September 14, 2005

  • We're back, with more digital photos than I can shake a stick at. It was a full two weeks, in England, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. Four different currencies, with four different values! What fun!  You will ask me how it was. I don't know that I can easily distill two weeks of Europe into a few paragraphs. I am still digesting what is important to mention and what isn't. There was good and bad, ups and downs, very helpful people and those who were baptized in bad vinegar.  If I had to mention two highlights, it would be the drive to Scotland on our third full day in England and the last day in Budapest, where we walked into the city across the Chain Bridge and then walked back. It was also very interesting to travel by Eurotrain from Prague ( Praha, as the natives say) to Vienna, and then to Budapest. Let me say this: Ginny's planning went off like clockwork. Everything she did fell together beautifully. There is always the unexpected, and those were the areas that were a little difficult to deal with, which had me wondering several times whether I really belonged there. But her planning and attention to detail was impeccable!