My first trip to Europe was in 1987 when I attended a scientific
conference in Cambridge, England. I always remember my father telling me about his visit to Cambridge when he lived in England during WWII. My visit there in 1987 lit a travel spark in me that is still alive over thirty years later. I’ve been thinking about how many European countries/places
I’ve had the privilege of traveling to since then, many of them thanks to the scientific conferences that we've attended over the years:
- Austria: Innsbruck
- Belgium: Brussels, Leuven
- The Czech Republic: Prague, Karlstejn
- Denmark: Copenhagen, Aarhus, Roskilde
- England: London, Cambridge, Oxford, Keswick, Salisbury, Bath, Wiltshire (Stonehenge)
- Finland: Helsinki
- France: Paris, Versailles, Caen/Normandy, Montpellier, Saint Raphael, Frejus, St. Tropez, Cannes, Marseilles, Besancon
- Germany: Berlin, Leipzig
- Holland: Amsterdam, Delft, Lisse (Keukenhof tulip park)
- Hungary: Budapest
- Ireland: Dublin, Banagher, Adare, Galway, Sligo, Drumcliff, Monaghan (Castle Leslie)
- Italy: Milan, Rome, Caserta, Naples, Venice, Perugia, Assisi, Barano & Casamicciola (Ischia)
- Norway: Bergen, Trondheim, Risør, Arendal, Kristiansand, Sandefjord, Ålesund, Stavanger, Molde, Fredrikstad, Elverum
- Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow
- Sweden: Stockholm, Visby (Gotland), Strømstad, the Koster islands
- Switzerland: Zurich, Lausanne
- Wales: Holyhead (ferry to Dublin)
There are still so many countries/places I want to see—Spain,
Portugal, Greece, Poland, and more of Italy and Germany. Hopefully I'll get to some of these places when my husband and I retire and have more time to explore, and/or together with good friends, God willing. One thing I do know--don't leave all your travel dreams to some unknown future time. If you have the chance to travel at present, take it.
