Final post

This is to be my final wrap up post. Thanks to all my readers. I hope you enjoyed my commentary about our trip. I am glad to be home. The flight home was good and there was 3 fairly recent movies to watch. Our oldest son, Adam picked us up from the airport and brought us home. The house was not a mess as I had feared but the grass did need cutting. Since it had rained recently I am assuming that the two children would have cut it if they could have!? People have been asking what I liked best and I was not able to have an answer at hand. I have been thinking out this and I sense that Europe is different from Canada because of its' rich, often bloody history. The makes the people very proud of and entrenched in their customs. It feels different from Canada, perhaps because we are a comparatively young country. There are tangible symbols of their history on every street corner in the way of churches, old townhalls, old homes and even Imperial Palaces. Our river cruise highlighted castles seemingly every few kilometres perched on mountain tops along the rivers. It was intriguing, amazing and beautiful. This was a "trip of a lifetime" for me. I loved the river cruise and would love to do another one someday but the day to day car touring was also interesting albeit slightly more stressful when it came to finding a place to sleep. I think Austria was the most scenic because of the mountains and Germany's romantic road was the most tangible reminder of the past with two still intact walled cities that can be walked around. Actually, all of it was interesting. I was never bored and even though we saw many churches they still had the power to awe. To sum up, I had a great time and am thinking about our next destination. Stay tuned and thanks for reading.