Wi-Fi access has eluded us for a little while, so when this is being written vs. when it's being posted will be a little different. Our apologies to our loyal readers! (Our mothers especially!) We've finished our tour of Budapest and have just boarded our overnight train to Venice. We're a little tired, a little punchy, but all in all have had a great time in the Hungarian capital. We spent our two days here with Janea and Dean, and have introduced two new expe...

Did you miss us? We've been cruising happily down the Danube river through Austria, Slovakia and Hungary. It's been quite an eventful few days. After finishing up in Vienna, we proceeded to the Intercontinental Hotel to drop off our luggage and board the bus that would take us and the rest of the cruisers to the ship. Having been on a cruise before, we were aware that the average age is often... well, older than us. We quickly realized that we would be the youn...

Alright, so... The director (me) told Julie (Jill) to put the wrong arm in the air in the last post. Totally my fault. Close though! ----------- Our App guide stated that Vienna was the most beautiful city in Europe. You can imagine our skepticism sitting on the train from Salzburg reading this, considering the incredible sights we've already seen, and are still in store for. I now completely understand why the author of this App chose to bestow this very hig...

Dust off your copy of the sound if music. No, really. I know you have it. If you really don't, go YouTube the Do Re Mi song. Hit pause on the final scene when they're all doing different harmonies on the stairs - Julie Andrews goes up the octave to hit the final note. Now look back at the picture. How'd we do making Jill look like Julie? Clearly the costuming needs a little work... But I think we were pretty close. Maybe? Let us know how we did. The tour wa...

The picture says it all. After checking in at the brand new hostel (hotel) Meininger last night here in Salzburg, we made the trek out to Halstatt - a tiny salt mining community that you can reach from the train only by boat. A UNESCO world heritage site, this place is a post card no matter what direction you look. Though the ski gondola wasn't running on this particular day (it opens May 14th), we were able to take a tram from the sleepy little town nestled in...