Travel Adventures

After enjoying our breakfast on the hotel deck, we ventured out to Cinque Terra. Our plan was take the train to the first village...

A day set for Portofino as it turns out we are actually in Rapallo. And will need to travel the 10 or so minutes around the peninsula to...

Turns out I need to ask everyone for their pictures before I publish mine. Jim caught a lot more images – so I am adding his from Day 1. ...

8 days in Italy then on to Switzerland – hope you enjoy our trip. We are so looking forward to it! Day 1+ After a very easy 12 hour...

So our travels are over and I’m sure you thought you were done. But a few more things I learned have to be shared. Obelisks Obelisks...

So we begin what becomes our 24 hour trip home. And when we arrive in SF – my luggage doesn’t arrive. My AirTags say it is still in...

Sunrise from our camp And we are picked up at 8 and begin our 4 1/2 hour drive to Jerash. It is one of the top 3 ancient Roman ruins (I...

How exciting… but such a surprise. We start off at 8 o’clock and it is 34 degrees out. None of us packed for this. Really wished we...

Sorry for the delay, I am too verbose…had to buy a larger plan! And if this one doesn’t come thru with pictures – I give up and we will...

So we are up early again, gather our luggage and are picked up to go to the airport. From Aswan we fly south over 500 miles to Abu...

First stop Philae Temple. This Temple is dedicated to Isis, the Goddess of Love. It is on an island a bit south of the old dam. It was...

Disclaimer: evidently WordPress did an update so the pictures are not displaying fully. If something looks cut off, you can click on...

Fun fact: the Nile runs South to North, starting south of the equator and emptying into the Mediterranean. Because of this Cairo which is...

We are picked up at 5:30 to make a 7:30 flight to Luxor. The flight takes about an hour, and then another hour to get your luggage. ...

So let me finish up yesterday. The Egyptians got the blue color around their eyes by applying copper and letting it oxidize. Audrey came...

We are all up and raring to go….specially Audrey who didn’t sleep all night, but we will wear her out today. First stop breakfast at the...

Slept thru breakfast..after a lite lunch we decided to take a walk. Walking in Cairo is not for the faint of heart. The concierge gave...

We started out Wednesday night. We flew from SFO to Munich. Four hour layover in Munich. We were pretty exhausted. But things looked...

I am totally out of practice on this as we have not taken a vacation (well does Hawaii count) – for over 3 years. But we are anxious to...

Jordan and I rise early at 6:30 to head to the Washington Monument to get in line for tickets. We are there 45 minutes before the ticket...

We leave Lewisburg Sunday morning on our 30 minute flight to DC. One of the things we had at the top of our target list was the...

Today is Amanda’s wedding. She comes by the hotel at 10 am to pick up Jordan. Jordan had recently shared this from the wedding program....

And after a one hour flight – only 30 minutes in the air, we land in West Virginia. Here is their metropolitan airport. This is the...

Sorry this has to come at the end of Cambodia, but I can’t figure out how to add a new page from my iPad; so we will all suffer through –...