Follow the adventures of Andrea and Randy Goodell as they retire, leave the Rat Race, move to Tomar, Portugal, and continue to explore the world.
July 13 – 18, 2019 So, avid reader, the first thing you are asking is “what the heck is a funicular?”. The answer is coming, but first you have to read a bit more. Let’s start out with the town square. As with all of these old towns, the city, the wall, the churches, everything …
Continue reading “Kaunas, Lithuania – the town square, the castle, and the funicular.”
July 13 – 18, 2019 We crossed the border into Lithuania and I could feel the home country calling to me. Sorry, I just couldn’t resist. So corny, yet kind of true in a way. We are here in Kaunas,Lithuania because we think that Randy’s paternal great grand parents came from here, or close to …
Continue reading “Kaunas, Lithuania – the Old Town and City Hall”
July 11 – 12, 2019 After our visit to Prague, we are again on the move in our rented Fiat (the one with no power) towards Lithuania. We want to visit Kaunas, Lithuania as it appears that Randy’s great grandparents originated from there, before they immigrated to the US back in 1892. If you want …
July 4 – 11, 2019 The next day, we head out to the metro station in Zlicin, buy our tickets, and head into Old Town again. We are pro’s at it now. We want to finish seeing the sites in the Jewish Quarter. We started yesterday, but ran out of time to see them all. …
Continue reading “Prague, Czech Republic – the Jewish Quarter and the Prague Castle.”
July 4 – 11, 2019 As we are staying in this great house, outside of the city of Prague, we decide to use the Prague metro system to get into the city. As with all big cities, driving a car into town is easy. Finding a place to park said car is a very difficult …
July 4 – 11, 2019 We head out of Fussen, and the flies, and finally start to drive east, toward Prague. It is a fairly long drive, back through the narrow, twisty, mountain roads until we arrive at our new digs, just outside of Prague. This is another Airbnb booking. This time we hit the …
Continue reading “Prague, the Czech Republic – Houska Castle.”
July 1 – 4, 2019 See, we told you there was a reason we were heading west and not east. Andrea has always wanted to see Ludwig’s castle (we didn’t count on the flies). Walt Disney used this castle as inspiration for Cinderella’s castle set in Disney World, in Orlando, Florida. We were close enough …
Continue reading “West to Fussen, Germany. The city of flies (oh and Ludwig’s castle).”
June 29 – July 1, 2019 It’s off to start the drive across, around, up, and through Eastern Europe. So, of course we head west (hey, direction is a relative thing) from Belgrade, heading for Zagreb, Croatia. We’re not going to tell you why we are heading west, avid reader. You will have to follow …
Continue reading “Zagreb, Croatia. First stop on the road trip.”
June 27 – 29, 2019 We depart our cabin in the Viking Star at 8AM, translate that to mean they kicked our butts out of the cabin at 8AM, grab some breakfast and head out to the Athens airport via taxi. We get to the airport about 3 hours early for the flight, no problem. …
Jun 26, 2019 Our final port of call on the Viking Star is Athens, Greece. Athens is just amazing. There are Greek and Roman ruins and remnants literally where ever you walk. We all know about the Parthenon, Agora, Acropolis, and the fantastic museums. But just walking down the street you see bits and pieces …
Continue reading “Athens, Greece. Off the ship, onto the next stage of the adventure.”
Andrea and Randy Goodell explore Europe, Asia, United States, the Caribbean, and then move to Portugal!