Kiss the bricks is a tradition we learned at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Indianapolis was our weekend getaway during my husband’s spring break.
Racing to Fun in Indianapolis
Hotel Hunting in London
We decided that on the way to mainland Europe we would stop in London. This would allow for our son to have a shorter flight between the US and Europe and less jet lag for us all. I checked Airbnb and found expensive fees with it and decided against it. I can’t recommend it for London, but your experience might be different from mine when…
Hometown Connections to Zurich
In researching Zurich I found it had connections to our lives back in the states. I have listed the sites to see in order from walking from the train station in which is where we’ll be arriving at. If we decide to take a rental car to get there it also has the cheapest parking. Zurich Train Station Zurich Hauptbahnof : The station handles about…
Driving Across America with Albert Einstein’s Brain
“Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein’s Brain” is sort of a bizarre travelogue, memoir, biography and history story all in one. Albert Einstein’s brain floats in a Tupperware bowl in a gray bag in the trunk of a Buick Skylark barreling across America. Driving the car is journalist Michael Paterniti. Sitting next to him is an 84 year-old pathologist named Thomas Harvey,…
East Peoria: Lights Up for Christmas for 2018
See a Star Trek Enterprise, a Star Wars Tie-fighter, or green bulbed dragon, these are just some of the many light displays in East Peoria, Il. The drive-through light display starts just after Thanksgiving. We always arrive early, around 5 p.m., because it can be very busy during the holidays. Unlike many other lighted displays, this one is made up of floats from the parade…
What to do with the Kid on a December Weekend?
The holidays are upon us and I find myself searching for activities for the kid that will provide him some education and something to do. Saturday: Christmas Walk At the Central West End The Central West End in St. Louis does a Christmas Walk on the first Saturdays in December. So we picked a warm weekend and bundled up the kid and decided to explore…
See Quirky Bratislava
Bratislava is about an hour from Vienna and is worth checking out with its fun street sculptures, upside down pyramid building and what has been nicknamed the Soviet’s UFO Bridge. The major sites can be walked to from the central part of the city. Bratislava Highlights: St. Martin’s Cathedral It is one of the largest and oldest churches in the city. It used to serve…
Day Tripping: Berlin
My husband will be doing a conference in Gottingen and I plan to take the Intercity Express (ICE), a high-speed train to Berlin for the day. It looks like I can get from Gottingen to Berlin in about 2.5 hours. If I leave at 8 am I should be arriving around 1030 am. Since I remember the 1980s and the Berlin Wall coming down I…
Dublin Has A Star Wars Connection and More Cool Sights
We will have about three days in Dublin in June of 2019, not a lot of time. Yet, there are a few sites I really want to see and one of these includes a Star Wars site. So let’s dive into it! Trinity College: The college is known for the Old Library, which has the “Book of Kells” an 800 AD illuminated manuscript and the…
Neither Here Nor There In Europe
“Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe” written by Bill Bryson in 1991 is a snapshot of Europe on the cusp of many changes to come in Eastern Europe. He is a travelogue author of many books including “A Walk in the Woods.” Bryson had also traveled in Europe in the 1970s and talks about the changes Europe have gone through since then. The book…
