Carrie loves all things royal, and for her, a trip to England wouldn’t be complete without a visit to Windsor Castle, one of the homes of the Royals and the resting place for Queen Elizabeth and Prince Phillip as well as others. We toured the castle and St. George’s Chapel and also boated down the Thames to take in the views from the water.
After Windsor, Where to?
Windsor was our last stop in England and we knew we’d be heading to the continent for more travel adventures. We had planned to go straight to Brussels and then Bruges. However, our plans changed.
A few months ago we purchased Eurail passes good for 60 days, and we have the freedom to travel just about anywhere in Europe we want. So, when we spent several hours trying to find reasonable hotel rates in several Belgium cities, but couldn’t find them, we put into action our freedom to alter our plans. We knew we were heading to Berlin later this week to visit my nephew and his family, and so trying to head into that general direction, we thought why not go to Strasbourg. We booked ourselves on a couple high speed trains and went to Strasbourg, France. We had been to the scenic Alsace region before, but not to Strasbourg. We took a walking tour of the old city and enjoyed the wonderful French cuisine and wine.
We love our Eurail passes, but we’ve noticed that they don’t seem to work very well. The passes reside on our Rail Planner app. The app itself is very easy to use and helps us plan trips and keeps track of our itineraries. Every time we need to board a pre planned train, we simply open the app, bring up the QR code, and scan it at the security point at the train station. The QR code is supposed to give us access to the train. However, this has not worked that way. Ever. We have to call one of the rail personnel over to let us in. They acknowledge that the passes don’t work real well. Now that we are in non English speaking countries, we are wondering how we’ll communicate this issue to the train staff.
Berlin is next on our list.
Digital Postcards 
Have fun in Berlin with Brian and family! Say hello from us.
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Love Alsace, Strasbourg, etc. Can’t go wrong there.
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You will appreciate that we enjoyed an excellent Alsace Riesling with our lunch. Perfect match!
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I’m sorry the Eurail pass has been less than expected. I hope you can sort it out soon. Maybe just learn the words for help with the rail pass in French and German? In any case, Strasbourg is one of my favoucities in France. I miss you guys! ♥️♥️
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I can call for help in my limited French, but there are always officials around so no problem. We miss your company as well!
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