Sightseeing Guides and Trips

We were in Tel Aviv for a week's worth of business meetings.  After our last meeting, we took a pre-dinner ride over to Old Jaffa for a brief walking tour.Our hotel is located in Tel Aviv, right on the Mediterranean.  From our hotel we can faintly see the clock tower from St. Peter's Church and the Minaret of Al-Bahr Mosque / Sea Mosque.  Even though our hotel and Jaffa are both on...

I was in Tel Aviv on business and for my first day, my host arranged with the hotel for me to take a semi-private tour of the Old City of Jerusalem.Our guide met three of us in the lobby of our hotel.  We drove to Jerusalem. For our first stop he took us to Mount Scopus.  It's on the northeast side of Jerusalem, looking down on the Old City.  From there, he...

For Day 3 of our family vacation to Belgium, we took the train from our hotel in Brussels to Bruges, where we wandered our way through a wonderful medieval picture book of a city.We got off at the train, followed the signs to the historic center -- about a 15 minute walk.  We started at the Markt, then we  wondered along Sint-Jansstraat to Boomgaardstraat to the Langestraat bridge over the Sint-Annarei canal....

Bonne Année!  Happy New Year!  Late on Jan 1, we left on a family vacation for Belgium.  We spent 4 days in Brussels, with two day trips to Bruges and Ghent.  This trip report is for Day 1 of our vacation.We arrived at the Brussels airport mid morning then took the train to our hotel. The hotel is just across the square from the Brussels Central Station.  We checked in, and went...

I was visiting Medellin, Colombia on business for a day of meetings.  The usual hotel near our offices was booked, so I stayed at the further away, but nicer InterContinental Hotel.  It turned out the week was a very busy one: Fashion Week Colombiamoda was ending and the Flower Festival / Feria de Las Flores was starting, so I was lucky to get a room.My stay was very short and I had...

I was in Paris for two days of meetings. The morning after my flight landed I had an afternoon to go for a walk.  From my hotel near the Tour Eiffel, I crossed the Seine River at the Pont d'Iéna bridge, walked the river up to the Pont de l'Alma bridge, where I turned left and headed North along Avenue George up to the Arc de Triomphe.From there, I walked South East...

For the pinacle of our Bavarian vacation, we are touring the Neuschwantein and Hohenschwangau Castles.  We are doing guided tours for both castles.The star of the tour is the fairy-tale beautiful Neuschwanstein Castle.  It was designed by King Ludwig II of Bavaria.  Its exterior was the design inspiration for the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.   It's an emotional experience to see the castle for the first time nestled in the...

We are in Bavaria for a short vacation.  Our flight landed in Munich and we drove to Salzburg where we spent two nights visiting the delightful the Alt Stadt / old city part of Salzburg.      We arrived mid day, checked into our hotel and went sightseeing right away.   We crossed the Salzach River, walking over  the Makartsteg pedestrian bridge to the beautiful, baroque Altstadt / old city. We didn’t even get half way over the bridge before...

Back in Prague with my sister!We arrived by train from Bratislava just after 12:00noon and took a taxi to our hotel near the Old Town Square / Staroměstské náměstí.  We checked into our hotel and went for walk through the Old Town area. We saw many of the landmark historic buildings:  Kostel sv. Mikuláse / St. Nicholas Church, Týnský Chrám / Týn Church, Palác Kinských / Kinský Palace, Jan Hus Memorial, Pražský orloj...

We landed at the Dublin Airport and took a taxi to our hotel.  Our room wasn't ready to so we checked our luggage and went for a walk.  We quickly learned that the nearby Book of Kells and National Museums are closed... it's Monday.  We should have known.  That's ok.  We stopped at O'Neills and had a fantastic breakfast.  From there we walked over to the Dublin Castle, then we zig-zagged our way...