To most of us Americans the word bouillon means broth, but today I’m taking you to Bouillon, a municipality in the Luxembourg province of Belgium. It is a scenic place heavily invaded by German and some French tourists on this sunny day. Rows and rows of restaurants and cafés line the Semois River that cuts through town. The pedalos (pedal …
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Zierikzee
So do you want to take a stab at saying that name three times really fast? I can barely say it once, but Zierikzee is my final stop in Zeeland. From Middleburg to here, I run across old windmills… and their newer counterparts… and lots of water… But as soon as I pull up within the city limits, there is …
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Luctor Et Emergo
Someone gave me a tip about Zeeland, which is a province in the Southwest region of the Netherlands, and it turns out to be a lovely visit. Almost fifty percent of this province is under water (chunks of it are below sea level) so it makes sense that its coat of arms shows lions rising from the water with the …
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I Heart Kofola
Have I mentioned how warm it’s been here all around Europe during my visit? The sun was unforgiving in Vienna, and on a few unairconditioned buses in Bratislava it’s felt like a real oven. But on my last morning here, rain clouds decide to show up, hemming and hawing above the city like a petulant child threatening to throw a …
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Phở Gà In Slovakia?!?
So from where I dropped you off yesterday it’s an uphill walk to the Bratislava Castle: And if it looks like new construction to you, it’s because it was rebuilt in the 1950s after a fire even though the original structure was occupied back in the Stone Ages. It’s not the largest castle I’ve taken you to, but the view …