Four days ago we walked out of our hotel to face four camels lounging about in the sand. They were to take us across the desert. Of course, we got on, and thus started out our desert expedition. The first two hours were spent getting away from society and into the endless desert. The camels […]
Prayer of Serenity Opportunity
When we left on this trip, we knew that despite all the crime, terrorism, disease and natural disasters in the parts of the world that we would be visiting, that the most dangerous thing we would do on this trip would be to get in a car. On the 13th we tested that knowledge when […]
Going to Marrakech (and Beyond)
We spent three nights in Marrakesh. It was a great first experience for Morocco. The kids had been looking forward to Morocco because it is the first really unique and exotic country we have been to. Sure, Nicaragua and Honduras, as well as the European countries were different than home, but people basically dressed the […]
A New Continent
Morocco, October 3- 8 We stopped on a busy street on the edge of a pedestrian walkway teeming with people. “Just walk up here,” said the taxi driver gesturing vaguely down the street. “Your hotel is not far.” We gathered our bags and set off in what we hoped was the direction of the main […]
Four Americans in Paris
When we first started planning this trip, we told the kids they could pick a country to visit for their birthday, and if it could be worked into the itinerary, we would go there. Emma immediately said Paris, and never wavered from that decision. She couldn’t say why, she just thought she would like it. […]
Sicily
Sicily I am really sorry we haven’t been keeping up on our blog. We decided that we are going to use Sicily as our hanging out area, so we decided to relax and not post much on our blog. In Paris our time was taken up with sightseeing. The computer was used either for booking […]
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 […]
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