Author: Kerry

I am currently in Lake Bled in western Slovenia. My Rick Steves tour through central Europe ended this morning and I will be traveling to Dubrovnik Croatia in an hour.…

The past two days have been filled exploring Budapest. Our hotel is located in Pest so the group spent yesterday (October 6) exploring Pest and today exploring Buda. Budapest is…

Today the group explored Eger before we hop on the bus and travel to Budapest. We had a busy day planned. After breakfast we spent the morning exploring the old…

Today I had breakfast in Poland, lunch in Slovakia and dinner in Hungary. It was a fun travel day. We had a long bus ride from Krakow To Eger which…

This morning I walked over to the National Gallery in Krakow. A wonderful expansive art museum. I only spent 90 minutes in the museum that could not possibly be explored…

Yesterday morning we walked to the bus station in Prague, about one half mile from our hotel and took a chartered bus to Krakow, Poland. The seven hour road trip…

Botanical garden on the way to Prague castle. St Vitus Cathedral in Prague Castle There are 27 people on this Rick Steves tour through central Europe. We spent the morning…

Astronomical clock installed in 1410 Charles Bridge crosses the Vltava river Prague Castle Main gate of Charles Bridge While exploring Prague I came across the Israeli consulate and the Ukrainian…

I departed from Saint Petersburg Florida on Friday afternoon (September 26) and arrived in Prague at 9:45 on Saturday morning. My journey took me longer than I would have liked…

I arrived in Berlin Thursday night after spending ten hours on two trains from Lausanne to Berlin. When I arrived in Berlin it took me a while to figure out…

Yesterday, May 20, I arrived in Lausanne with a plan to tour the official Olympic museum and Chillon Castle on the east side of Lake Geneva. Chillon Castle is a…

On my last full day in Bern I located a wonderful bookstore, highly recommended in Rick Steves guidebook with a roof top garden coffee shop. It was a wonderful spot…

My second day in Bern I decided to check out the Bern Museum of Fine Arts and the Einstein apartment since both will be closed on Monday (tomorrow). The Museum…

/I arrived in Bern around 11:30. My hotel is only two blocks from the train station so it was a short walk. Since my hotel room was not ready, I…

The resort towns in the Alps have two seasons. There is the winter season for skiers and other winter sports and then there is the summer season for hikers and…

This morning I took a cable car from Murren to the Schilthorn, a mountain peak located at 9744 feet. It has a restaurant, observation deck and of course a store.…

This morning I boarded a 8:55 train in Luzern and traveled to Lauterbrunnen in the heart of the Swiss Alps. From Lauterbrunnen, I hopped on a gondola where I boarded…

Today I decided to follow a plan described in Rick Steves' guide book. I took a bus from Luzern to Kriens, about 5 miles, where I would get on a…

I arrived in Luzern on a beautiful day, the temperature was in the mid 60s. The city borders both sides of the Reuss River at the mouth of Lake Luzern.…

View of Hydra Hydra Pavlos Kountouriotis Mansion Day trips arriving from Athens to Hydra Archive museum