Category: Europe
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London Calling: 14 Hour Stopover
After leaving Bern, I took the train to Karlsruhe followed by the bus to Flughafen Karlsruhe / Baden-Baden. There I said hello to my surly RyanAir friends and took the plane back to London. I took the Stansted express back into the city. Once again, they were checking tickets so make sure you buy the…
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In Transit: DE -> CH with stopover in Bern, Switzerland
On Monday morning, Dad and I met up for breakfast in the hotel. The buffet was quite good. I love bread, cheese, jam, yogurt, and muesli for breakfast. There was also excellent coffee, which is key for combatting jet lag. After breakfast, we walked to Tartes Cézanne, a French bakery that Dad swore had the…
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Tübingen, Germany
Tübingen is a beautiful university town in Southern Germany. Dad was there for a few days so I decided to include a visit in my whirlwind European tour. We arrived at 10 pm after our Baden Baden day. I was pretty tired and thought about going to bed. Dad suggested meeting up for a drink,…
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Friedrichsbad Spa, Baden Baden, Germany
I flew into Baden Baden to meet up with my Dad, who was spending a few days in Tübingen. RyanAir wasn’t quite as cheap as I was hoping it would be, but I was booking last minute. A convenient airport was Baden Baden (Bath Bath) so there I was. My first night, I ate dinner…
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Idle Hands Mean…A Trip to Europe!
After meeting up with my former Williams biology TA and his wife, my wheels started turning. She had mentioned her “new” discovery of Google flights. So I got to thinking… Even though I was enjoying my “Real Housewife of Silicon Valley” rest and relaxation, the thought of a last minute trip became very exciting. Mainly…
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Scandinavian Summer, Day 12: Gällnö
While planning the vacation part of the Sweden trip, multiple blogs and articles spoke of how a visit to an archipelago island was almost a non-negotiable part of a trip to Sweden. This is true of both the East and West Coast archipelagos near Gothenburg and Stockholm, respectively but there seemed to be a greater…
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Scandinavian Summer, Days 11: Stockholm Part 2
After the conference, I headed into Stockholm. Once I got to the city, I headed to the hotel which was on a boat! Yes, after a less-than-stellar AirBnB earlier in the trip and seeing the boat from an amazing lunch at Oaxen, I had booked a two night stay at the Prince van Orangiën. It is…
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Scandinavian Summer, Day 7: Stockholm
It was our last full day together so what better way to have couple-bonding time than borrowing a tandem bike from the hotel? Well, actually, there are probably lots of better ideas since it can be a stressful experience but SMS and I did pretty well! There were a few initial wobbles but then we…
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Scandinavian Summer, Day 6: Gothenburg to Stockholm
Although I loved Gothenburg, we woke up and it was time to move on. This trip, I booked two nights in each of the cities plus one night in Hven. I would have been happy staying on the West Coast of Sweden but I had FOMO if I shortened our time in Stockholm. I admit,…
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Scandinavian Summer, Day 5: Gothenburg and Trollhättan
In reading these trip synopsis, I would caution you that part of the fantastic-ness of this trip was the incredible weather we were lucky enough to experience. Apart from one drizzly morning during my conference when I was inside anyway, it was bluebird skies all day, every day and the days are quite long in a…
Portmanteau Suitcase 