Alsguth Travel Blog

Hello!  Spring Europe 2025 has finally begun! I was beginning to think that it would never happen! January had 56 days in it - ridiculous! As you read this we are in Amsterdam ... I will fill you in on that later.  First I will lay out the itinerary and pre-trip "Top-5" for you. Amsterdam 3/26 - 3/29 Bolnuevo, Spain 3/29-4/12 with excursions to Cartagena and Granada (with Falk & Svenni) Seville, Spain 4/12-4/16 with an excursion to Cordoba Bilboa, Spain 4/16-4/18 Logroño , Spain 4/18-4/21 this is the Spanish wine region, Rioja Madrid, Spain 4/21-4/26 with an excursion to Toledo Meckelfeld, Germany 4/26-5/4 visiting Ulf & Heike and friends Home 5/5 Pre-trip Top 5! Carsten: Alhambra (Granada), Falk's birthday celebration, Wine Tour (Logrono), Miniatur Wunderland (Hamburg), Van Gogh Museum (Amsterdam) Sheri: Anne Frank House (Amsterdam), Alcazar (Seville), Wine Tasting (Longrono), Albambra (Granada), Guggenheim Museum (Bilbao) Now, let's get you caught up. We arr...

 Hello - I, like you, thought that I was done regaling you with our exploits in Iceland.  After all, we had nothing more booked. Wasting no daytime (of which there was very little with sunrise at 11:20 and sunset at 4:00) we decided to go to the Lava Show. This turned out to be super cool - or super hot - depending on your perspective!  We saw hot lava flowing and learned a lot about lava. This is the only Lava show of its kind.  Super interesting. The show was in the harbor area, afterward we went to one of the oldest restaurants in Iceland for lunch.  It was super delicious.  Fish of course! Next we decided to check out the big museum - Perlan.  It had sections on Glaciers, Volcanos, and Lava, an Ice Cave (at below freezing temps), and a Planetarium show on Northern Lights.  It is a very hands-on museum. Great technology throughout! Here I am in the ice-cave. It was a good day, all that remains is packing! On the day of our flight to Dulles we a...

On Friday we had a free day to walk around and explore Reykjavik. We started, as one must, with Hallgrimskirkja . Daytime Night time  Views of inside and from the top: Not sure what the hurry is but worshipers here get their praying done quickly! The streets are lovely this time of year with the lights ... and surprises like this one Santa's washing!. The Sun Voyager is lovely looking over he harbor. The stores have lovely things to offer, we bought a lovely Icelandic Wool blanket. Not sure how useful it will be in Houston?! There were some more useful items (for someone): We walked (trugged) through a sculpture garden. This one, entitled "Grief" was particularly moving. We had some fish for lunch and went back for a little rest. Dinner was pizza, followed by gelato. Early bedtime because we have to be up early for our next adventure! Ok. Next adventure is a trip to an Ice Cave. In general when I see 8+ hours I am not inclined to go. However, my cousin Christie had her he...