Monthly Archives: June 2010

On the Europe trip we visited several places designated as “UNESCO World Heritage Sites” such as the Naeroyfjord region of Norway, The Jungfrau / Aletsch Glacier in Switzerland, and the Cinque Terre in Italy,  but I was only vaguely familiar with … Continue reading →

Vernazza in Cinque Terre Italy 310 Originally uploaded by JoeDuck Not sure if I already blogged this picture, but the place I can’t stop thinking about on our Europe trip is Vernazza and the Cinque Terre. It really was a … Continue reading →

I wish I’d blogged our Europe trip more here and I think I’ll start posting a play by play with pictures – maybe a post a day for each of the 19 days we were in Europe. In the meantime … Continue reading →

Although we had a wonderful trip to Europe, with fewer problems and more great moments than I expected, it’s so great to be back in lovely Oregon USA.    Free water and free clean public bathrooms are only part of … Continue reading →

Cinque Terre Italy 057 Originally uploaded by JoeDuck Vernazza’s reputation as one of the finest travel destinations on earth … is deserved. We had a fine stay and I wished we could have spent another several days in the Cinque … Continue reading →

Copenhagen Originally uploaded by JoeDuck Writing from Oslo, Norway: Four countries and three trains and two days from Venice we’ve made it up to Oslo and will fly back to PDX tomorrow. It’s been harder than I expected to keep … Continue reading →

Copenhagen Originally uploaded by JoeDuck Writing from Oslo, Norway: Four countries and three trains and two days from Venice we’ve made it up to Oslo and will fly back to PDX tomorrow. It’s been harder than I expected to keep … Continue reading →

The family and I are well into our Europe Rail blogging adventure and things are going fairly smoothly with only a few hundred exceptions, most in magnificent Italy where the spectacular history is a bit eclipsed by the confusion of … Continue reading →