Part 6 –  Escape from Crete and Flight Home WARNING! This episode contains graphic descriptions of personal and medical issues that...

Whoops! It must have slipped my mind, but when I wrote the last two tales about Beer, Booze and other Beverages, I completely missed...

Part 1 – Tea, Coffee, Wine and Beer Over the years, readers have often asked me if I was a serious drinker, or even if I was an...

Katzweiler/Pfalz Bonanza Ranch What? Bonanza Ranch? Are you talking about a popular TV series that ran through the sixties? No, this...

Part 5  ‘South Tirol’s Wine Road’ Well, here we are on Part 5, the last of this series. I could have carried on even further, because...

Part 4 – Germany’s “Romantic Road” “Romantische Straße” To most people, Germany’s “Romantic Road” is still a mystery . . . never heard...

Part 3 ‘Germany’s Wine Road’ Deutche Weinstraβe Another example of the ‘Roads’ of Europe is the German Wine Road ( Deutche...

Part 2 Germany’s “Castle Road” Germany’s “Castle Road” ( Burgenstraβe) runs from Mannheim, through Heidelberg and along the Neckar...

A brief look at how some European countries handle this wonderful time Our first exposure to how serious some European countries...

170 Kilometres of great wine, delicious food, and a lot of fun! Part 2 Gites (B&B) When I asked around, I was told to check in the...

170 Kilometres of history, great wine, delicious food, and a lot of fun! Part 1 Here we are back in Europe, our favourite playground! ...

The man who was buried in a glacier for over five thousand years! Here we are, back in Europe. Not just any place in Europe, but one of...

When we were doing a lot of traveling Europe by car, on a “normal” travel day we would try to arise for breakfast at a decent time,...