Trechtingshausen, Germany July 26, 2012 We started today with another cold cut breakfast. Made two sandwiches to go, for lunch, and also brought some cheese wedges they had. Walk to the train station for the short ride to Trechtinghausen. Two stops later (10 minutes), we are there and decided to walk along a bike path […]
You are browsing archives for
Author: Charlie and Carol
We are Charlie and Carol aka CNC. We both have a travel and adventure bug. Since Retiring in 2012, we have visited Europe for 90 days and hiked 1000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail. We are always looking to explore and discover new places. Our next big adventure is another 90 days in Europe.
St Goar and Oberwesel
Oberwesel, Germany July 25, 2012 “Unfulfilled dreams become regrets, and I intend to have as few as possible” I don’t know where I got this from but I like it- Charlie We got a nice quiet nights sleep last night and were able to sleep in a little today. Our hotel has breakfast included so […]
Rhine River Cruise
Braubach, Germany July 24, 2012 “The wise traveler knows not to repeat successes, but to travel to new places all the time” Something I have always felt-Charlie Today was one of those days that make you want to travel and explore more. Everything goes as planned and you see great sights, meet great people, and […]
The German Adventure Begins
Cologne, Germany July 23, 2012 Today we will leave Belgium and start our German adventure. Belgium was extremely good to us. We boarded our two car train for our trip to Aachen, Germany. There was one first class car and one second class car. We learned yesterday that the cars are marked on the outside […]
Brugge to Liege
Liege, Belgium July 22, 2012 After a relaxing morning packing up our backpacks, we headed back into the town of Brugge. We first did the boat tour through the canals of Brugge. It was great and even received the Rick Steves group discount. It is always good to put more money into the beer fund. […]
Biking to Holland
Sluis, The Netherlands July 21, 2012 Slept good last night and since it was a bit wet out from late night rains, we snoozed a little more in the morning. We got out around 10:00 and walked next door to the market to buy some breakfast and lunch for our bike ride today. It was […]
Museums and Friends From Holland
Brugge, Belgium July 20, 2012 As tired as we were last night, we both just slept OK. Still adjusting to the time change. We kept rolling over and finally got up and out around 10:30. Todays plan was to do some museums. However, it is always most important to feed Carol so we stopped for […]
Arriving in Belgium
Brugge, Vlaams Gewest, Belgium, Thursday, July 19, 2012 July 18th/19th What a day! After yesterday where everything went smooth, we reverted to a popular rule of travel where it rarely goes smooth and as planned two days in a row. We arrived at JFK a little after 3:00 PM. Security, no problem; choosing pizza for […]
The Adventure Begins
Brussels, Belgium July 18, 2012 “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page.” St. Augustine Sometimes, I think we are crazy! But to be able to be with my wonderful wife on this incredible journey is such a gift and I stand ready to embark, to dream, discover, […]
A Quick Long Island Stop
Sayville, United States July 18, 2012 We made it to New York. Shuttle from St. George to Las Vegas, Flight to DFW, and then to Laguardia. Everything went smooth. We got through security with our hiking poles in the packs with no problems. Our short layover in DFW went well and I even caught a […]