April 14, 2025 I am on a riverboat cruising to waterways of the Netherlands and Belgium. It’s another beautiful day perfect for exploring. Today we are in Nijmegen. It is the largest city in the Dutch province of Gelderland and the tenth largest of the Netherlands as a whole. Located on the Waal River just …
Netherlands – Tulips Fields
April 13, 2025 Today is all about the Tulips!! Holland is famous for it’s tulips and I plan to celebrate them today along with a few hundred thousand of other tourist. The day started with the annual Tulip parade. Think of the rose parade but done with Tulips!! The level of detail and creativity was …
Netherlands – Jewish Quarter and Nightlife
April 12, 2025 It is a spectacular day in Amsterdam. The sky is blue with few clouds and it is going to be in the high 70’s I am doing a walkabout of the Jewish quarter of Amsterdam. This neighborhood was severely impacted by the Nazi occupation from 1940-1945. My guide’s grandfather was one of …
Netherlands – The Hague, Delft and Rotterdam
April 11,2025 In the quiet of the morning I headed to central station to adventure out of Amsterdam! About a hour outside of Amsterdam the landscape changes farmland with fields that will soon be filled with tulips. Our first stop was Madurodam. A unique representation of the Netherlands created in a 1:25 scale. The models …
Amsterdam Day 1
April 10, 2025 We landed in Amsterdam mid morning and the city was enveloped by clouds and wind that made the city shades of grey. Fortunately the sun came out in the afternoon and the city came to life. Since my room was not ready yet I did a walkabout in the city center where …
Yellowstone – Fountain Paint Pots
NationalDecember 26, 2026 My early morning walk around the Old Faithful property was so quiet and peaceful. It was gently snowing covering up all the people tracks from the day before creating a gentle blanket of snow covering the fields where I had snowshoed the day before. A small red fox who begs at the …
Yellowstone – Upper Geyser Basin
December 25, 2024 The Inn is decorated for the holiday and looks so festive with the snow clouds. No sunrise this morning because of the clouds but we did get a Christmas ornament on our door knob, a fun way to start the day. The lobby is filled with families gathered around the fireplace in …
Yellowstone – Grand Canyon
December 24, 2024 The morning began with one of the most incredible sunrises I have seen. I walked across the snow fields try to get a better view and it was so worth it as the color continued to develop. Shortly after the sunrise we headed out in the snowcoach to the Old Faithful Snow …
Yellowstone – Lamar Valley
December 23, 2024 We headed out early in hopes of catching the sunrise in Lamar Valley then a full day of looking for wildlife! The sky’s were filled with snow clouds so the sunrise was nonexistent but we continued on the snowy roads in search of wildlife. We were not disappoint as just a few …
Yellowstone – Mammoth Hot Springs
December 22, 2024 Baby it’s cold outside!!! It rained last night so Bozeman is very cold and icy as we head off to Yellowstone!! We traveled south along the Yellowstone River through breathtaking mountain scenery on our way to Mammoth Hot Springs. We were only on the road for a few minutes when we spotted …