Louvre in the morning Then walked to Eiffel Got pizza near there Mom/dad had Mexican, Noah had Took metro to see Eiffel light show at night

Walked straight toward Notre dame Drizzly, got petit dejune Sat night headed back to Latin quarter before shops closed Noah had McDonald’s

Our last day in Germany happened to be Good Friday, a national holiday and a festive time in Germany. Our breakfast at the Hilton Heidelberg was decorated with Easter chocolates and was a fabulous breakfast. We then took the bus and walked up the steep hill in damp conditions to the Heidelberg Schloss, where we... Continue Reading →

We all slept amazing well in our Bacharach inn, had a very complete breakfast there, packed and caught the train to Mainz, then Darmstadt – Dan’s home for two years. We just missed our connecting train toward Dan’s old research lab (GSI) and took an Uber instead after putting our luggage in lockers at Darmstadt’s... Continue Reading →

We woke up in our tiny hotel room with crappy dorm-style bedding, and Tammy solo-tripped to the city center via tram while Dan and Noah went deep on the nice free hotel breakfast. Then it was pack up and head to the Luxembourg train station for our first destination: Trier, the namesake of our township... Continue Reading →

Today was the day we departed London for the bulk of our trip through continental Europe. We checked out of our London hotel without breakfast and took the bus to St. Pancreas, where we arrived with plenty of time and no queues. We first took Eurostar to Brussels, where we spent 3 nights during our... Continue Reading →

After our late night, we slept in and didn’t get ready to leave until close to 10am (following a lack of hot water and an okay breakfast at our hotel). I noticed a line queueing in front of our ground floor windows, and it turned out to be the line for the British Museum around... Continue Reading →

Our trip started comfortably for two reasons: we decided to use only carry-one, allowing us to leave later for the airport; and our flight schedule was shifted an hour thanks to the U.S. springing forward to daylight savings time a few weeks ahead of Europe! This allowed for our Uber to not get until 8am.... Continue Reading →