GREECE | Wednesday, 21 Sep 2011 | Views [1291]
There is a lot to see in the Peloponnese and the town of Corinth, or Korinthos, makes a good base. Ancient Corinth
is just a short ride away, but surprisingly, it is Roman, not Greek. The Romans destroyed it in 146 BC and
Julius Caesar rebuilt ... Read more >
GREECE | Monday, 19 Sep 2011 | Views [2181]
Singing from the Sunday service at the cathedral stirred me
awake and the carillon that followed made me jump out of bed. We wanted an early start to complete
our coursework in Greek history at the National Historical Museum and ... Read more >
GREECE | Sunday, 18 Sep 2011 | Views [822]
We have visited with a lot of people on our journey – old
friends and new. Our reunion with
Richard, Kara, Chris and Rose, who we knew from Uganda, had been in the works
for a while. We stayed a few days
in France with Allan and Diana, ... Read more >
GREECE | Saturday, 17 Sep 2011 | Views [1809]
The Acropolis is what Connie calls a “triple-header.” It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, listed in 1000 Places to See Before You Die , and was nominee for the “7 New Wonders of the World.” That is a lot for ... Read more >
GREECE | Thursday, 15 Sep 2011 | Views [1953]
The aforementioned taxi strike is over. The trash bags that spilled over the sidewalk and into the street are gone. You can drink the water but you can't flush your toilet paper. Riot police are still around, dressed if not ... Read more >
GREECE | Tuesday, 13 Sep 2011 | Views [1144]
Suddenly it’s summer.
After four cold months in Europe, we are wearing shorts. Oh, yeah, we are in Athens!
It is surreal being in Greece. Gone is the beauty of France, the orderliness of Germany and
the familiarity of England.... Read more >
GREECE | Tuesday, 13 Sep 2011 | Photo Gallery
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GREECE | Monday, 12 Sep 2011 | Views [2789]
The Schengen Accords are great if you live in the European Union. Now you can travel freely - even move from one country to another - without hassle. If you live in Estonia, for example, now you can move to France and get a job. But it's different ... Read more >
GERMANY | Saturday, 10 Sep 2011 | Views [1612]
We took the train from Geneva across Switzerland to Stuttgart, mostly to visit my brother’s son, Brett, and his wife, Ashleigh, in Vilseck, Germany. Brett is an army captain who just returned from a combat tour in Afghanistan, and they are looking ... Read more >
GERMANY | Tuesday, 6 Sep 2011 | Views [754]
It would be difficult to find better hosts than Nicole and
Thaddeus. They excelled as tour
guides. Their selection of
restaurants was perfect. Their
home in Savoie made me think of the Swiss Alps. And they fed us like we were royalty.... Read more >
FRANCE | Friday, 2 Sep 2011 | Views [1068]
Nicole was researching the Mallo lineage when she ran into the
first Lintz to marry into it. On
Thursday she took us to the towns where these ancestors of Connie and Ron’s
(remember Ron? This is all being
done for him!) lived. And
died.... Read more >
FRANCE | Wednesday, 31 Aug 2011 | Views [953]
Strasbourg is fantastic. It was named “capital of Europe” in 1945 and today houses
several of the European Union ministries.
But it is first and foremost a medieval city with a rich and vibrant history. It is also the center of Alsace, the
northern ... Read more >
FRANCE | Monday, 29 Aug 2011 | Views [799]
Although “Cousin” Nicole and her husband, Thaddeus, didn’t know
us from Adam and Eve, they met us at the Strasbourg station and drove us to
their borrowed flat. We will stay
with them for three or four days while we are pinch-hitting for Connie’s
brother ... Read more >
FRANCE | Sunday, 28 Aug 2011 | Views [950]
We are in Nancy, a stopover on our way from Paris to Strasbourg,
which is a story all its own that will unfold shortly. We and spent the day wandering around
this World Heritage town soaking up its “art nouveau” architecture, also known
as ... Read more >
FRANCE | Saturday, 27 Aug 2011 | Photo Gallery
Back in France (and a little bit of Germany)
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UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 26 Aug 2011 | Views [1189]
That's all the time we reserved for London on our two-month visit to England! Connie and Sandy have been friend for 30 years. They began - and ended - their air force careers about the same time. Connie retired but Sandy stayed on with the government ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 24 Aug 2011 | Views [1314]
Cambridge sits on the River Cam and is the place we would choose
if we had to live in England – and could afford it! To say Cambridge is a college town is
like saying Dom Perignon is a bubbly wine. Think of the illustrious graduates ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 22 Aug 2011 | Views [843]
The English Heritage pass is the best deal we found in England. For fifty-eight pounds and a few pence
we bought a dual senior pass that saved us over six hundred pounds . . . nearly
$1000 dollars. We started at the
beginning, Stonehenge, ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Friday, 19 Aug 2011 | Views [1237]
You can be forgiven for not knowing the names Titus Salt or
Richard Arkwright despite their contributions to the industrial
revolution. You don’t see the Salt
label on woolen goods or find Arkwright’s name on your jeans. But only a Luddite ... Read more >
UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 18 Aug 2011 | Views [2370]
This is a story about two families, four mansions and one very
impressive lady. The first mention
of Chatsworth House was in the Doomsday Book; “Chetel’s-worth” owned by Sir
William Peverel. Centuries later
it passed on to ... Read more >
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