We decided we needed a pre-Christmas camping experience, a short trip with our neighbors Frank and Linda Ruff to the Everglades National Park. Janice was already down in Ft. Myers playing in a golf tournament with the RV so John drove down with Linda and Frank in their RV to […]
Dateline December 10, 2016 – Everglades National Park Read More »
2016 Travel, National Parks
Our Lights are on and the Internet is working “and now….here is the rest of the story!” We became concerned last Tuesday as it picked up strength and was headed towards the Florida coast. We took stock of all the items around the outside that could become missiles, and
Dateline October 11, 2016 – Hurricane Matthew and Flagler Beach Read More »
2016 Travel
We landed in Athens from Rome and took the metro to the Athens Gate Hotel. The hotel was in a perfect location just below the Acropolis and across the street from the Zeus Temple. We spent the first day walking around the town and finding a place for dinner.
Dateline: June 27, 2016 – Athens Read More »
2016 Travel, Mediterranean
Our last stop was Istanbul, Turkey. This was the original final stop of the cruise, so when it was changed, for security threats, we already had our airline reservations from Istanbul, not Rome. We arrived at the Istanbul SAW airport around 2:30 and were met by our driver to take
Oceania Cruise, On-board Sirena We arrived at the port to check in for our cruise only to be handed a memo that said, “Egypt stops canceled.” We were taking the cruise to see both Egypt and Israel; the rest was of little interest. Our disappointment was extremely high! We decided
Dateline June 16, 2016 – Greek Isles on Oceania Sirena Read More »
2016 Travel, Cruising, Mediterranean
Sorrento We took a morning train from Florence thru Rome to Naples to change train lines to Sorrento. The Italian first class trains are like flying first class on a major airline, very comfortable and free WIFI! We found the station for the Circumvesuviana Railway Company that operates the services
Dateline June 11, 2016 – Sorrento, Pompeii and Rome Italy Read More »
2016 Travel, Europe, Italy
Nazareth We arrived in Haifa, Israel, early on Friday, June 17th, for a three-day stay. We had previously, when we were only going to be in Israel for two days, made arrangements for a driver for Saturday and Sunday. That left us with no plans for Friday. After much discussion,
Dateline June 17, 2016 – Israel Read More »
2016 Travel, Mediterranean, Middle East
We know many of our friends and relatives have been to Italy, this is our first trip and it has been amazing. First we need to say, which we were told by many, order the “house red wine”, it is always excellent! Venice Our next stop on our journey was
Dateline June 6, 2016 – Venice and Florence Read More »
2016 Travel, Europe, Italy
Vienna We caught the morning train from Budapest to Vienna and arrived in Vienna Centrale station and looked at the directions to the flat, of course we slightly mis-interpreted the communication from our host, thinking she was coming to the metro whilst she was waiting in front of the flat. We
Dateline May 30, 2016 – Vienna, Switzerland, Milan..Hello Italy! Read More »
2016 Travel, Europe
The Iron Curtain The Iron Curtain formed the imaginary boundary dividing Europe into two separate areas from the end of World War II in 1945 until the end of the Cold War in 1991. The term symbolized efforts by the Soviet Union to block itself and its satellite states from
Dateline May 26, 2016 – Behind the “Iron Curtain” Eastern Europe Read More »
2016 Travel, Europe