Your favorite trip reports
 

Looking at the large number of great European trip reports here, what reports do you remember most?

I remember mine the best, obviously. ;)

Of the recent ones, I like artstuff's one on Bavaria Germany the most.
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=35116484

No, mine is the best, it's got pictures

http://www.slowtrav.com/tr/tripreport.asp?tripid=1259

Tiff's reports. And ekscrunchy's. Oh and MaiTaiTom.

LuckyLuc in Paris. It was wonderful:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34728383

And mebe in Italy, one of the best trip reports I have ever read; informative, emotional, evocative:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34802236

Anselm

The Tennessee Trio of Terror was pretty funny.

I'll second MaiTai Tom's. Can't till his next one.

Any dining report by JulieVikmanis, anything by escrunchy (I'm their loyal foodie fan)

plus amsdon's wonderful Segovia-Pedraza report, the Camino de Santiago walk report by marigross, also yk's incredibly detailed recent report on her February Spain trip (now that's one helpful report if I ever read one!), the recent ode to Madrid by Anne Marie....
oops and comfyshoes, as well.
I read and remember all the great Spain reports, since Spain travel is my obsession!

Travelgirl2 and her lengthy trip to Asia and Europe with her family.

Anything written by ThinGorgus. Priceless!

Does anyone remember the really good trip report by the woman who took her parents to Europe -- I seem to remember Italy -- and suddenly just stopped writing and, I think, was never heard from again?

Yea, I remember that. Can't think of her name now and I don't think she's ever been back to the board. I'm thinking something really awful must have happened.

I'm also a fan of noe847's TR. I like her description of museums and galleries, as well as restaurants. Her TRs are very easy to read and nicely formatted.

One of my all time favorites was Barbara's trip report about the Divas in Italy...it was just too funny!

And I'm put my vote in for maitaitom too!

Elvira's trip reports with The Loons. Sheer poetry!!!

I've read many great reports. AnselmAdorne's are certainly among those.

The two I remember top of mind are
Trip Report -- A Magical Paris vacation with two little girls
surfmom

Trip Report – My First Trip to Paris...I Can't Wait to Go Back!
DaveBrad

I've read some great trip reports here. Right now I'm waiting for the next installment by the Canadian teacher who took two dozen kids to France and Spain.

I third the MaiTaiTom - his report, chalked full of pictures and hilarity was one of my all time favorites.

Second on ThinGorgeous and Barbara and the divas - sill hoping for a movie to come out on Barbara's. Funny, I was just thinking of these last two on my way to work this morning. There are snippets of both that crack me up, even now.

All of these folks have writing styles that, while varied, I just love reading.

I really enjoyed Travelgirl's adventure of a lifetime. What a trip. I'm just so glad that people take the time to write these reports. The stories take me away and the places they talk about spark my interest for travel in different directions.

Thank you to all the people who contribute.

Thin and Elvira.

Wow, yk, thanks for the shout out!! Writing trip reports made me realize just how hard/time consuming it is. I learn from most, and like a huge variety of reports (funny, short, long, etc.)

I'll check my bookmarks for some of my favorites and post them with their links.

I commend all who write trip reports. My favorites are from people who don't take themselves too seriously and can laugh at their misadventures.

That said, I hope my trip report on our upcoming journey will not be titled: "We Accidentally Sunk The Ferry from Rovinj to Venice!"

Thanks for the nice comments.

((H))

Previous thread, "What is the best trip report you have ever read?":
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34859791

<i>My favorites are from people who don't take themselves too seriously and can laugh at their misadventures.</i>

MaitaiTom- I agree. Now wasn't it you who put gas in a diesel car? That was some of the funniest writing I have read on here, especially how you seemed to find humor in it yourself.

Liz

Maitai Tom and Barb are my favorite &quot;real&quot; trip report posters. Herb and Clara's trip to England was my favorite trip report spoof. And whatever happened to Billy and Betty?

Another previous thread, &quot;Travel Talk Greatest Hits&quot;:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34676518

Okay, you have convinced me that I should write a trip report about my latest adventures. This is what happens when you travel solo, oo-la la!!

I really enjoy reading trip reports of all kinds.

After sitting down and writing a report about our trip earlier this month, I gained even more of an appreciation for all the report writers.

It's hard! And embarrassing!

But worth it.

Jim

Oh...wow! how to even list them! Elvira and the Loons, SharonG's Le Clip and Le Disco, MaitaiTom's Tuscan Adventure and Paris trip, Statia's Vow Renewal, Travelgirl's Trip of a Lifetime, anything from Thin...

here are a few links that I could find without too much trouble.

Maitai’s Tuscan Tour: http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34691579

Tiff’s Enchanted April:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34758287

Thin’s Grecian UNFINISHED saga: http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=35059025


And mine since Maribel so kindly mentioned it:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34630742

(Maribel: It went so well because YOU helped me plan it!)

Here are a few that I was able to find-

rickmav’s 4 month trip to England and Italy makes for a wonderful read. They visited: Yorkshire, Suffolk, East Sussex, Kent, London, Italy for three weeks, and England for Christmas. The intro and Yorkshire part is at: http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=34937079
At the end are the links for the other 5 sections of the trip report.

stephcar’s Cambridge report
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34868609
4 weeks in Cambridge with her husband and children ages 2 and 4

mary fran’s central and eastern Europe trip with her sister peg:
http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=34819219

clifton’s “Trip Report: Romania, Budapest and NE Hungary. Curses, blessings and cabbage”
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34543931

also, murphy had a great report of her solo trip to Greece, but I cannot find it for the life of me.

There are so many others, but I don't have the most organized bookmarking system...

Herb and Clara hands down....

How about topping your favorites for those of us who may not have read them?

Here's the link I was looking for, &quot;Murphy's Great Adventure Part II: Greece. Reflections, Tips and Some Embarrassing Bits Too...&quot;:
http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...p;tid=34829349

Hmm.... I haven't been reading trip reports lately but many come to mind. I like the ones on Spain because I have been there many times and they are a fun read (amsdon, annemarie, etc come to mind). I have also liked several of hausfrau's reports because they capture the essence of it all rather well. Lastly, ThinorJus's writing is perhaps the funniest I have seen on this board.

maribel, I am honored. Your guides are fantastic and made our trip so worthwhile. And I will likely be back with more questions for you early next year!

I didn't read many reports, but MaiTaiTom's, SharonG's Trio of Terror and Elvira's loonies stand out.

Kristine, I remember her too! Her name here was an abbreviation of 4 letters, like KLMN, don't remember exactly.

Here's my trip from 6 months back to Ireland and Italy:

http://www.fodors.com/forums/threads...i_lp&amp;fid=2

darn guess I can't make it work!

here's your report, sheri:
http://fodors.com/forums/threadselec...p;tid=35111590
hint: When you find a thread and want to post its address, click on the title of the thread and the link will come up in the address line of your browser, and you can copy it from there.

My all time favorite is Rudy's &quot;My River Cruise in Russia&quot;.

We were planning to go to Ireland that year, but I printed Rudy's report and showed it to my husband. I was surprised he even read it. But, he did, then said, &quot;Can we do that instead?&quot;

We booked the same trip and were thrilled. To this day, I am grateful we took that trip when we did, and to Rudy for taking the time to post.

My favorite was Magellan 5's Solo Trip Report to Prague, Subtitled &quot;How I Froze My Ass Off in the Czech Republic&quot;. It was funny, irreverent, and informative.

Hey Noe thank you for your help! I appreciate it.