Another View Of Budapest We had 5 days in Budapest. During the day we walked a lot and got to see the city. But we do love to see a city from a different perspective. Sometimes we choose to go high for a panoramic view. Our first stop when we […]
Heading Away To Asia In The Fall We arrived back in Toronto after our spring trip to Central Europe. It felt like a long summer. I took a contract gig for most of the summer and struggled to keep up on blogging and social media. Travel planning took priority. But […]
Memories Of Childhood There are so many great summer festivals in Toronto. One of my favourite childhood memories was of going to the Canadian National Exhibition (CNE) with my family. The CNE runs for several weeks at the end of August and wraps up on the Labour Day weekend with […]
A Great Reason To Visit The Toronto CNE We love to see colourful Chinese lanterns. So when we found out there were Chinese lanterns at the Toronto CNE, we knew we had to visit. It is just one of the fun things to do at the CNE. The Canadian National […]
Updated August 2018 I love when I hear from readers that a particular post has been helpful or relevant. When we were chatting about their experience with having their things stolen in Barcelona, I provided them with an update on follow-on lessons that I have had from being robbed in […]
Our Final Stop In Switzerland Was Geneva It was a short train hop from our stay in Bern to Geneva. This was our last stop in Switzerland for this trip. We were refreshed after the train ride and decided to walk the short distance to the hotel. It was an […]
Our First Ritz-Carlton Booking On our 6 week Central Europe trip we stayed in 13 different hotels. The hotels ranged from small local boutique hotels in tiny Czech Republic towns to large chain hotels in the suburbs of major cities. Six of the hotels were booked as part of our […]
Heading To Philadelphia For The 4th Of July Celebrations Over the past year, we have enjoyed our short visits to U.S. cities. Chicago was an architectural delight. New York for the holiday season got us ready for Christmas. And Washington for cherry blossoms brought us spring cheer when Toronto was […]
We Had A Great Spot To Enjoy The July 4th Celebrations We looked for options to enjoy the July 4th holiday in the U.S. Last year we enjoyed the holiday in Seattle before our Alaska cruise. Boston and Philadelphia were both on the short list for a July 4th visit. […]
A Detour On The Way To Philadelphia We headed to Philadelphia for the July 4th holiday. But we stopped the first night by the lake in Geneva. Not Switzerland but upper New York state. We had time for a lazy drive south so we looked at the options for something […]
So Many Churches And Castles In The Czech Republic On our visit to Central Europe we had many chances to visit the churches and castles in the Czech Republic. We started with the biggest castle complex on our stay in Prague. When we headed south to Cesky Krumlov, we enjoyed […]
Heading Out Of Prague We had a great 8 days visiting Prague. This was our first experience in the Czech Republic. But then we left Prague for our stay in Cesky Krumlov. And got another view of this diverse country. View The Past At The Pribram Uranium Mine The first […]
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