Trips for Checkpoint Charlie

It was a long wait at Melbourne airport before we actually hit the skies. We sat on the tarmac for two and a half hours due to a valve malfunction. We taxied away from the terminal before pulling back in. So after the engineers replaced the …

Day One/Two (13-14 Feb 2007) Get out of Newark before the ice storm hits. Flight to Frankfurt might as well have been "Chasidic Air" - about 60 Chasidic men on our flight. No sleep 'til Germany - but at least they kept me entertained while …

For Prague, we stayed at Residence Belehradska 35 which was a great residence and I absolutely enjoyed my stay there. I found this place from TripAdvisor, after checking all the reviews, I contacted the residence directly. They were very responsive …

Well I am two weeks away from getting on a plane and flying to Europe! I am getting so excited, yet I'm overwhelmed with all the little to do items before I can leave! I am so afraid I am going to forget something that I'm driving myself crazy …

Trip to Germany, Poland, Slovakia and Austria.

We are getting excited from now planning about our trip :) We still have about 2 yrs to go before we start but I read somewhere that people have planned for 5 years. We are not yet sure about the budget but I think $100 per person per day should …

At 630 am, the group met at the high school to car pool to the airport. Flight departed at 1030 ontime and everyone was excited to be starting our adventure. We had a long 4 hour layover in Dallas. meredith lost her boarding pass while running …

I was very excited about my first vacation in Europe. Having seen Europe on books, magazines and on films and tv my interest in seeing the whole continent in person really deepen. Suddenly, on July 7, 2005, I heard the terrible news: Terrorists …

Instead of staying in a hotel, etc. I plan to sleep on the night trains. I don't know if anyone else has done this.