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Darjeeling and New Delhi are miles and worlds apart. Going from one place to the other felt like we were in a different country. We expected to arrive to pollution, oppressing heat and utter chaos, but we were pleasantly surprised. The air was clear (meaning we could see blue sky and the sun), the temperature…
India, where to begin? India was an assault on all of our senses. It has been a place I’ve wanted to visit since reading “A Fine Balance”; it was the one place I wouldn’t take off the list for this trip. Friends, colleagues, bloggers and the news all warned of the intensity of this country…
Note: This post is about the time we spent in Nepal after our trek. The trek came before all of this but the post isn’t ready yet, so you’re getting this one first. Our trek was a whole different experience so we broke the posts into two separate parts. Our return to Kathmandu from the…
When we started planning this trip, and I mean really planning (booking flights and cars and hotels), not just dreaming, we expected to arrive in Europe in late August (like the 25th or later). This plan however, didn’t work to meet up with John and his battlefield tour, so, we juggled some things around and…
After our Grossglockner drive leaving Austria heading to Italy, we thought we were in the clear in terms of mountain roads. This may have been something we should have researched a little more. Once the alpine drive is finished there is no main highway going to Venice from that point. The fastest way is to…
Those who know us know that the Robertson’s are not afraid of a road trip. We’ve driven to Florida more times than I can keep track of and did a 25 day cross Canada/America road trip two summers ago….with no electronic devices for the kids. Just books, games and music. So, we didn’t give the…
Germany was in our sites again. This time, we headed north to Schwerin. Where is Sherwin and why did we go there? Last year at West Ferris we had an exchange student, Anton, who told us that if our travels brought us near his home town, we should stop in and he’d show us around.…
When we told people one of places we were planning to visit was the Netherlands, a common reaction was, “Amsterdam will be great.” To be honest, I didn’t do a lot of research about anything but Amsterdam before we left. I knew The Anne Frank House was a “must do”, but I figured we’d decide…
We left Belgium more than ten times. No, we didn’t get lost; although we have been temporarily re-routed a few times so far (that’s what I like to call it – I’m the navigator). We left Belgium the first time when we crossed into the southeastern tip of The Netherlands and headed to Vaals. This…
Ok, so Belgium wasn’t all about the food and drinks, but the food and drinks were dynamite!!! We stayed in a house we rented through Airbnb just outside of Bruges. It was pretty new and had a big yard. There is a “but” coming here….. but, it was the first place we stayed where someone…
Our Long and Winding Road 