Unfortunaltely, I can't share photos anymore due to a lack of free storage. Please see my Facebook account for those. Taking a ferry...

Western France As fun as Paris has been, it's time to move on. From here, we travel to Caen. We've packed and organized our bags and...

Arriving in a new, big city can be intimidating but exciting. As we get closer to Paris, the traffic gets busier, the buildings become...

While sitting on the train, I realized how similar the scenery was to the area where I grew up. Since the roots of my last name go back...

We will celebrate my middle son's 13th birthday in Switzerland. He said all he wants to do is go climbing. My wife and I have been...

The whole bus debacle really cost us. We had to pay for more bus tickets for the later bus, move our rental car pick up to another...

Our following destinations while in Italy are Verona and Venice. We left a little late from our Bologna place and had to hurry to the...

Florence is our next stop, and it is a several-step process to get there. We walk to the metro station and take a metro train to a bus...

Disclaimer: We visited places where pictures were not allowed, so I included photos from the internet here. From Naples, our travels took...

We arrived in Brindisi about 6:30 AM. The early morning was foggy, and we couldn't see much of the town from the ship. After walking to...

We planned this part of our trip to be slower, so it was easier to establish a routine. It was also easier to feel like things might get...

Since we got off the furgon in such a rush, we started ensuring we had everything. Our middle child realizes he didn't have his hand-held...

Catching a bus from Gjirokaster to Berat is the first time we encounter traveling in a "furgon." They were different from the large coach...

Our bus ride from Ioannina would take us across the border of Albania. We wondered what the process was for a bus full of people crossing...

Kalambaka, or Kalabaka, is a beautiful place. The town is established at the base of the towering cliffs where the monasteries are built,...

The past few days have been easygoing. Rain was forecasted for a couple of days, so we didn't plan to go anywhere. As we have found out,...

Before we turned in the rental car, we took one more short trip. There is a fortress on either side of the bay here, and we visited the...

We began the week by attending the children's parade, which is part of Patras Carnival. Our youngest two were excited because they wore...

As we arrive in town, we see giant statues painted like jesters on various street corners. Along with Mardi Gras-style decorations in...

We need the right kind of gear for this trip. It will help us be prepared, make certain aspects of the trip more manageable, and adapt to...