HandS Travel

Sheila took me on a surprise trip to Wales a few weekends back.  She didn’t actually take me, but she planned it all and then I did the driving.  I took a half day off work and we left in the early afternoon, after some dificulties getting our destination into our GPS (in my Garmin [...]

Let’s just say that the bear hat helped out in Garmisch. I think the average temperature there was about -7 Celsius or 17 degrees Fahrenheit. Nonetheless, we were amazed at the beauty and immenseness of the Alps. We agreed the views from the top of the Zugspitze, the tallest mountain in Germany at 9720 feet, were on the [...]

This past weekend we went on our first real weekend trip to Edinburgh, Scotland.  We wanted to see a few things on the way there and home, so there will be a series of posts regarding this trip. This first post is about the Lake District, which we drove through on the way to Edinburgh.  [...]