Houdiniville On the Road
In and around Europe
We are getting very close to our departure date of July 12. Ralph wanted me to add your name to our email list and so I've done. This first note is a way to test the email address and let you know how to log on to our site.
Our current plans are to spend the first week in London, second week in Russia, then Benelux (Belgium, Luxembourg and The Netherlands), a week in Amsterdam where our daughters will join us. After that we have no set plans aside from the Oktoberfest in Munich.
So come along for the ride and let us know what you think.
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Route taken and entries by Real Traveler Ralph and Pat
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Testing, Testing
Still trying to get this puppy up and running so if you get this, please let me know.
Thank you in advance
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Ready for Take Off!
We leave for Europe on the 12th and Ralph asked me to add your name to our email list. This first note is just to check if I've got your addr... Continue reading »
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The London Sunburn and How To Get It
To a few of you this is our second email. (I told you we'd be back) We walked down the street and found this Morrocan internet cafe where I could u... Continue reading »
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Leaving London
We're on the move again. I has been very hot here and not many places where you can find relief. We took the day off today. (After four days of hit... Continue reading »
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A Day on our Feet (and not much else)
I had some more technical difficulties yesterday so I didn't send the travelog. Yesterday we spent most of the day on our feet, Buckingham Palace t... Continue reading »
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March or Die
When you hire a guide in Russia, it is there duty to show you everything - I mean everything. If you falter they drag you. Just kidding but at time... Continue reading »
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3St Petersburg and a little rest
Let me tell you a little of how we got to Russia. We left London on the EuroStar for and wonderful ride underneath the English Channel. The m... Continue reading »
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Safe at "Home"
I kept telling REB that once we got to Belgium, we could get a good rest. That's exactly what we're doing. How wonderful it felt to see Ralph and R... Continue reading »
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Catch Up Days - [10]
I decided to put numbers on these logs because some people came in the middle and are unsure as to the progress. I'm not going to go back and numbe... Continue reading »
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Many Faces of Belgium [11]
[Issue 11]
I haven't been online but we've been pretty busy all the same. And yes, Andrea, I do have pictures of Ria in this issue. I wouldn'... Continue reading »
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Some sad news
We learned this morning that Ralph's mother, Louise Boverhuis, passed away Thursday afternoon in Albert Lea, Minnesota. Although she was 94, one ca... Continue reading »
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Amsterdam [12]
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Firstly, we want to thank everyone for the myriad of kind words and expressions of sympathy and love that we've received that past few d... Continue reading »
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[12.5] More Amsterdam
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I'm going to call this 12 1/2 because the previous entry went out before I was ready to let it go. (Sorry about any mistakes) As you... Continue reading »
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Boverhuis Family Sojourn [13]
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The past two days (Friday and Saturday) have been spent fulfilling family tasks. Friday we rose early and took the train to Assen, north... Continue reading »
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Boverhuis Family Sojourn [13.5]
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Again I’m supplementing the last issue because \it went out before I was finished. You may have noticed a -30- symbol at the end of my... Continue reading »
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Royal Copenhagen [14]
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Royal Copenhagen
We arrived in Copenhagen (Kobenhavn) yesterday afternoon and set out today to see what we could see. Each time yo... Continue reading »
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Lots of photos but no juice [15]
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Although our hotel (The Clarion) is far from the city center and it takes the #30 to go out for a sandwich, we've still had a good time... Continue reading »
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Leaving Denmark [16]
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Hey, we're back online! Few frantic days and then Voila! it all started to work again. We are heading back to Hamburg tomorrow because w... Continue reading »
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Hamburg Again [17]
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We’re back in Hamburg and you might ask why - anybody would. We’re here because we’re expecting a replacement oxygen concentrator for Ra... Continue reading »
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[18] The Weekend in Luebeck
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NOTE to Diane: (whom I love because you noticed I'd lost weight) There is a short rant in this entry, so close your office door be... Continue reading »
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[19] Quick Stop in Mechelen
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Just a quick stop here in Mechelen to pick to OC machine (which has arrived and is in our hands at last!) and then we're on the road to... Continue reading »
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[20] Cologne (Koln)
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We’ve had a strange week. It started in Lubeck and ended up in Berlin which sounds simple enough, but the tale of what happened b... Continue reading »
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[21] Berlin
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What do you do on your first day in Berlin? We took the city bus tour. We’ve never done that before, always "poo-pooing" the idea as too... Continue reading »
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[22] Agog in Prague
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You’ve heard about Prague. It’s beautiful, friendly and cheap. Two out of three ain’t bad. It is beautiful. You think of Gothic,... Continue reading »
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[23] More Prague
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More Prague
Before we leave Prague, we wanted to send you some more pictures. The images are swelling our brains, so maybe sending... Continue reading »
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[24] Life in Linz
Linz, Austria. That’s where we escaped to when we left Prague. We just couldn’t take the crowds any longer. It was impossible to move in that city... Continue reading »
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[25] Salzburg - Mozart Has Left the Building
we did get to stop and let a parade of cows go by. A natural stop-off point between Linz and Munich. What makes this small city beautiful is... Continue reading »
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[26] Munich - Wilkommen Zum Oktoberfest 2006!
This is the big event, the first thing Ralph wanted to do when he came to Europe – go to the Munich Oktoberfest. And here we are. To make things ev... Continue reading »
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[27] Fairy Castles and Kings in Bavaria
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We’ve been "off the air" for a couple days because we had to internet access. After a few wild days at the Oktoberfest, we all boarded a... Continue reading »
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Dachau
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Dachau
Not the first place you think of when you travel, but Kylee told us she wanted to see the concentration camp outside of Mun... Continue reading »
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[29] Verona and Trieste - Backtracking
[29} Backtracking to the week before last when we were in. Verona and Trieste
So let me tell you about Verona and Trieste before we get any f... Continue reading »
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[30] Venice is Out of Order
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What I mean is that this travelog is out of order. We stopped in Verona and Trieste before going to Venice, but I wasn’t able to get at... Continue reading »
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[31] Roma Roma
We were five days in Rome which is like saying, "You have 35 minutes, go see as much of the city as you can." Rome is colossal and her sights are c... Continue reading »
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[32] Florence & Pisa
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Florence
In Florence we have reached a new high in Internet prices. Five Euro for a half hour, ten Euro for on hour, 240 Euro for... Continue reading »
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[33] Genoa is a Jewel
Genoa (Genova in Italian) is really a jewel of a place. We both agree that we’d go back anytime. It’s the kind of place that it takes time to explo... Continue reading »
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[34] Avignon in Provence
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We met a lovely, friendly family on the train from Genoa to Nice. Unfortunately, they all had colds and REB succumbed. Nobody’s fault, j... Continue reading »
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[35] Dijon is Not Just Mustard, You Know
Dijon as in "Do you have any Grey Poupon?" is in the heart of burgundy. I’m not a real fan of mustard, so guess what we concentrated on? This is re... Continue reading »
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[36] There's No Place Like Paris
At first we planned to skip Paris. We’d been there in 1993 and weren’t sure if we wanted to go back this trip. At least that was what we said to ea... Continue reading »
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[37] Auntie Em Was Right!
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After leaving Paris, we made a list of things we hadn’t done in four months: driven a car, cooked a meal, watched TV, We began to think... Continue reading »
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