We took our last leg of the trip to Texas by train. We began the morning by a quick walk to the train station from our overnight in Chicago. As first class passengers with a cabin we were walked to our train first. The train left at 1:52pm for a 1:17am arrival in Texas. Our cabin had a chair and a couch that folded into a double bunk bed. As we left we got to see Chicago from train. A different sight than from boat, plane, walking, or car. We passed under this open train br

We had a great trip to Chicago. We ended up sitting in two different areas so we could both have aisle seats. Laura had an interesting seat-mate and chatted most of the trip making the flight go even faster. Our hotel was next to a Bavarian restaurant so we decided to try it out. We embraced being in the US hearing English and being able to go to a pharmacy. Laura walked and found the easy route to the train station for the evening travel. We missed seeing Grayce since she w

Our hotel in Dublin was perfect for our two night needs. Our hotel was just a short bus ride from the airport. On the way to our hotel,...

We ended our time in Germany with Octoberfest in Munich. On the train ride, Laura found the equivalent of Diet Coke and M&Ms. We had a...

We stopped in Berlin on our way to Munich. We ended up getting a hotel in the Spandau district which turned out to be fabulous. Spandau...

We returned to Hamburg on our way to Munich. We picked the same Fraser Suites we liked so much on our way to Norway. We decided to try...

We had a wonderful train trip to Copenhagen. We met a wonderful Swedish family on their way to Hawaii with their daughter. Our train was...

We had a wonderful train trip to Gothenburg and Laura tried to take as many pictures as she could as we sped through the countryside....

We are retracing our steps as we head back from Bergen. We left on a beautiful day. We had a another spectacular travel day with beautiful views. We were able to sit together. There were more people on this route and so we couldn't move around as much. There was a delay at one point because of an "avaolanche". The kind lady in front of us interpreted the Norwegian part of the announcement to say that there was a large bolder that had slid down and they were watching to make s

We planned our journey to make it all the way up to Bergen - the furthest Northern Stop on our European adventure. We enjoyed our rail...

We planned an overnight ferry to Oslo from Copenhagen. We had a wonderful room on the 11th floor with access to the commodores lounge. We...

We took three trains to get to Copenhagen. This train rode on a descending railway spiral that we went under to get oriented the right...

We were excited to make it to Hamburg after a longer than anticipated travel day. Our hotel was the lovely Fraser Suites. We had to give...

We needed a connection in Luebeck and with our Eurail pass it’s easy to change your tickets. So we decided to have a fun stop to see the...

We arrived to our beautiful Hotel Niederländischer Hof on the lake in Schwerin. We decided to take a stroll once we arrived. We found...

We started our day to arrive early at the train station. There was red next to our train and the translation of the train was "doesn't...

We arrived at the beautiful Antwerp train station. From the outside it is impressive. The inside is equally grand. Our hotel was a former...

We booked a castle while in Brugges. We are starting to get the hang of the Eurail pass. We stayed at the Duke Palace hotel which had a...

After our stay in Cologne, we took a train to Amsterdam. We purchased a Eurail pass and it works great! Once we arrived we had a...

After a lovely nights travel from Koblenz to Cologne, we made the decision to get off the ship in Cologne to enjoy more time at our pace....