April 6, 2026 It has stopped raining and although it is still overcast it is time to go adventuring. We hopped on the ferry to head into the city with our first stop being Madi Gras World. This is where the floats for the Madi Gras parade are created and stored. The large statues that …
April 5, 2026 New Orleans is the first stop on my America trip. My friends Kim, Ernie and I will be traveling across America by trains followed by a road trip to explore their home state of Florida. We are staying in a house in Algiers Point that is just across the Mississippi from the …
July 22, 2025 We are going to Murano and Burano today! On our way to Murano we passed by the “Building Bridges” Sculpture!! I had read about it and was really happy to see it, an unexpected treat. Murano is a series of islands linked by bridges in the Venetian Lagoon about one mile from …
July 21,2025 According to our guide yesterday, gondola rides are considered a tacky tourist thing but we did it anyway! I booked us on one that early one and one that went into the small canals so we would not be part of the gondola conga line. It was so much fun!!! At one point …
June 20, 2025 We are off to explore the incredible city of Venice! Venice is Europe’s best-preserved big city. This car-free urban wonderland of a hundred islands—laced together by 400 bridges and 2,000 alleys—survives on the artificial respirator of tourism. We bought our day passes for the local ferry and boarded a boat to take …
July 19,2025 Our train arrived in Venice just before sunset and when we stepped out of the train station we were on the Grand Canal!!! I was awestruck by the beauty of this magnificent city!! Our flat is just a long block off of the Grand Canal down a narrow alley complete with our own …
July 18, 2025 For our adventure today we went to Bratislava,Slovakia. Just an hour and a half by bus from Vienna is this charming 18th century town. Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, is set along the Danube River by the border with Austria and Hungary. ] It was the coronation site and legislative center and …
June 17, 2025 I am back in Vienna! Hard to believe it was only last September that I was here for the Opera. This time I am staying just a few blocks from the incredible Opera house. We had a 3 hour walking tour of the old town area of Vienna with an incredible guide. …
July 16, 2025 Our train to Venice wasn’t until 1:00 so we decided to go to The New York Cafe for a bite. The New York Cafe claims to be the most beautiful cafe in the world and I have to agree, even though I have not been to every cafe in the world. The …
June 15, 2025 It was a bit cooler today with some cloud cover so we set off to explore Margaret Island. Margaret Island is Budapest’s biggest green oasis. We took the tram then walked across the yellow Margaret Bridge and were into the lush green of the park. The whole island is a huge park, …
