We gave serious thought to Not going off ship today. We’ve had a lot of port days in a row (which I love usually) and excursions every day (again, that’s generally fine as well) but they’ve also all been early mornings. And often, all day-ers.
Continue reading “August 10: Queensferry (Edinburgh), Scotland”Category: exploring and revisiting
Travels Revisited: Williamsburg Virginia
In 2021 we weren’t going many places. Not many places were open, and if they were, one might have been hesitant to take shared transit options to get to them.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: Williamsburg Virginia”April 26: Kristiansand, Norway
(Original and secondary itinerary: Warnemunde for Berlin, Germany)
Kristiansand is not far from Oslo so we sailed slowly overnight. It was gray and overcast in the morning but by the time we got to port it was already sunnier. Windy as anything, but sunny.
Continue reading “April 26: Kristiansand, Norway”Travels Revisited: New Jersey
Every July, in Whitehouse Station NJ, the NJ Festival of Ballooning takes place.
Continue reading “Travels Revisited: New Jersey”Virtual (and Real) Yellowstone: Waterfall
My next Yellowstone postcard arrives, and I recognize it immediately…
Why do I recognize it? Because of this…
Continue reading “Virtual (and Real) Yellowstone: Waterfall”Virtual Great Wall: Diving in
Sections of the Great Wall that are underwater and accessible only to experienced divers?
Sounds fascinating!
Virtual Greece: Marathon to Athens
For the holiday gathering I’m making spanikopita and tzatziki and maybe some souvlaki.
So in the spirit of synchronicity, I’m also doing the Conqueror Marathon to Athens challenge.
Continue reading “Virtual Greece: Marathon to Athens”Revisiting: Peru
I don’t know, I was just remembering that time I ordered a book for my niece and they shipped the worlds ugliest Christmas sweater instead.
Continue reading “Revisiting: Peru”Seen on the road
Do other people play the license plate game when they do a long drive? We almost always do (I sometimes do it mentally, even just commuting to the next state over).
Continue reading “Seen on the road”Yorktown drive
After our excursion over to Surry for the planned and delicious lunch at Surry Seafood Company, we drove down to the battlefield at Yorktown.
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