The Clink Sisters

There are multiple hop-on hop-off bus tour companies in London.  We took The Original Tour.  They offer up to 6 routes and have a recorded tour (you plug in your earplugs they provide to you).  They have 80 stops on all the routes and once you buy a ticket, it is valid for all the routes.  There are pick ups around every 20 minutes and they offer the option of purchasing entrance tickets from them for several main attractions (we purchased the London Eye tickets from them instead of waiting i...

One of the best ways to get around Munich and see all the sites for a relatively inexpensive tour, is the hop-on, hop-off bus.  You can take one of two routes -- the Grand Circle (8 stops) or the Express Circle (5 stops).  The Grand Circle includes Palace of Nymphenburg, Olympia Park (home of the 1972 Olympics -- Mark Spitz and the Israli team kidnapped), see the BMW headequarters, and the Art District.  Buses pick up about every 20 minutes (pretty good on time).  When you get your ticket, yo...

On different days, each of us will be leaving the United States from different gateway cities to meet in Venice, Italy.  We will fly into the Marco Polo Airport with the goal of having some time to tour Venice – as well as get accustomed to the time change – before we have to get on the ship.  Our hotel for these pre-cruise days is Hotel Santa Chiara located in Ple Roma with easy access from the airport, all Venetian water transportation, the cruise port, and does not require we load/unlo...