June 1st – June 4th, 2022 Get in the mood for mountains and lakes, we’re taking this final post to epic heights via funicular! Was most of this traveling conducted in German Switzerland? Yes. But should you listen to Luciano Pavarotti first before reading the rest of the post? Also yes. After their brief time in Hamburg, the Udgang spent the final few days on … Continue reading To funiculi or not to funiculi, is that even a question?
May 31st – June 1st, 2022 Given the amount of content on this website, it seems appropriate that we now diversify post type and content. It’s time to do an interest piece, and for this special edition, we’re talking about TRAINS. Little bitty trains. And planes. And more! Apparently, the quotidien of the average Hamburg(er? ian?) is a little lacking in pizzaz, so it’s good … Continue reading Hamburg(er)? I barely know her!
May 29th – May 31st, 2022 Once upon a time, there was some discussion amongst the Pecks that we would try to stretch the two weeks of our trip into three phases: UK, Scandinavia, and individual adventures. As you can tell from the details of other posts, such an itinerary would have been disastrous. A friend of Jordan’s noted that the Pecks had “fit my … Continue reading Hej! We’re the Udgang!
June 1 – June 4, 2022 As we rolled into Budapest Central Station and transferred to a bus, Google Maps was telling us we needed to get off at the bridge and transfer to another bus. Little did we know, the bus stop just happened to be the most scenic stop of all time. The sunset looked like fire glowing behind the Buda Castle (Budavári … Continue reading Just like Budapest, eh, Clint?
May 31 – June 1, 2022 Okay, now we have to air some grievances. Firstly, let us say that we had no issue with the artsy quirky charms of Vienna mixed with stunning historic architecture. We had no problem with the efficient public transportation or fun free events available to all. But… we have major beef with the Viennese people. Something happened to them since … Continue reading I’m Austrian and I’m better than you.
May 29 – May 31, 2022 An interesting (but I won’t say unlikely, because no one was surprised) pairing emerged for the second week of travels: Jordan and Sam! One a fresh college grad, the other a fresh high school grad, just some independent girlies looking to have a good time. We decided the best way to accomplish this and look appropriately cool in the … Continue reading Wait, which way to Pražský hrad?
June 2 – June 4 Everyone who knows the Pecks knows that we are not “nature folk.” You have never seen us voluntarily together in the great outdoors since the Taj Mahal tent years (c. 2006 – 2010). But, apparently, peeing behind a tree, burning to a crisp red, and getting eaten alive by mosquitos is actually only our state-side fate. We found out that … Continue reading Varenna is the new Bellagio. Period.
May 31 – June 2, 2022 Stop two on Tour d’Italia 2022: Florence! Back to you, Mark: Somehow I didn’t take many pictures of our drive – oh yeah, I was driving … now we’re in Florence, which is much more crowded and has actual streets with cars and scooters and tiny little sidewalks that don’t seem to have been laid with roller suitcases in … Continue reading Medici. Or, Firenze in all the right places…
May 29 – May 31, 2022 *Editor’s note: I’ll say this once and only once, not to be repeated elsewhere on this blog. The events of May 29th, 2022, as they transpired in the Dublin airport can only be described as straight out of Dante’s unwritten 8th circle of hell. We would not discover until several days later, per an NYT article, that we unwittingly … Continue reading Venezia! That’s amore…
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