About Harrison Smith

Harrison Smith was born with an insatiable need to learn. His wife Nancy often refers to him as "Johnny 5" in reference to the robot in the movie "Short Circuit" who was obsessed with learning. Today after 38 years of working and overseeing Research and Development at a major software company he pursues topics of his own choosing. His thrust for knowledge spans a wide variety topics including traveling, history and a deep fascination for how and why things works the way they do.

A Belgium Adventure

Overview This post covers the Belgium portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure after the Viking cruise has docked in Amsterdam after leaving Germany.  This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:55:24-05:00December 18, 2024|Belgium, Europe|0 Comments

A German Adventure

Overview This post covers the German portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Austria. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:54:36-05:00December 18, 2024|Europe, Germany|0 Comments

An Austrian Adventure

Overview This post covers the Austrian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up as we leave Hungary. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other segments of [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:53:15-05:00December 18, 2024|Austria, Europe|0 Comments

A Hungarian Adventure

Overview This post covers the Hungarian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Croatia. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:52:35-05:00December 18, 2024|Europe, Hungary|0 Comments

A Croatian Adventure

Overview This post covers the Croatian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Serbia. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:51:59-05:00December 18, 2024|Croatia, Europe|0 Comments

A Serbian Adventure

Overview This post covers the Serbian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we leave Bulgaria. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:51:21-05:00December 18, 2024|Europe, Serbia|0 Comments

A Bulgarian Adventure

Overview This post covers the Bulgarian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe and picks up the adventure as we pass out of Romania. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:50:08-05:00December 18, 2024|Bulgaria, Europe|0 Comments

A Romanian Adventure

Overview This post covers the Romanian portion our 9 country 35-day adventure across Europe. This included a trip to Transylvania in Romania, a 23-day Viking River cruise across Europe from Bucharest to Amsterdam and then a trip that we arranged after the cruise to both Belgium and The Netherlands. An overview of this trip can be found at A European Sojourn with links to the other segments of the trip listed below in the summary. [...]

By |2024-12-18T11:49:22-05:00December 18, 2024|Europe, Romania|0 Comments

An Indy 500 Road Trip

Overview A trip to the Indy 500 was a bucket list item for us and one of our sons (who has gone every year for over 15 years) finally got us to plan a trip out to this enormous event. We put in our request for tickets in June of 2023 through the Indianapolis Motor Speedway website.   In September we were notified we'd been granted 2 tickets and so we began laying out a trip [...]

A Florida and Charleston SC Spring Road Trip

Overview Our first trip of the year took us to south to get out of the late winter weather and to explore and experience some of what the south has to offer in early March. On this trip we made stops and visited in the following towns and cities over the course of three weeks. As always when we head south this time of year, we try and meet up with friends and family, catch [...]

By |2024-04-02T09:20:50-05:00April 2, 2024|Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, USA Travel|0 Comments
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