Kerby's Great Adventure: Sisters in Europe

A couple weeks ago, my sister stepped on European soil for the first time. She has some vacation time at work that she needed to use or loose, so what better way to use it than by flying to Europe?!?

We decided that since there are so many great destinations all over Europe that are so close once you actually get here, that we should try to see if we could swing a trip to another country. We thought about going to Paris in France, and Barcelona in Spain. We also thought about London, England and Edinburgh, Scotland. I had been to Paris and London before, but never to Barcelona or Edinburgh. By looking at the hotels and everything, Paris was eliminated based on cost. Hotels there are seriously expensive. London was also out, because it just didn't seem as attractive as the other two. So, we were left with two very different choices. Barcelona or Edinburgh. Sun or not? English speaking or not? Euro or not? By the time I figured out the cost of everything, it was a wash anyway. Hotels in Barcelona were kind of expensive. But then again, changing from the Euro/Dollar to the Pound was kind of expensive. In the end, it was just about the same as far as cost went. In the end, we decided on Edinburgh, and it couldn't have been a better choice!

Overall, the trip was pretty interesting! We saw quite a lot of Germany in 10 days, and also Edinburgh. We rented a car, drove on the Autobahn (some portions of it don't have speed limits), went through every small town near the Germany/Austria border thanks to our navigation system, and survived Oktoberfest. Here are some of the highlights!