TravelnWrite

Before we began traveling to Europe, what we 'boomers' knew of World War I and II came from teachers and textbooks, historical novel...

The midnight hour.   It has a nice literary ring to it, doesn’t it? But it's not something I’d given much thought, until I read a  po...

(Or with due respect to Charles Dickens) “A Tale of Two Cities . . .2011 Style” You know our US President is into social media. . so that,...

The fellow from California that we met in Madrid said, "Wow! You are taking a real grand tour aren't you?" when we told him o...

Our week in Madrid came to an end Saturday morning and an Easy Jet (one of Europe’s cheapy airlines) flight brought us to London’s Gatwick A...

There they were, all lined up greeting us as we returned to the Solstice at the end of our visit to Lisbon.  The Captain (on the left) and ...

This Spanish charmer has caught us up in its spell. – we are caught up in it as we stroll its wide boulevards in the morning to reach one of...

Our floating home, that is.  I’d been intrigued by a lawn – a half acre almost – on a cruise ship, so it was great meeting those on board re...