Our Russian Adventures: Part 3
“The Russians are Here!” The second portion of this ‘Canadian Adventure’ included as many local and driving adventures as we could fit...
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Nov 28, 20216 min read
Our Russian Adventures: Part 2
“The Russians are Coming, The Russians are Coming!” Of course, for years, Tanya and Tolik would ask us to come to Russia and visit them. ...
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Nov 14, 20217 min read
Our Russian Adventures
Part 1 “Our Russian Family” Once again, this story will be a little different. First, it is in six parts . . . six very abbreviated...
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Oct 31, 20216 min read
The “Roads” of Europe
Part 5 ‘South Tirol’s Wine Road’ Well, here we are on Part 5, the last of this series. I could have carried on even further, because...
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Oct 17, 20217 min read
The “Roads” of Europe
Part 4 – Germany’s “Romantic Road” “Romantische Straße” To most people, Germany’s “Romantic Road” is still a mystery . . . never heard...
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Oct 3, 20215 min read
The “Roads” of Europe
Part 3 ‘Germany’s Wine Road’ Deutche Weinstraβe Another example of the ‘Roads’ of Europe is the German Wine Road ( Deutche...
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Sep 19, 20213 min read
The “Roads” of Europe
Part 2 Germany’s “Castle Road” Germany’s “Castle Road” ( Burgenstraβe) runs from Mannheim, through Heidelberg and along the Neckar...
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Sep 5, 20213 min read
Europe’s Special “Roads”
Before I get too far into this story, I must explain a little about the various ‘Roads’ you might encounter in many European country. ...
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Aug 22, 20219 min read
“Real World” Travel Notes
Once again, this tale is a little different. This is an updated re-write of part of an old travel newsletter I used to publish many...
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Aug 8, 20216 min read
Down the Danube
Here I am again, practicing my alliteration. When I began this story, I had planned on writing a longer story about the Danube, but...
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Jul 25, 20215 min read
Travel ‘Firsts’
We have often commented on how lucky we are to have been able to travel so much, to so many interesting places. During our travels over...
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Jul 11, 20215 min read
The Seilbahns of the South Tirol
Here we are, back on the ‘sunny side’ of the Alps. Every time we visit this area, we try to have at least one excursion on a ‘Seilbahn’....
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Jun 27, 20215 min read
A Day-Trip to Santorini
“A Day-trip? Are you kidding? Nobody ever takes a day-trip to Santorini.” This was the response I got when I first mentioned that we...
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Jun 13, 20214 min read
The Weekend Markets of Zürich
This trip takes us to Switzerland, the land of mountains, skiing and secret bank accounts. They also have great food, and as I explain...
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May 30, 20213 min read
Friendship Pins and International Diplomacy
A different type of ‘travel tale’ this time, not so much about the travelling, but more about our attempts and successes at International...
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May 16, 20215 min read
Biking the Bodensee
I know, I should have called this story “Cycling Lake Constance”, but I thought the alliteration of ‘Biking the Bodensee’ sounded so much...
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May 2, 20213 min read
Australia’s Murray River Paddle-wheeler
Part 2 Just a few words about our ship. The P.S. Murray Princess is the largest paddlewheeler on the Murray River, and actually the...
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Apr 18, 20213 min read
Australia’s Murray River Paddle-wheeler
Part 1 G’Day Mate! Here we are again ‘down under’ . . . on the Murray River, Australia’s longest river, over 2500 km. long, from the...
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Apr 4, 20213 min read
The “Feggites” of Tinos
Beautiful carving by a Tinos master carver. Before we visited Tinos, I didn’t know what a ‘Feggite’ was. Once there, the mystery was...
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Mar 20, 20216 min read
Romania, Land of Contrasts
I think I mentioned it before in a story about Romanian Gypsies, or Romani, that Romania was pleasant surprise for us, and a place we...
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