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Today we depart Venice and begin our cruise.  Here’s our goodbye to a great and beautiful city.  The ship travels right along the coast of the island and all the great sights of the city are there for us to enjoy. Some assistance from a tug Oh, boy.  Look familiar?  It’s the Costa Magica, the…Continue Reading Departing Venice, A Day At Sea and Random Facts

Okay!  We’re back home and happy to be here. This was literally the longest trip of my life, trip of a lifetime they say, and with so many stops and places visited, I thought I should not only document our travels photographically but include brief stories of remembrance and learning as well.  Hence this travelogue…Continue Reading All aboard ship and off to Athens!

Friday morning, we awoke on the train around 7:30am which was really 6:30 prior to the time change.  Nevertheless, not a bad night.  Certainly and adventure to travel in a sleeper car, but something I need not repeat.  I can say I’ve done that. Passing miles of vinyards.  Some of us missed the vinyeards We…Continue Reading Venezia!

Okay, we have 6 hours in Paris so what should we do?  I know, the Eiffel Tower! It’s beautiful! It’s November, the lines will never be shorter and we’ll have plenty of time.  Okay, we take the 14 train 2 stops, change to the C train and 6 stops to the Tower!  PoC (Piece of…Continue Reading Hello Paris!

Now we’re on the Eurostar to Paris. We leave St Pancrass Station and almost immediately decend into our first tunnel. After about 7-8 minutes we emerge in sunlight with the London skyline way in the distance. My ears pop off and on as we change elevation in the tunnel. Just like a plane ride. A…Continue Reading Windsor, Rachael and Goodbye London

WARNING!  Lot’s of photos today.  I can’t help it.  It was a good photo day! The first thing I notice here is that there is no autumn color.  In fact, all the trees are quite green and the leaves remain on the trees.  Unusual for a city so far north of New York.  I hear…Continue Reading Great day and Raj!

Rain off and on and fog couldn’t keep us, or anyone else, inside.  Monday was Remembrance Day or Armistice Day here.  The big commemoration takes place at Trafalgar Square where thousands pour in to experience the two minutes of silence.  It’s quite moving and respectful.  They have a large stage with video screen and quite…Continue Reading A Rainy Day In London Town

Our third day was relaxing and spent around our neighborhood.  After breakfast, we ventured up to the landmark church.  It’s at the high point of the city and affords some wonderful views.  It’s relatively new in a typical clean Scandinavian / Gothic style.  Great views from the tower!  Lunch was a great noodle soup from…Continue Reading Reykjavik Day 3 and On To London

We took a bus tour called “The Golden Circle” to see some of the natural sights of Iceland.  Turns out, many of the natural wonders are within a short drive of the city.  We travelled about 75 miles from Reykjavik and there is plenty of Iceland yet to be seen.  Roads are beautiful and uncrowded…Continue Reading Touring Iceland

We had a great start with our ride into Kennedy. Our driver was a real chatterbox and he loved to rail against all the illegals taking American jobs. Yikes! And then he almost talked himself through two missed turns, the second of which was a full on stomp on the brake and veer left into…Continue Reading Reykjavik