and yes, it serves me right for renting a car in Europe, I know, I know) we made it to Brussels! Ellie pointed out later that she expected our arrival to be delayed, because they could see the traffic from the air when flying in. Dan…
Our day together in Delft was fun. We had a stroll around the city, and ate at a place called the Spice House (we think) which had delicious food and the most abrupt service ever. We split a traditional Dutch dish of beef with vegetables in a sauce of red wine, and the flavors were…
Arriving in Hoorn just in time to catch the first of the Stoomtrams (Steam Trains) was a lucky break, and we even got the conductor to tell us all about the steam trains and cars which were all running due to the festival of steam trains, which only happened this weekend! We had brunch in…
Once we had registered our destination with the baggage people we were off by train to a small city called Alkmaar. Home of the largest cheese market in the Netherlands, Alkmaar was quite cute, and the Amrath Hotel thankfully was ready for us when we arrived. Seeing the cheese market in action on Friday morning…
We have arrived in the Netherlands via the least direct route possible. After saying goodbye to Jen, Matt and Ruby in Los Angeles, it was off to LAX, home of Tom Bradley Terminal, which we deemed the least friendly/intersting/functional international terminal in the world, save Hyderabad. After the last of the phone calls to family…
