HandS Travel

Sorry for posting so late, but better late than never right? On another one of our off days in Garmisch Germany we took a short drive over to Nueschwanstein Castle.  This was only about an hour drive, so it was a short little day trip.  This day was ABSOLUTELY FREEZING, like -17 degrees centigrade is what the [...]

Today we decided to see Prague’s main attractions, making our way across the river via the Karluv Most (Charles Bridge) to Prague Castle.  The Charles Bridge was an interesting bridge with much history.  The building of the bridge took place from 1357 into the mid 15th century.  On the bridge there are 30 statues of [...]

We spent a few days in Edinburgh recently.  The drive from the Lake District to Edinburgh was beautiful, with mountains and wide open pastures.  We stayed a little bit outside of town at an old Manor House that had been converted into a hotel, it was a short trek on the bus to get into [...]

This weekend we made two day trips to the towns of Stratford-upon-Avon and Bath. The name Henry-and-Sheila-upon-Avon describes our half-hour rowing experience on the River Avon which runs through the town of Stratford. Stratford-upon-Avon is famous for being the birthplace of William Shakespeare who was born in a small Tudor-style cottage in the middle of [...]