After about 24 intensely variable and interesting hours in Oviedo I am giving it a strong thumbs up. The train ride north from Madrid was a bit delayed, but only 3.5 hours and no other incidents. The Spanish Renfe train system is a bit hard to judge because we have experienced only 2 of the 4 Renfe …
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Madrid, The Reward For 4 Days Of Stress: But, only for a day, onward to Oviedo
It was about 96 hours ago I made the decision to pivot on the direction of our European travels. Between train challenges and the ominous heat predictions for almost all of Europe previous plans went out the window. Prague, Warsaw and Krakow say goodbye. Say hello to the northern most area of Spain, …
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Kutzig, Alsatian Wine Country Tourbus
The Kutzig is a French Alsatian tourbus that picked us up at 10am. in Colmar where we are staying then transported us through six smaller towns/villages in the Alsatian wine country over the course of nine hours. Above is a picture of one of our drivers, and a picture of the view out a side window. …
How Did They do That?!!!!! Strasbourg’s Immaculate Intricate Cathedral
We took a 33 minute train ride to Strasbourg France this morning. I have been told several times that it is ridiculous to be this close and not visit Strasbourg. It has a fairly large downtown area surround by a canal. The buildings are very handsome, but one stands out as being so extraordinary …
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Colmar 2: Poor man’s Bruges, a great night out, you call that a market?
We have been in Colmar since Sunday afternoon. We were excited to go for a walk in the old town Monday. The area is inside where ramparts were built around the city many centuries ago for protection. It has many pretty buildings, plazas and even canals that have caused it to be labeled Little …
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