Trip #3 - Scotland, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Austria - May 1998
I had planned a trip to Europe over the summer prior to finding out that I would be traveling to Europe three other times on business. Fortunately, I had a lot of fun and got to meet up with, hang out with, and stay with several friends along the way. I have a bunch of pictures from this trip and a brief summary of what we did.
| Dates | Country | Activities |
| 5/16-5/18 | Edinburgh, Scotland | Stayed at the Holiday Inn (2 nights) |
| Met Colin at a Pub | ||
| Rented a car and did a tour of castles in the area | ||
| Toured Edinburgh Castle | ||
| Watched (listened to) choir practicing in St. Giles Cathedral . . . wow! | ||
| Took tour of Edinburgh Crystal factory | ||
| Took train to Aberdeen | ||
| 5/18-5/20 | Aberdeen, Scotland | Stayed at the Holiday Inn (2 nights) |
| Rented a car and did a tour of castles in the area | ||
| Took a train down to Salisbury | ||
| 5/20-5/21 | Salisbury, England | Stayed at the Holiday Inn (1 night) |
| Rented a car and drove to Stonehenge. | ||
| Drove down to the coast and through South Hampton | ||
| More castles/battlefields | ||
| Drove to Dover and then back to Heathrow to drop off the car | ||
| Took the train to London | ||
| 5/21-5/24 | London, England | Stayed at the Kensington Hilton (3 nights) |
| Met up with John (who continued for the rest of the trip) | ||
| Met JoAnn and her sister. | ||
| Went to Covent Gardens | ||
| Saw Saucy Jack and the Space Vixens | ||
| Saw The Real Inspector Hound and Black Comedy | ||
| Took the Eurostar through the chunnel to Brussells | ||
| Took the train to Antwerp | ||
| 5/24-5/25 | Antwerp, Belgium | Stayed at Wei's Apartment (1 night) |
| Met up with Wei | ||
| Walking tour of Antwerp | ||
| Ate belgian waffles with chocolate | ||
| Viewed "red light" district | ||
| Ate at a really cool restaurant in an old celler | ||
| Took the train to Amsterdam | ||
| 5/25-5/26 | Amsterdam, the Netherands | Stayed at Seung's Apartment (1 night) |
| Met up with Seung (who continued for the rest of the trip) | ||
| Viewed "red light" district | ||
| Viewed hash bars | ||
| Took tour of operating windmill | ||
| Witnessed the making of wooden shoes | ||
| Witnessed the making of cheese | ||
| Took the train to Mainz | ||
| 5/26-5/27 | Mainz, Germany | Stayed at ** (1 night) |
| Took Rhine River cruise down to Koblenz | ||
| Rented car in Koblenz | ||
| Visited Worms and the Worms Cathedral | ||
| Went to Frankenstein | ||
| Went to Annweiler and saw Burg Trifles | ||
| Drove to Mosbach | ||
| 5/27-5/29 | Mosbach, Germany | Stayed at Burg Hornberg (2 nights) |
| Visited Heidelberg | ||
| Drove Along the Romantic Road | ||
| Visited Rothenberg | ||
| 5/30-5/31 | Munich, Germany | Stayed in Munich (1 night) |
| Took the train to Vienna | ||
| Visited Salzburg | ||
| 5/31-6/1 | Vienna, Austria | Stayed in Vienna (1 night) |
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