The Last Major Family Vacation: Europe Style
In and around Europe
The Saretsky family is off on another worldwind adventure! My name is Stephanie, and I shall be your host. Juust kidding. But I will be doing most/all of the writing. My family loves to travel, and we've been deliberating a trip to Europe for the past three years. The timing was never quite right. But, we finally decided that this summer would be perfect. I've been yearning to travel to Europe forever. We went to London about 5 or 6 years ago and ever since I've been wanting to go back. There is so much history and culture that I love being exposed to. Learning about a new country's history fasinates me, and Europe is full of history. I am going to university next year, we will use up all of our points for free travel/bedding, so it will act as our last big family vacation! The trip will begin in Amsterdamn, and end 4 weeks later on a cruise around the Mediterranian. Countries include Holland, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Turkey, and Croatia. I'm pretty positive I am not missing anything. I hope I spell everything right as well ^-^ Take off is August 4th and landing is August 29th. Stay tuned!
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler &Benita
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Getting Started
Ok. So we live here and this is the first travel journel I've done, so I'm not too positive if I'm doing this entry quite right, but that's ok. Alr... Continue reading »
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Aand, They're Off!!
Alright, so we are finally off on our vacation! Even up till this morning, I still didn't feel like we were going anywhere. Even sitting here it still... Continue reading » -
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Hallo from Amsterdam!
So I thought that I would never get to sleep on the plane! We got those little eye mask things which actually kind of helped, unfortunately I did not... Continue reading » -
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The 2nd Day
I slept quite nicely last night, waking up at 11:00 Amsterdam time. As I am writing, it is 10:31 P.M here and 2:31 P.M in Calgary. I’m going to bed an... Continue reading » -
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We enter Berlin...
I’m in Berlin right now, and it’s been a very loong day. I never got the chance to write bout my night and the last day in Amsterdam so I will just gi... Continue reading » -
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Cologne: Whew!
Ok. So I have skipped over our day in Berlin yesturday. I am definatley getting behind in these entries and I'm not sure how much time I have left I h... Continue reading » -
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A Day Trip to Bruhn & Bonn
Sorry guys, I am slowly catching up on my updating. Right now Im currently uploading the rest of the Berlin photos in my We enter Germany... entry, an... Continue reading » -
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Bonjour! J'adore Paris!
Ahh Paris! The City of Love! I am feeling the love I have got to admit. This is by far my favorite city so far on our journey. We woke up very very ea... Continue reading » -
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The 2nd Day: Versailles Style
Aaah Versailles! How I wish I had been French royalty! We woke up early today, 8 o clock. The bed was the first comfy bed I've had in a week, and I d... Continue reading » -
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Paris: 3rd & 4th Day
At the moment I am waay too tired to write anything here so I will give you an update. I am almost finished loading the pictures into the Versailles e... Continue reading » -
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Milan: The City of Silence
The train ride today was really nice. I really didn't want to get off. We had to wake up at 6:30, which was a bummer, and catch a cab from the hotel t... Continue reading » -
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Warm at Last in Florence
I wish we were not only in Florence for one night! I really love it here. It's one of the prettiest cities I have ever seen. We left Milan at 10:00 an... Continue reading » -
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Hey from the boat!
We are now on the cruise boat and I am loooving it. I love the food on here, and I will not be suprised if I gain a couple pounds. I mean how could yo... Continue reading » -
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Corfu
Ok. So I am just writing all this stuff down from memory, as it is the 7th day of our cruise and I definetaly did not keep up with my blogging. Ok. So... Continue reading » -
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Ancient Olympia
We arrived in the port of Katakolon and I was quite excited, as we were going to see the site of the ancient Olympics! I am a fanatic for Greek histor... Continue reading » -
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Pretty Santorini
Santorini!! I had been looking forward to this stop for the whole trip because of the white houses and the pretty scenery from the Travelling Pants. (... Continue reading » -
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Ancient Ephesus & Kusadasi
Our next stop was Turkey. It was actually a very beautiful country, and very different then I expected. Alot of Europeans live there in the summer act... Continue reading » -
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I'd never heard of the country of Malta
Valletta was a very cool city. When I woke up, I was amazed at what I saw out my window. It reminded me of Florence, and was very elclectic and very b... Continue reading » -
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In Messina, Sicily
Today we got to Messina. It's on the island of Sicily, which I think is what I think would be equivalent to a province of Italy's. We didn't book a to... Continue reading » -
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Last Day In Europe: Rome
Now that I have updated our cruise bloggings, I will update you on our last two days in Rome. Yesturday we got up early to get off the boat in Civi... Continue reading »
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