A Retirement Celebration Cruise on the Danube
Art and I had been thinking about taking a cruise on the Danube River for quite a while. We asked Art’s brother Ken and his wife Patrice if they would like to join us. As it turned out, Ken was retiring that year, so we made the trip a celebration of his retirement....
India: Sojourn to the Taj Mahal
The Taj Mahal was one destination on my bucket list that I didn’t think would get crossed off. But, as luck would have it, we were on a cruise that ended in Mumbai with an optional post cruise tour to India’s Golden Triangle, including the Taj Mahal. I was able to...
A Holiday in Magnificent St. Petersburg
After three very busy days in Moscow, we boarded a train for magnificent St. Petersburg in the late afternoon. We were in ‘business class’ and boxed lunches were included with our passage. About 400 hundred miles and 4 and a half hours later we arrived at our...
Child of the Cold War Visits Moscow
Being raised during the Cold War, visiting Moscow was something I never in my wildest dreams imagined I would do. Then, in 1989, I sat in front of my television mesmerized as we watched the Berlin Wall come down and East and West Germany were quickly reunited. Not...
Apprehensive About Climbing the Sydney Harbour Bridge?
I was really worried that I wouldn’t be able to do it. Should I even attempt to climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge? What if I froze and couldn’t keep going? Would I ruin the tour for everyone else? It was Art’s niece, Emily who put us onto the BridgeClimb. She had gone...