Garmisch-Partenkirchen is a mountain resort town in Bavaria in southern Germany, on the border with Austria. Garmisch and Partenkirchen were actually separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities. Garmisch has a slightly more modern feeling, while Partenkirchen has fresco-filled, cobblestoned streets. I’ve been to Garmisch-Partenkirchen a few times – The […]
Read more »Halloween is just around the corner. Halloween is celebrated – in a very limited manner – in many countries in Europe. In Europe, often the pumpkin is used not as a symbol of Halloween, but represents the coming of the Fall season. No place does the “pumpkin” better then the Tivoli Gardens, the amusement […]
Read more »There are so many “lists” of what to bring an extended vacation to a foreign country. If you brought everything that everyone recommends you’d need a few additional suitcases! Everyone has different needs and desires… There are multiple articles on the internet with suggestions … and even books if you need more help (see […]
Read more »Living in Copenhagen, Amsterdam was often our “connection point” to get home when flying. We became VERY familiar with Schiphol (AMS), the airport southwest of Amsterdam. Schiphol is one of our favorite airports with endless shopping, many restaurants, a spa, and even a casino. Schipol is also very convenient to downtown Amsterdam by taxi, […]
Read more »Paris is one of my favorite cities. I always look forward to traveling to Paris and our last trip was very enjoyable as we flew into the city from Copenhagen with NO set agenda! We simply wanted to wander the city, and enjoy the food, the lights, the people, and the culture. For a […]
Read more »This month we’ve been traveling through different countries in Europe each weekend. Our travels coincided with the 2012 UEFA European Football Championship, more commonly referred to as Euro 2012. The “final” tournament features 16 European nations and was hosted jointly by Poland and Ukraine. Originally 51 countries vied for the 16 spots. This year, […]
Read more »When visiting Rome, one of our favorite spots to drop in is the Mercato Trionfale. For years we were fortunate to live just one block away for this, the largest indoor market in Rome. Years ago this was a “street market,” meandering down Via Andrea Doria literally in the middle of the street. Quite […]
Read more »We were excited to have the opportunity to return to Berlin. According to our original flight schedule, we were headed into the Berlin’s new Brandenburg Airport, but two weeks before our flight we were informed that the new airport would be delayed until early 2013. So we were redirected to tired, cramped Berlin Schönefeld […]
Read more »We enjoyed an wonderful extended weekend in Scotland. For years we kept planing (and planning) to head to Glasgow and Edinburgh. Finally we found the time! We wanted to see the countryside so we flew into Manchester and picked up a rental car at the airport. This was our first experience “driving on the […]
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Ron Phillips is an Independent Consultant of Brownell Travel 
Ron Phillips is an Independent Consultant of Brownell Travel