Islands that are only a ferry ride away surround Dubrovnik and they are worth exploring at your leisure. There are also nearby Dalmatian coast villages to checkout that you can reach using local transportation. Lokrum Located a short ferry ride away using Porporela, Dubrovnik’s Old Port. The ferry ride takes about 20 minutes and sails two or four times an hour. The island is 680…
We went to the top of mountain by a lake, rode rides at an amusement park and I flew a plane. We went to “Man” King Ludwig’s Neuschwanstein Castle. You first cross this really high bridge and see it from a short distance. Then you go on a tour, it was an amazingly huge place and is the basis for Disney’s castle. We hiked around…
Verona is known for its association to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, the city also has a Roman amphitheater, fascinating bridges and historic churches. Casa di Giulietta (Juliet’s Balcony) in Verona If you ever read William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet then you are familiar with Romeo professing his love to Juliet at her balcony. In Verona you can see the recreated balcony at the former Dal…
We did another big trip seeing Vienna and the onto Prague. We rode in the Vienna’s Giant Ferris Wheel. You can even have dinner in it. Then we went and toured a huge palace called the Schloss Schonbrunn. I got sprayed by this huge fountain called Hochstrahlbrunnen. Next, we went to Prague. Here we walked across this stone bridge with statues across it and it…
Sandy beaches, historic villages, Marco Polo’s house, fortresses and a blue cave are just some of the sights to see on the islands around Split. Hvar An island that is 23 nautical miles by ferry from Split and 182 square miles in size and includes Hvar Town and Stari Grad. Hvar Town You can take a ferry directly from Split to go to this town….
Last week we went to Berlin, Gottingen and saw what my dad called the palace of Schloss Nymphenburg. We headed to Gottingen where papa had work. We went out on paddleboats on a big lake. Then we went up to a high hill and saw castle ruins. In the town there is this statue called the “Goose Girl” and she always has a full bouquet…
Trento is city of Renaissance fountains, towering mountains and apple strudel, due to it being once part of the Austrian-Hungarian Empire. It is located in northern Italy in the Alps with palaces where bishops used to come for the holidays and surrounded by nature with waterfalls and canyons. L’Orrido Di Ponte Alto A deep canyon with waterfalls just outside of Trento, in the 1500s the…
Dear Pre-School Class: My dad’s took me back to Austria. We rode a double decker bus across some high mountain passes of the Alps on the way. It was a long way down. In Innsbruck we took a gondola that started underground and went up to an Alpine zoo. We saw bighorn sheep, bears that came right up to the glass and fed the goats….
The old part of Split is tucked away in the ruins of a Roman palace and we’ll be exploring the city for a bit. We will leave here on a ferryboat bound for our last Dalmatian coast destination, Dubrovnik. Dioklecijanova Palace A fortress-like palace built by Roman Emperor Gaius Aurelia Valeria Diocletian in the 3rd century AD as his summer residence in his homeland. It…
We took a trip to see Vienna with its Gothic churches, Budapest, ‘the Paris of the East’ and Bratislava with its futuristic bridge and medieval old town. First we went to Vienna and saw the Karlskirche. They had these huge mirror balls hanging from the top. You could see the whole church and yourself reflected in the balls. We also took an elevator way up…
