Europe

Riga, LatviaWedge between Lithuanian and Estonian, the Republic of Latvia is the third country which makes up the Baltics States. Latvia’s population is nearly 2 million, and the capital is Riga, which was our port of call on August 1st.  So, when…

Hello, and welcome back. Today, we are in the Kingdom of Belgium, located in Northwestern Europe. It has 11 million residents. The capital is Brussels, and French, Dutch, and German are spoken here.  While Belgium is likely best known for…

Today, we crossed the English Channel, and docked in Southhampton, the port city for London to the east. Like our last port, it is several hours to the city from the port.  It turns out that, several years ago, a container…

CherbourgHaving visited southern France a number of weeks ago, we backtracked west through the Straight of Gibraltar, and headed towards Northern Europe. Luckily, we have a handful of additional stops in France along the way.  First stop, the town of…

This morning, we docked in Ireland in the town of Cobh which is pronounced “Cove”, by the locals. It turns out the “h” is known as a “lenited letter”, which is silent, but changes the  pronunciation of the following letter. So…

Vigo (July 19) After leaving Malaga, we travelled to north to Morocco and Portugal before our final stop, six days later, in Vigo Spain.  Vigo is fantastic. Completely walkable, lots to see and do, and many beautiful piazzas.  After a…

Hello. Thank you for checking back in on our adventures. Got the next several days, we will be visiting Portugal, on the SW tip of Europe.  While Portugal is home to 10 million folks, it is a very small country.…

Corsica Bonjour! Ahhh… Our first day in France, was bien, merci.  Anyway, it was the 4th of July.  Instead of fireworks, we visited the small town of Ajaccio, (pronounced “uh · jak · see · ow) on the island of Corsica, France. Ajaccio is the ancestral…

Hello, and thanks for comin’ back.  For a little over a week now, we have been visiting Ms. Karen’s favorite, Italy. Here, we found much fun, and uncompromising beauty. Oh yeah, they have a food thing goin’ on up in…

Boy, did I have a strange dream last night! Anyway, welcome back. We have spent the last several days in the Balkans, a collection of counties in and around the Adriatic Sea in souther/Central Europe. While we are having a…