Our big adventure for 2015 was a 15-day tour of China. We started in the smog of Beijing before heading to Wuhan, and then Jingzhou City to catch a cruise ship down the Yangtze River. We cruised through the Three Gorges, ending in Chongqing and then flew to Shanghai for our final few days. We saw a lot of memorable sights and met a lot of great folks in our tour group. It was another very memorable journey!
We left Brussels on another high-speed train to Cologne, Germany, where we made a quick stop to visit the awesome Cologne Cathedral and the surrounding Christmas market. In Cologne, we picked up our rental car so we could explore Germany at our own speed. We followed the Rhine River through the middle Rhine valley, where we saw one amazing castle…
After our adventure in Egypt, Tracey headed to Albania to meet up with a few friends while Michael spent a few days in Athens, Greece. Then we met up in Bucharest, Romania, and spent a day there before hopping on a train to explore Transylvania. Our first stop was Brasov, a beautiful town with an historic city center. After exploring…
The final leg of our journey took us from Innsbruck to Munich. Once again, we chose an amazing scenic route, this time through the Alps over Fernpass to two castles, Hohenschwangau castle and Neuschwanstein Castle, one of the most famous castles in Europe and the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty’s castle in the Disney Resorts (and many other fictional castles since).…
