Our tour guide is Ioanna (“Joanna”). She’s taken on touring as a second career post-COVID.
She does it well.
Continue reading “April 23: Copenhagen Denmark and embarkation”semi-random flotsam
Our tour guide is Ioanna (“Joanna”). She’s taken on touring as a second career post-COVID.
She does it well.
Continue reading “April 23: Copenhagen Denmark and embarkation”It was one of the last stops on the cruise. Last December, 2019. Very soon going anywhere was going to stop being a thing.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: Malaysia”It’s dark when I arrive. It’s dark most of the day, actually. December in Iceland only gets only a few hours of daylight.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: Iceland”It’s December 2019. Just before Christmas. Just before the world will change quite dramatically.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: Vietnam”I was on a fantastic tour, run by CIE. I met lovely people including Robin and Stella from Canada. There was a massive heat wave in parts of the world where air conditioning is rarely a consideration, and chilled cider never tasted so good.
Which is not to say I didn’t enjoy an Irish coffee from time to time.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: Dublin”Last port of call! Second-to-last cruise day!
Continue reading “March 28: Turks and Caicos”We were hitting 2 ports a day. Unfortunately, both Mykonos and Santorini were for afternoon arrival.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: Santorini”The cruise pulled into Cozumel, and the excursion took us over the ferry to visit Tulum.
Continue reading “Travels revisited: Mexico”In 2009 I joined a tour that took me from East to West of Costa Rica.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: Costa Rica”Every July, in Whitehouse Station NJ, the NJ Festival of Ballooning takes place.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: New Jersey”