When we first started planning this trip, we told the kids they could pick a country to visit for their birthday, and if it could be worked into the itinerary, we would go there. Emma immediately said Paris, and never wavered from that decision. She couldn’t say why, she just thought she would like it. […]
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A Room With a View
Siena, September 16-18 We stopped for two nights in Siena on our way from Venice to Rome on the advice of Rick Steeve’s Italy guidebook; “its a must see”. He was right. It is a gorgeous old gothic city, with an old town center that hasn’t changed much since the 1500’s. The reason? It lost […]
Prague Walks
Prague We left Prague two days ago for Salzburg, Austria. It ended up as a longer stay than we initially planned for several reasons. One was simply that it is a great city; beautiful, with a lot of history and interesting architecture, and it is in a relatively compact area, lending itself well to walking. […]
Oslo — This is Fjord Country
Oslo– This is Fjord Country Our blogging has been delayed again. Though we were busy the last four days in Prague, the main reason for the delay was our poor internet connection. But now we are in Salzburg, and again have a good Internet connection. Before I get into Prague, I must backtrack to the […]
Land of the Vikings
Land of the Vikings Perhaps I enjoy Norway so much because it is the land of the Vikings, the name of my beloved football team. Or maybe it is because my paternal grandmother’s family is from Norway, and that part of the family showed their ancestral roots so much in speech and the way they […]
London and Beyond
We have a little catching up to do on the blog. We are now on our way to Oslo, after a mad dash in the airport. Small details matter; a flight to Oslo’s Rygge airport is not the same as a flight to Oslo’s Torp airport, even if on the same airline. But we did […]
Goodbye Nicaragua, Hello Honduras
Bootsnall Blog We left Nicaragua on the 29th, after 17 days there. We had decided to move on to Honduras because we were concerned that Bjorn and Emma were not enjoying things as much as Margit and I were, and we thought some diving would really get them excited. Of course, we are not certain […]
The adventure begins
Our first full day in Nicaragua. When you plan a long trip, it is with the expectation that not everything will go smoothly. We didn’t have to wait long to fulfill our expectations. Our flight from Miami to Managua was delayed a couple of hours, which was not a big deal. However, when we arrived […]
Planning for the Trip
This is my first post. Doing this makes the trip now seem even more real. For the last 5 years we have been planning on taking this trip around the world, but did not start doing much of the planning until the last 5 months. Most of the planning on where to go in a […]
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