Travel & Visitors Guide - May 7, 2008
Our writers' all-time favorite vacations
Since it's Travel Week on OnMilwaukee.com, the editorial staff shares its stories from its best travel experiences.
Tags: Europe, Italy, England, Central America, West Indies, Grand Cayman Island, travel

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 10, 2008
Home is where the heart is
I had a great time on my 11-day light-speed tour of Germany, France and Spain. Maybe it was the 20-hour travel day from Munich to Amsterdam to Newark and finally to Milwaukee, but today has felt especially dramatic.
Tags: europe, paris, madrid, munich

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 8, 2008
Auf wiedersehen, au revoir and adios to Europe
After our siesta, we headed back to Plaza Mayor and had dinner and drinks at one of the “mesones,” a 400-year-old cave-like restaurant that’s a local favorite for cheap dates. We wandered around the area a bit after dinner, watching the city come alive as it approached 11 p.m.
Tags: madrid, spain, bmw, europe, european delivery program, retiro park, gran via

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 6, 2008
Bustling Madrid is as friendly as it is cosmopolitan
Spain put me in a better mood the moment we landed. Their metro is spotless, efficient, modern and easy to understand. It puts Paris to shame. Polite and helpful people surrounded us, including a woman who not only helped us lug our big, 50-pound suitcase up an endless flight of stairs, but who also directed us to our hotel.
Tags: Spain, Madrid, bmw, European delivery program, Europe, Prado, EasyJet

Travel & Visitors Guide - March 4, 2008
A jam-packed final full day in Paris
Please pardon me if this blog is a little rambling. It’s 10:45 p.m., and we just got back to the hotel after 12 and a half jam-packed hours through the streets of old Paris, the Orsay Museum and Montmartre.
Tags: paris, europe, orsay, montmartre, bmw, european delivery program, madrid

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 8, 2008
Carribean Experience in Frankfurt, Germany
Last year on the way back from a long 15 hour grueling train trip from Prague, Czech Republic back to Amsterdam, Netherlands, my boyfriend and I decided to stop in Frankfort, Germany and spend the night.  Seeing how it was a Sunday night in March, we didn't figure there would be much going o...
Tags: Prague, Amsterdam, Bars, frozen drinks, heavy metal bar, trip, Europe