{"id":835,"date":"2011-05-18T16:37:02","date_gmt":"2011-05-18T23:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/?p=835"},"modified":"2013-02-08T11:06:15","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T18:06:15","slug":"tweeting-across-europe-with-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ann-tran.com\/2011\/05\/tweeting-across-europe-with-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Tweeting across Europe with You!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last month, I had a great time tweeting across Europe with you as my husband and I traveled to seven different countries!\u00a0 We made ten stops\u00a0and I tweeted with you every day. It was\u00a0so much<\/strong> fun<\/strong> to interact with you.\u00a0 It was a\u00a0great way to interact with my Twitter friends and our families at each new place.\u00a0\u00a0 The question I received the most often was, \u201cWhich place did you enjoy the most?\u201d\u00a0 So… guess which place I\u00a0love the most?\u00a0 The answer is revealed below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\nLondon: <\/strong>Our first stop was London and what made this particular stop so memorable was a Tweet-up that was arranged by Sir @paul_steele<\/a>.\u00a0 I have been following him for almost two years.\u00a0 This FUN, polite gentleman you see in the Twitter stream and his Twitter sing-up videos is the same person I met that day on April 4, 2011. Our meeting was a casual, low-key get together at a Founders Arms Riverside Pub with a beautiful view of the Thames River. \u00a0I met some new friends at this Tweet-up that Paul organized. <\/strong>Thank you Paul for taking the time to travel to London and arrange the wonderful Tweet-up! If you don\u2019t know who the Bald Hiker is, he is a MUST follow on Twitter. http:\/\/www.baldhiker.com\/<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nParis:<\/strong> <\/strong>Paris was our next stop.\u00a0 I really enjoyed the beautiful gardens and the artistic rooms at the Versailles chateau and gardens.\u00a0 I loved sitting at the outdoor caf\u00e9s and watching life go by.\u00a0\u00a0I admired seeing women in stilettos and sleek ensembles while riding on their mopeds.\u00a0 How do they handle all that walking in their stilettos?\u00a0 I especially miss the fresh croissants, baguettes and cafes in France. <\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nAmsterdam: <\/strong>I met the lovely @cindyvriend<\/a> in Amsterdam.\u00a0 It was a last minute arrangement and thanks to @paul_steele<\/a> who rang her while he and I were at the London Tweet-up.\u00a0 I enjoyed this one-on-one visit because I got to know Cindy on a deeper level.\u00a0\u00a0I didn\u2019t have to share her and our conversation with anyone.\u00a0\u00a0 Although my husband was with us at dinner, he doesn\u2019t get Twitter.\u00a0 I love Twitter because I get to meet such wonderful people on here like Cindy.\u00a0 Cindy, thank you for taking the train in to see me.\u00a0 More about @cindyvriend<\/a> and another MUST follow:\u00a0 http:\/\/blog.4friendz.nl\/<\/a>
\nBesides meeting another wonderful Twitter friend, this stop offered the beautiful Keukenhof Gardens in Holland.\u00a0 It was a delightful way to spend my day to reflect and enjoy the beauty and the vibrant colors of the garden.\u00a0 It\u2019s such a magical place to just sit and be.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nGermany: <\/strong>Next, we took an overnight sleeper train from Amsterdam to Munich, Germany.\u00a0That was an adventure for me because I don\u2019t like closed spaces.\u00a0 I handled it pretty well because I slept through the trip.\u00a0\u00a0After that we stopped at Neuschwanstein \u2013 The Famous So-Called \u2018Cinderella Castle\u2019, <\/em>however, most Americans probably do not know that Sleeping Beauty\u2019s Castle in Disneyland was modeled after the real Bavarian Neuschwanstein castle.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nSwitzerland: <\/strong>The following day we took two cable cars up to Murren, Switzerland.\u00a0 I don\u2019t really particularly care for cold weather and we were blessed with a warm day up in the Alps. \u00a0This would be such a breathtaking place to go hiking; preferably in warmer weather for me.\u00a0 I loved the serenity and the beauty the place offered, definitely one of my favorite stops. <\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nItaly: <\/strong>Lake Como may have been my favorite stop.\u00a0 I loved the landscape and quaint villages with the most impressive scenery winding along the lake.\u00a0We spent an afternoon in the village of Bellagio, which sits on the hilly point where Lake Como splits in two directions.\u00a0 \u00a0I love the food, the wine and the shopping!\u00a0I would like to visit southern Italy the next time I\u00a0vacation in\u00a0Europe.\u00a0 No, I didn\u2019t get to see George Clooney but I was told by the owner of the hotel we did stay across the lake from him. <\/em><\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nFrance: <\/strong>Nice and Cannes, France are both beautiful and fun cities to visit.\u00a0 \u00a0The ancient town of Arles, France was an in between stop to our next destination.\u00a0 Van Gogh lived out his final years here and I had the best meal in my entire life time there!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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<\/td>\nSpain: <\/strong>Barcelona was our last stop and what a great city to wrap up our trip.\u00a0 It was Easter Weekend and most of the shops were closed except for one day we were there.\u00a0 We arrived on the day where most stores were closed and the streets were flooded with energetic people.\u00a0 The following day, the mood and the crowd was so festive!\u00a0 It was Saint Joudi day, part of the long Easter weekend holiday, where it\u2019s customary to give the ladies a rose and the men receive a favorite book.\u00a0\u00a0Hundreds of women lined the streets to have their books autographed by the authors.\u00a0\u00a0 And literally hundreds of rose peddlers hawked red roses on virtually every street corner.\u00a0 I am more of a suburban gal these days but I really enjoyed Barcelona.\u00a0 I would have loved to extend our vacation in Barcelona but we had to get back to real life.\u00a0 It was a wonderful trip meeting everyone along the way.\u00a0 I learned a lot from others and I learned quite a bit about myself on this trip.\u00a0 It\u2019s a wonderful life!\u00a0Thank you!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Last month, I had a great time tweeting across Europe with you as my husband and I traveled to seven different countries!\u00a0 We made ten stops\u00a0and I tweeted with you…Posted on<\/span>