December 13- 17 The story of our stay in Athens is the story of strikes. The transportation workers were on strike most of the week which meant that with a few exceptions, we had to walk everywhere we went. It was a good way to get some exercise. However, we walked from our apartment to […]
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Fez and London
We’ve been so busy traveling that we’ve neglected our blog for the past few weeks. Here are some of Emma’s journal entries to get you all a little up to date. October 24, 25, 26 Today we took a bus to Fez. When we got there we went into the Medina. There were a bunch […]
Postcards to Caeser
(I don’t think this title means much, but Mom insists.) We are in Syracuse, Sicily, and are having a very good time. After a bit of a searching for a nice hotel, we found a really great one, and settled right in. But first, I need to talk about our visit to the once great […]
A Room With a View
Siena, September 16-18 We stopped for two nights in Siena on our way from Venice to Rome on the advice of Rick Steeve’s Italy guidebook; “its a must see”. He was right. It is a gorgeous old gothic city, with an old town center that hasn’t changed much since the 1500’s. The reason? It lost […]
Venice, september 15-16
Today we spent on a train going to Italy. When we got to Venice and settled in. It was kind of late around 7:00, so we went out to dinner. I got a cheese pizza, but I couldn’t get the full sensation of the taste because of my plugged nose. The next day we went […]
Saltzburg, September 11-14
At the end of the opening scene in the movie Sound of Music, Maria hears church bells that remind her she is late for mass. Those bells still ring all over Salzburg. We were delighted to find that our hotel was right across the street from a beautiful old church whose bells rang very hour…..and […]
Prague Walks
Prague We left Prague two days ago for Salzburg, Austria. It ended up as a longer stay than we initially planned for several reasons. One was simply that it is a great city; beautiful, with a lot of history and interesting architecture, and it is in a relatively compact area, lending itself well to walking. […]
Oslo — This is Fjord Country
Oslo– This is Fjord Country Our blogging has been delayed again. Though we were busy the last four days in Prague, the main reason for the delay was our poor internet connection. But now we are in Salzburg, and again have a good Internet connection. Before I get into Prague, I must backtrack to the […]
Land of the Vikings
Land of the Vikings Perhaps I enjoy Norway so much because it is the land of the Vikings, the name of my beloved football team. Or maybe it is because my paternal grandmother’s family is from Norway, and that part of the family showed their ancestral roots so much in speech and the way they […]
Fjords
I’m looking out the window of our place on the fjord. There are no words to describe the view. At first I couldn’t stop taking pictures. The light would change or the clouds descend and it looked different. I finally calmed down and now I just sit and look. We arrived several days ago after […]
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