We plan on going to Toronto for five nights as our fall trip this year. Neither of us have ever been there. It looks like there is a lt to do.
More to follow as we firm up our plans!
Tuesday, July 09, 2019
Thursday, May 23, 2019
Paris, Rouen, and Toulouse, France, 2019
We haven't been in France since 2015, so we figured it's time to go back. We'll be 4 nights in Paris, four in Toulouse, then back to Paris for one last night.
You can see our photos here.
You can see our photos here.
Wednesday April 24, 2019
·
Flight
delayed
o
We didn’t
leave until Thursday, getting to Paris Friday.
Friday
·
Airbnb
·
Opéra
National de Paris
·
Dinner at Les Bougresses
Saturday
- Rouen
- Rouen cathedral
- Lunch at Alba Restaurant
- Église Catholique Saint-Maclou
·
Saint-Ouen Abbey Church
·
Catholic Church of St Joan of Arc
·
Dinner in
Paris at Bistrot de l’Oulette
Sunday
- Marche Bastille
- Saint Denis
- Montmartre cemetery
- Dinner at Les Bougresses
Monday,
- Train to Toulouse
- 8:52
- Arrive 1:14
- Hotel St Sernin
o +33 (0)5 61 21 73 08
·
Dinner L'entrecote
Tuesday,
·
Couvent des Jacobins
·
Capitol
o Council
of Toulouse
·
Le Cafe Du Soleil
·
Toulouse
Greeters
o Place
du Capitole
·
Dinner at La Côte de Boeuf
·
Wednesday,
·
Laundry!
o Laverie
des Lois
·
Pierre Baudis Japanese Garden
·
Lunch at Bistro Régent Blvd Strasbourg
·
Saint Stephen's Cathedral
·
Botanical Garden
·
Dinner at Auberge du Tranchoir
Thursday,
- Bemberg Foundation Museum
o Hôtel
d'Assézat
·
Musée des Augustins
·
Lunch at Le
Quartier Latin
·
Musée Saint-Raymond
·
Notre-Dame du Taur
·
Dinner at Restaurant
Emile
Friday,
- Train to Paris
- 8:47
- Arrive 1:08
- Airbnb
o +82 10 4592 0211
- Notre Dame
- Dinner at Le Chanard
Saturday,
·
AA Flight
151
o
12:10p<
o Arrive ORD 2:15PM
·
Home
by 5:30
Thursday, December 06, 2018
Washington DC, October 10 - 14, 2018
See our Washington DC photos here.
Wednesday 10/10
- Leave home at 6:15AM
- Depart
8:15
- SW Flight 2354
·
Arrive 11:00
- Stay
at Residence in 333 E St, SW, DC, 20024
- 202-484-8280
- Blue line to Federal Plaza (13 stops) 0.2 mile walk or
- Yellow Line to L’Enfant (4 stops) 0.4mi walk
- Library mall
- Hirshorn Sculpture Garden
- WWII Memorial
- Korean War Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Viet Nam Memorial
- Drinks at the Hive Bar
- Dinner at Old Ebbitt Grill
- Sliver line to Metro Center (7 stops) 0.2 mile walk
Thursday 10/11
- 10:10 Capital Tour – tickets from Tammy Baldwin
- Library of Congress
- Snack at Bullfeathers
- 3:00PM National Museum of African American History
& Culture
- Drink at 1331 Lounge
- Drink at Mackey’s Pub
- Thai for dinner
Friday 10/12
- Congressional Cemetery
- Blue line to Potomac station (3 stops). 0.4 mile wall
- Yardhouse for beer
- Full Kee Chinese for lunch
- National Portrait Gallery
- Obamas’ portraits
- Dinner with Alaric & Jennifer Piette at Marvin
Saturday 10/13
- Arlington Cemetery
- Blue line to Arlington (9 stops). 0.1mi walk
- MLK Memorial
- FDR Memorial
- Jefferson Memorial
- Lavagna Italian restaurant for dinner
Sunday 10/14
- Depart
DCA 12:55PM
- SW 5431
- Arrive MKE 2:00PM
Germany, May 2-12, 2018
We had a great trip to Germany in 2018. The Germans handle their troubled 20th century past well, acknowledging their wrong-doing.
Our route was Berlin to Dresden to Nuremberg to Munich. It all worked out perfectly.
You can see our photos here.
Our route was Berlin to Dresden to Nuremberg to Munich. It all worked out perfectly.
You can see our photos here.
Wednesday, May 2, 2018
- Leave
home at 11:50
- 12:40 Bus
to O’Hare
- Reservation
codes: FWUDBL, RISHM8
- Depart
ORD on Finnair flight AY10 at 6:00
PM, seats 30A&C
Thursday, May 3
- Arrive
Helsinki at 10:50AM
- Depart
Helsinki on Finnair flight AY1433 at 11:30
- Arrive
Berlin at 12:25PM
- Almstadtstraße 24 2. Hinterhaus Erdgeschoß Rechts
Berlin, Berlin 10119
Friday, May 4
- Reichstag
9:30AM Reservation made
- Museum
Island
- Topography
of Terror
- Eat at
im Podewil
- Berlin
Wall Memorial
- Dinner
at Yarok – Syrian food
- Met
a couple from Maine
Saturday, May 5
- German
History Museum
- Markthalle
Neun
- Covered
market in the SE of Berlin
- Prater
Beir Garden
Sunday, May 6 – Travel day
- 11:19
Train to Dresden
- Arrive
13:07
- Neumarkt
Dresden, Sachsen 01067
- Check
in after 3:00PM
- Rick
Steves Dresden walk
- Dinner
at Watzke at the Golden Rider
Monday, May 7
- Cokkee
at Dresder Kaffeestubchen
- Royal
Palace
- Green
Vault Tickets purchased
- Laundry
- Dinner
at Altmarkteller
Tuesday, May 8 – Travel day
·
Dresden Catholic Cathedral
·
10:21 Train to Nuremburg
- Arrive
at 13:54
- Bindergasse
7 Nürnberg, Bayern 90403
- Check
in after 8:00AM
- Bratwursthausle
bei St Sebald
- Little
Nuremberg brats
- Barfusser
for beer
- Dinner
at Istanbul restaurant
Wednesday, May 9
- Nazi
Documentation Center
- Nazi
Rallying Grounds
- Nuremberg
Castle
- Grounds
only – we didn’t go in
- St
Lawrence church
- Albrecht
Durer House
- We
didn’t go in
- German
National Museum
- Dinner
at Ganesha Royal Indian
Thursday, May 10 – travel day
- 9:55 Train
to Munich
- Arrive
11:02
- 4
St.-Anna-Straße Munich, BY 80538
- Check
in after noon
- Biergarten
Viktualienmarkt
- beer
- Big
protest in the main square
- Schneider
Brauhaus
- Snacks
and beer
- Hofbrauhaus
Muchen
- Beer
- Haxnbauer
im Scholastikahaus
- Pork
knuckle
- La
Stanza
Friday, May 11
- Munich
Residence Museum
- Biergarten
Viktualienmarkt
- Augustiner
Klosterwirt
- Beer
- English
Garden
- Surfers
- Beer
garden
- La
Stanza
- Last
meal of the trip
Saturday, May 12
·
Leave for Airport at
·
Depart Munich on AA flight 717 at 10:15AM
·
Arrive in Philadelphia at 1:30PM
·
Depart PHL on AA flight 455 at 3:44PM
·
Arrive in Chicago at 4:46PM
·
Catch bus to Milwaukee
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