Bergen, on the west coast of Norway, is Norway’s second largest city. We were happy to see that our ferry docked near the center of old...

When I plan our trips I always try to find an out of the way place for us to stay for a few nights, preferably somewhere we could go for...

We always make sure to be at the train station with enough time to find our train and our seats without hurrying. It was easy, as usual,...

We arrived at the train station with enough time to find our train and our seats. Unfortunately there was trouble on the tracks and they...

The train trip from Copenhagen to Stockholm took 5 hours, but it was a high speed train and a very comfortable ride which included...

When Bob and I talked about where we would like to visit we both agreed that Scandinavia sounded like a good place to go. I’ve always...

A few weeks ago, I was invited to Sewickley to babysit our granddaughters while Beth and Andrew played in a paddle tournament. Of course...

We really enjoy spending time at Acadia National Park, which has both mountains and the sea. How can you go wrong there? We take our...

I've been a fan of Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture for many years, and when we were visiting our friends Ann and Gerry in Illinois they...

The Cinque Terre was great fun, and by the way it didn't rain a drop our entire visit, but it was time to travel to Rome. Our train...

We really enjoyed Venice and hated to leave, but it was time to board the Bullet Train to Milan and make our next connection. We were...

We headed to Milano Centrale, the main train station in Milan, with our tickets to Venice. Our tickets told us our train number and what...

Since Bob chose our last vacation trip, to Africa in search of lions...again, it was my turn to choose our vacation destination and I...

None of us ever visited Botswana before, and we were all eager to start our safari. Bob planned the trip and was excited to see the...

When we visited Zimbabwe a few years ago it was in the African Spring, and it was a very dry Spring that year. In fact, Cape Town had a...

The last time we were in Africa when we were met at tiny Skukuza Airport the ride back to our camp felt like we were at Disneyworld. It...

Before starting our safari we decided to spend a few days in wine country. We stayed at Babylonstoren, which is a 500 acre working farm...

We went to Africa a few years ago and had a great time. We saw a lot of wild life and made wonderful new friends, but we didn’t see...

We’ve been wanting to visit the Marine Corps Museum for a very long time but it never seemed to work out for us. A few weeks ago Bob...

We never heard of the Dry Tortugas, but when our friend Dixie asks us if we want to do something or go some where we know that we should...