Colburn's Travels

In a snow storm. Will they cancel our flight?....to be continued.

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First flight in over 3 months...strange for Colburn's.  But like they say...you don't forget how to ride a bike.

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Just turned in the car.

Final mileage was 14452.

25 countries.

107 days.

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We thought we were full before. Now we are really full, but it is only a 30 minute drive to our last hotel. We did try to sell it, but no takers. So the nearby Volvo dealer wins.

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Stop on our way to return the car in Hamburg.

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Twister game from McDonalds at the Hilton.

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They really like the audioguides.

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Without a doubt Prague has had the most amount of cultural things to do. There are concert halls everywhere.  Seen at least 15 that play every day.

Here we are at the palace ready to begin listening to the midday concert of classical music.

Mozart did a lot of his premiers here since Czech's did not mind Italian and were more cultured, in Mozart's opinion than Austrians.

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Alex's new Rubiks cube.

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Eric speaking to his friend Daniel.

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The city is very clean with lots of tourists.

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Prague, Czech Republic.

Did you know Czechoslovakia used to be Slovakia and the Czech republic?

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Blue Danube in the background. We have crossed it 3 times in our trip.

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Bratislava, Slovakia

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Went to the Hapsburg palace and the oldest zoo in the world (1752).

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The elusive Austrian kangaroo.

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Took the Sound of Music tour in Salzburg today.

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With Mozart's birth place in the background.

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On a very beautiful night.

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'They are following me like I am their king'

Plaza St Marcos, Venice.

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On the grand canal.

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In Venice taking a gondola around the city.

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Decided to leave Italy and go to San Marino, which is a different country the size of a city near the east coast of Italy. Country Count: 22 down, 3 to go.

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The city was big! It had a population of 10,000-20,000 in 79 ad when Mount Vesuvius erupted. We walked for an hour and saw only a fraction of the city. It had a theatre, stores, bakery, restaurants, bath houses, big houses, small houses and an arena. The small houses would rent out the front rooms as store fronts. All houses would have an open courtyard with fountains and statues and a receiving room then behind that they had more rooms for only family and good friends. They were beautifully decorated with murals on the walls and decorative mosaic tiled floors.  They had water tanks and would drain their dirty water into the street. Then they had the sidewalks raised a foot and at intersections they had raised walkways to not get their feet wet. Even in the rain it was a sight to see. The kids were singing in the rain in pompeii.

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Road closed because of the trash riots (union wants more money). Still hope to go to Pompeii later today.

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The road was so narrow it made the previous narrow road seem wide. Literally there was only one inch on either side. Cathy had to climb out the window to direct. We got past it and the told us about their other parking lot. So we decided to get it over with and pass through to park in the other lot. Then turning into the lot was an extreme tight squeeze. The tire was actually against the wall of the building. Once parked we are told that the nearby restaurant is closed because of the 'trash riots'. The hotel employees took pity on us and drove us in their car. Feeling good on the way out since the car had been parked facing out we left.  Well...

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Labels: Only about 1500 miles to go

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On a rainy day.

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Kids were very excited.

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Being sketched at the Spanish steps in Rome.

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Kids worried because the police just arrested someone selling fake stuff.

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These water fountains are everywhere and even existed in Roman times.

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Biggest church in the world.

We just saw the Sistine chappel.

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The old Roman port excavated in the last 100 years.

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Linda and Dick just arrived this morning.

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Doumo in Florence

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Replica because we can't take a picture of the real one. However, this is where the real one stood outside until 1908.

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At the old bridge.

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It really is as narrow as it looks. Giving directions Cathy said "you have plenty of room on this side." A surprized Roger asked "Really?" Cathy answered "Yes, but my definition of 'plenty' has changed in the last few minutes."

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Gothbard tunnel.

We think it was about 15 miles long. Took about 15 minutes to go through it.

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The Italian side of Switzerland had more snow.

It is very intersing how each part of Switzerland useda diff languages including for govt vehicles like police cars.. They use Italian, french, and German. Plus most evetone speaks English.

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Very hands on museum probably better than the Smithonian.

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In downtown Lucerne

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The famous wooden covered bridge in Lucerne.

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Incredible scenery.

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Where Heidi is from.

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Eric eating cheval (horse).

Roger eating tartare (raw beef)...again.

At least Eric won't get mad cow.

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Not as cold as we look.

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Tom and Teri left yesterday.

After a night in Lyon we are now in Switzerland.

We chose not to have the horse fondue.

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