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Day 15: Post-China Adventure – Tokyo
I booked a tour for my last full day in Asia designed to hit most of the tourist spots in Tokyo. I woke up at 7:00 AM and took the subway...
Mike McHugh
May 24, 20152 min read
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Day 3: China Adventure – Beijing & The Forbidden City
Our third day in Beijing started off with breakfast. Then, we headed out for another full day of sightseeing! Our first stop was...
Mike McHugh
May 12, 20153 min read
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Warsaw: The Phoenix City
Hi All, Our group took it easy when we arrived two nights ago & ate at our hotel instead of walking a half hour into the city center for...
Mike McHugh
Jun 21, 20122 min read
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Czestochowa: Home of the Black Madonna
Hi All, After our stop at Auschwitz, the bus was very quiet. We listened to a few songs like ˝Imagine˝ by John Lennon and reflected on...
Mike McHugh
Jun 19, 20121 min read
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Auschwitz
Hi All, We just left Auschwitz and all I can say is wow. I honestly don’t think it has sunk in yet. I am going to find a lot of...
Mike McHugh
Jun 18, 20123 min read
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Kraków: The Slavic Rome
Hi All, After getting a bit lost at the border between Slovakia & Poland, we finally arrived in Kraków at about 7:00 PM. After checking...
Mike McHugh
Jun 16, 20124 min read
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Banská Bystrica: A City Saved From the Plague
Hi All, We left Budapest early in the morning to head to Krakow. We stopped for lunch in a little town in Slovakia named Banska Bystrica....
Mike McHugh
Jun 16, 20121 min read
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Budapest: The Paris of Eastern Europe
Hi All, Budapest was amazing. When we got into Budapest and checked into our hotel, I immediately hopped over to a laundromat to drop my...
Mike McHugh
Jun 15, 20123 min read
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Vienna: The Imperial City
Hi All, We are on our way out of Austria to go to Budapest, Hungary. Our time in Austria was short, but packed with activities. After...
Mike McHugh
Jun 14, 20125 min read
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Photos of Dresden & Prague
It appears that my posts from Dresden, Germany & Prague, Czech Republic disappeared from the internet before I could import them. I’ve...
Mike McHugh
Jun 12, 20121 min read
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Berlin: A World Divided. A World United.
Guten Tag! I’m now in Berlin, my favorite European city outside of Italy. The history here amazes me every time I walk around. I...
Mike McHugh
Jun 11, 20124 min read
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Sorrento & Pompeii
Ciao Tutti! As I write this, I am driving through the rolling hills of Italy, each more breathtaking than the last, and listening to...
Mike McHugh
May 25, 20122 min read
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London in ONE Day
Yesterday was quite a busy day. We essentially did all of London in a day! We started at 8:30 AM with a pretty extensive breakfast buffet...
Mike McHugh
May 18, 20122 min read
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Carnivale in the French Riviera
Hi Everyone! I am definitely settling into life in Rome, Italy (or Europe in general). After spending last weekend in Florence, I had a...
Mike McHugh
Feb 26, 20114 min read
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