Day 10: The Hague (Den Haag), Thursday March 28
The Hague is the 3rd largest city in Netherlands, about 37 miles southeast of Amsterdam on the North Sea. It is home to the International [...]
Day 9: Amsterdam, Part 2 (Wednesday, March 27, 2013)
We had breakfast in the apartment, got an earlier start because we wanted to get to Anne Frank close to when it opened at 9am, [...]
Day 8: Amsterdam, Part 1 (Tuesday, March 26)
We slept in again and took our time with breakfast in the apartment. We had picked up a few things in the grocery store last [...]
Day 7: Cologne to Amsterdam (Monday, March 25,2013)
It was a slow day in Europe today :) We spent a couple of hours at the Cologne Cathedral this morning. The photos (in yesterday's [...]
Day 6: Cologne (Sunday, March 24, 2013)
A normal early morning, we went down for breakfast around 7:30. The scrambled eggs were cooked in bacon grease, a specific taste I haven't had [...]
Day 5: Koblenz, Part 2 (Saturday, March 23, 2013)
We slept in until 8:45am which is really late for us. Dan has been working so much, so hard, for so many months, I was [...]
Day 4: Koblenz
Koblenz, derived from the Latin word for "confluence" - appropriate since it sits on the banks where the Mosel River merges with the Rhine. With [...]
Day 3: Frankfurt (Thursday, March 21, 2013)
I took a train into Frankfurt this morning, a 30-45 minute ride from Mainz, depending on whether or not you're on a high-speed train (I [...]
Day 2: Mainz
Today I just walked around the city about 7 hours, and stopped in a few museums. Oddly, Mainz is like Sacramento in this way: not [...]
Day 1: Brussels to Mainz
Today is just about getting here and adjusting to time change and culture. I managed to navigate the Brussels airport and 3 train stations since [...]
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