Posts History Scroll down to content 2023 In Hot Water Iceland Now & Then Glaciers, Volcanoes & Vikings – Part 2 Glaciers, Volcanoes & Vikings – Part 1 Cairo & Alexandria On the Nile Ancient Sound & Light Egyptian Temple Images Ancient Egypt Timeline Egyptian Temple Stories Two Egyptian Villages Pirates and Poets of the Nile The Valley of the Kings Sphinx & Pyramids TX BBQ Madeira / Hawai’i Iberian Eats – Part Two Iberian Eats – Part One2022 Paris 1889 Two Stops on the Way Home The Menhirs of Carnac Some Towns in Brittany Le Mont Saint Michel Bayeux’s “Tapestry” and more… Étretat Hiding in Plain Sight Rotterdam Respite More Entertaining Amsterdam Entertaining Amsterdam Back to Keukenhof Garden A Bit of Bruges In Reims (rhymes with In France*) The Fortress of Polignac & The Hamlets of Bigorre – Les Maziaux Cinque Terre Rest Stop A Bologna Wander ‘Ono ē! 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Wedding Anniversary Lunch Travels to America Touristing in our own backyard Coimbra, Portugal, and its baroque library Carcassonne to Porto via Ryanair Traffic tickets can be existential Tasting Port Wine Porto, Portugal Abbaye de Fontfroide 30 Hours in Barcelona Living in an English-Language Bubble Buying our new car Antarctic Fellow Cruisers Cruising: Typical activities Falkland Islands images Falkland Islands Antarctic views Antarctica Antarctica cruise notes 7 – Watching the ocean go by Antarctica cruise notes 6 – Lights on the horizon Antarctica cruise notes 5 – Demographics and cheerfulness Antarctica cruise notes 4 – Theater presentations Antarctica cruise notes 3 – Trivia games Antarctica cruise notes 2 – Germs Antarctica cruise notes 1 – Embarkation Continuing the tales of international cats Mike’s wound Shopping Our dinners at home Our house Our landlords Bits of France Carcassonne: First days The voyage