Our Favorite Destinations in Europe

One bothersome thing about all the information on the Internet is the accuracy. We have found that people can travel and have a really great time at a place and another couple can go to the same place and not enjoy it at all. So take anything we say with a grain of salt. The place may have been excellent for us and not so good for you. Generally we don't say many bad things about a specific place. If we have a so-so time, we just don't go back. Too many people have a bad experience and then write a bad post or review to get even. Sometimes I think the bad experience is their own fault. One time I saw a hotel owner spend almost an hour trying to get a single woman a room in another town where there was a festival. Then, the next day the woman was waiting in front of the hotel for a man who she had paid to take her luggage to the train station. The man never showed up. The hotel owner told one of his employees to carry her bags to the train station. We talked to her at the train station and she couldn't say enough bad things about the hotel owner. Go figure?

Another thing I hate is the search engines. You search for a hotel in a city and the first 10-20 "finds" are from companies that have no relationship to your search. They are automatically generated pages that try to sell you something. Some of the so called travel help sites are just trying to "harvest" your email. Some others allow people to post anonymous "reviews" which are just places for people to flame an establishment. A good example of this is Tripadvisor where they accept anonymous "reviews". Come on, if you write a review, sign it. We don't have a lot of recommended places on these pages. We do sometimes tell where we stay and what we did or what happened and we never want your email. If we really like a place we may say nice things about it. Remember, your visit and your expectations may be different.