“The Russians are Here!” The second portion of this ‘Canadian Adventure’ included as many local and driving adventures as we could fit...

“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. ...

Part 1 “Our Russian Family” Once again, this story will be a little different. First, it is in six parts . . . six very abbreviated...

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...

Part 4 – Germany’s “Romantic Road” “Romantische Straße” To most people, Germany’s “Romantic Road” is still a mystery . . . never heard...

Part 3 ‘Germany’s Wine Road’ Deutche Weinstraβe Another example of the ‘Roads’ of Europe is the German Wine Road ( Deutche...

Part 2 Germany’s “Castle Road” Germany’s “Castle Road” ( Burgenstraβe) runs from Mannheim, through Heidelberg and along the Neckar...

Before I get too far into this story, I must explain a little about the various ‘Roads’ you might encounter in many European country. ...

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...

Here I am again, practicing my alliteration. When I began this story, I had planned on writing a longer story about the Danube, but...

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...

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’....

“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...

This trip takes us to Switzerland, the land of mountains, skiing and secret bank accounts. They also have great food, and as I explain...

A different type of ‘travel tale’ this time, not so much about the travelling, but more about our attempts and successes at International...

I know, I should have called this story “Cycling Lake Constance”, but I thought the alliteration of ‘Biking the Bodensee’ sounded so much...

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...

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...

Beautiful carving by a Tinos master carver. Before we visited Tinos, I didn’t know what a ‘Feggite’ was. Once there, the mystery was...

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...