This tiny island is nestled in the warm waters of the southern Caribbean. It boasts it is the home to the world’s most friendliest people. Imagine sinking your toes in the baby powder sand while enjoying the sun, sea, and a cocktail. I will be traveling to Aruba soon and have learned a few things. […]
At the end of the Danube bike and barge trip, I took a short flight to Vilnius, Lithuania. My maternal grandparents were both born in the Village of Trasninkas, about 90 minutes from Vilnius. Traveling to the land of my ancestors was always on my bucket list, so this was a dream come true. I
I have totally messed up my blogging schedule. My plan was to memorialize my day on a daily basis, but the activities schedule changed all that. There was no time to actually sit down and put my thoughts on paper, so to speak. I finally started to write in the train from London to Paris
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During this pandemic, we have had to implement safety practices to keep all of us safe and healthy. Social distancing and wearing a mask have become everyday occurrences. We are practicing these safety measures for our own health, but also for the health of those around us. I have found that I have some extra
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For me, the trip to Boston, Massachusetts would have been incomplete without a visit to see my favorite baseball team, the Boston Redsox. Fenway Park and the Green Monster is iconic and I was not disappointed. Charlie, my brother Chuck and sister-in-law Mary and I, had a great time eating dogs and enjoying a beer
I’m on my way to Boston for the main purpose of returning my step-mother\’s ashes to the one place on earth she loved the most, Duxbury, Massachusetts outside Boston. While it is the ending to her long life, it is the beginning of new relationships for me. I have been working on my ancestry, especially
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1 PASSAU, GERMANY My venture began in Passau, located on the Austrian/Germany border. At 5:00 p.m., our group boarded “My Story,” which will be our home for the next week at 5:00 p.m. As I said earlier, Passau is the meeting point of the Danube, Inn and Ilz Rivers. Passau is the typical cobble-stoned town
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September 15, 2016 – Pre-trip Post Just two more days, and I will be off on my next adventure with Kelly and Mary Jo McMillan and 60 of my closest friends. To give you a little rundown, we fly into Munich and travel to Passau located on the Germany/Austria border. Passau is called “The Three
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This past June, 2016, I enjoyed an experience I thought I would never have – swimming with the Whale Sharks in Cancun, Mexico. A few facts about whale sharks: they are the largest fish in the sea. One of the reasons I was not afraid is that even though they are huge with a maximum
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