30th Anniversary trip 2014 itinerary details

Well the trip was set for the spring of 2014 to celebrate 30 years of marriage to my sweetheart. The trip was built around a bus trip with Trafalgar and a ship trip with Royal Caribbean International on Legend of the seas. During the trip it was decided to visit as much of my family in the UK, Lyn in Scotland and Hilary and Gillian in England. And a quick trip to the Island of Jersey UK to see where my nephew was cooking up a storm. Followed by a ride on the train that goes under the Channel in the Chunnel. BTW I recorded speeds of over 180 mph on land while heading to Brussels. For the between trip of UK to mainland Europe we purchased a eurorail train pass. This allowed us to make a spur of the moment decision and get off the train in The Hague, store our luggage and find the Escher museum exhibit. Ending up at our airbnb in Amsterdam on one of the houses along the canal system. Before heading to the ship in CPH we went to Hamburg to see the Minatur Wunderland bldg. After leaving Hamburg we took the train to CPH which went on a ferry, smartly we had reserved seats for this part of the trip as there were bodies all over the 1st class car. In CPH we found our airbnb, and walked the few miles to it, as the bus ticket machines were refusing our credit cards. After we made it back downtown, at the Info bureau we purchased a multi day card which got us to the embarking of the ship. The ship made 9 stop overs in 11 nights. For our trip home after staying in Stockholm for 2 days we headed home via Iceland. In Iceland we rented a car for the few days, again a stick which we used to go to the tourist sites there. After day 52 we headed home with a transfer in BOS, and back in YOW. So for this trip we used, buses, trains, ships ferries and our feet. The photos are of a canal near our hotels in Dublin, the flight over and waiting in YOW train station. we actually started the trip by leaving the Van at the park and ride, took the bus to the train station. Train to Montreal Dorval stop and got a shuttle to airport.

End of the beginning, part 2 coming soon.