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    Europe Trip Summary Spring 2023

    December 10, 2023

    🏷️ #travel

    In the spring of 2023 we spent about seven weeks in Europe. The first two weeks were with family, then just Julie and I for the final five weeks.

    Spain

    • Lisbon
    • Madrid - walking around, Reina Sofia
    • Madrid - Palacio Real and the Gran Via
    • Madrid - El Rastro, El Prado, Parque del Retiro
    • Toledo Spain
    • Barcelona - Rambla, Palau de la Música Catalana
    • Barcelona - A day of Gaudí
    • La Sagrada Rainbow and Night

    Italy

    • Vans, Planes, and Trains
    • Cinque Terre - Monterosso to Corniglia
    • Cinque Terre - Corniglia to Riomaggiore and more
    • Florence
    • Florence - Walking around and FOOD
    • Last Day in Florence, Last Day with Family
    • Fair Verona
    • Venice - City of Nations
    • Venetian Lagoon - San Michele, Murano, Burano, and Torcello
    • Venice Endings

    Austria

    • Vienna - Art and Music
    • Vienna Food and Drink
    • The Sound of Salzburg

    Czech

    • Prague Arrivals
    • Prague Jewish Quarter
    • Prague Music and Architecture

    Germany

    • Berlin After Nearly 33 Years
    • Berlin Remembers

    Netherlands

    • King’s Day in Amsterdam
    • Three Days in Amsterdam
    • Bike Tour Day 1 - Haarlem to Leiden
    • Bike Tour Day 2 - Leiden to Gouda
    • Bike Tour Day 3 - Gouda to Dordrecht
    • Bike Tour Day 4 - Dordrecht to Willemstad
    • Dutch Ponies
    • Bike Tour Day 5 - Willemstad to Zierikzee
    • Bike Tour Day 6 - Zierikzee to Middelburg
    • Bike Trip Day 7 - Middelburg to Bruges
    • Our Bike Tour Equipment

    Belgium

    • In Bruges
    • Brussels, aka The End

    Updated: December 10, 2023

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