Last year my husband and I visited Amsterdam before taking a cruise to the Norwegian fjords. At that time, I was pretty disappointed not to see any of the “traditional” windmills; these days they are all the modern style, which isn’t nearly as picturesque — though I’m sure they’re much […]
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From Rüdesheim, we next traveled to Koblenz, still in Germany. There, my husband and I opted not to take the organized tour, which was apparently excellent, because of the amount of climbing we would have had to do. The cruise director recommended that only those who were experienced climbers attend, […]
To continue with our travels, the next stop was in Heidelberg. Like Strasbourg, this is also a very beautiful city, and we began our visit with a trip to a hilltop fortress, which gave us this gorgeous view over the city. The fortress is mostly ruins these days, but it’s […]
Not long after my last post here, my husband and I left for a new-to-us adventure. We’ve cruised before, but we’d never done a river cruise. It’s really a different experience from ocean cruises! In fact, they’re so different that I really don’t know which I prefer. We chose a […]
During the cruise I told you about in my last post, I took two classes. There were actually three, but some of my friends and I did take one day off to explore the ship and try the zip line. 🙂 The first class was paper piecing with Carol Doak, […]
Fair warning: this post is photo-heavy. Click on any of the pictures to see a larger version. I mentioned in my previous post that I’d just returned from a cruise, and this one was different from the ones I’ve previously taken with my husband. For one thing, this time he […]