Travel always begins when our friend John picks us up at home only to deliver us to the airport about 40 minutes later. Its a ritual. Today, thanks to the inability of elected officials to compromise, we left exceedingly early to be certain we cleared security in time. In fact, security was almost empty […]
MoreWe left the Kara at 10am after docking in Basel, Switzerland. We planned two days in Switzerland, the first of them here. It was only a hop, skip and a jump from our boat to the Hotel Basel.
MoreEach day is a new adventure and with luck we have many new adventures in our future. Today’s adventure finds us in Cologne, Germany.
MoreAfter we left the Anne Frank House we decided to find a local bar where we could test some beer. On our way we came upon a street artist, near the museum. We stopped to look at his work and Barbara bought a small painting. Its not hard to find a bar as they are […]
MoreGreat time in Alaska and Canada. Now all that remains is our trip home. Our flight was scheduled for 8:20am, so we had to be up and out early, really early. That meant setting the alarm clock for 4:00am so that we could be taxi bound for the airport no later than 5:15am. Although we […]
MoreVancouver is a beautiful city! JoAnn and I have been here twice before and found it to be clean, friendly, architecturally interesting and generally inviting. We stayed at the Pan Pacific Hotel on the waterfront at Canada Place. Holland America booked us there for a one-night layover before flying home to Philadelphia. The Pan Pacific […]
MoreNot much to say about today. It’s a day cruising the inside passage on our way to Vancouver, Canada. It’s also our last day on board and packing, although a nuisance, is a must. As with everywhere except Ketchikan, its raining. What a monotonous thing to have to report. I’ll bet even you, the reader […]
MoreOur first day on board the Noordam was a relaxing one as we cruised the Gulf of Alaska in route to Glacier Bay. We decided to take our time in the morning and have a leisurely coffee in the Explorations Cafe. Then we were off to take some photos of the ship and a selection […]
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