The traffic after the launch was legendary, as expected, and we arrived back at the hotel around 3am. We slept in and made it down to breakfast just before it was closing at 10am. There were a dozen...
The traffic after the launch was legendary, as expected, and we arrived back at the hotel around 3am. We slept in and made it down to breakfast just before it was closing at 10am. There were a dozen...
We were eager to get back to the Kennedy Space Center to see all the things that we missed yesterday. Shuttle: A Ship Like No Other We stood in a theatre to watch an amazing movie about the shuttle...
The Kennedy Space Center is three things: an active working spaceport, a visitor center and a wildlife refuge – a very unique combination. Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge contains over...
Rob has a birthday this month, and he wanted to do something special. I said,”Let’s go down and see the Artemis I launch.” What young man didn’t at one time want to be an...
Today, the time falls back and we turn our clocks back one hour. When I set the alarm at 12:00 to get up at 6:30, I was anticipating the smart phone to tell me that I would be sleeping for 6½ hours...
Chesapeake Bay has 64,000 square miles of watershed. The shoreline is 4,000 miles. For context, that would be to Alaska and back. Smith Island was named by John Smith in 1608. (I am sure that it...
The Maryland Blue Crab is the state crustacean. The claws of the females have red tips on them. On the underside of the female is the top of the Capitol Building The underside of the male crab has...
Cambridge is another working waterfront town. Oysters are the biggest industry. Today they also embrace tourism. The oyster boom began in the 1870’s. People harvest oysters from November 1...
Our boat docked at the working waterfront town of Crisfield, MD, the self-proclaimed crab capital of the world. We have learned that every town on the Chesapeake has a unique story and long history...
Rob and I had been to Yorktown in February for our anniversary so we knew the town a bit. We stayed at a charming Bed and Breakfast called The Hornsby House. The town can be walked in a day and most...
We boarded the American Star and headed out of the Baltimore Harbor. Just as we approached the Key Bridge, there was an abandoned fort on the port side named Fort Carroll. It was built under the...
We went to the Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine. There are 423 national park sites in the U.S. and only one of them is additionally called a shrine (423 National Parks). Within the...
As Rob and I were discussing this trip, we were thinking about driving and the subsequent parking of our car. The trip starts and ends in Baltimore. “Let’s take the train. We don’t...
Recently, I was at a community gathering, and I told someone that my husband and I were retired. He asked me if I knew the three stages of retirement. “No”, I said. He proceeded to...
It’s time to go home. It has been a fun trip. (Rob is already planning the next one.) He has a scratch off map to indicate what countries he has been to so we will have a ceremonial party in...
We walked our suitcases to the minivan and traveled from Oberammergau to Munich. We took the train to Munich. Then a subway to the Hilton Munich Airport. (This was a great idea since we have an early...
This is the reason that we came to Europe. I told Rob that I wanted to see the Passion Play that has been enacted since 1634 as a response to the deliverance from the Black Death. The Passion Play in...
It rained the night before so this brook is babbling. Thankfully, the temperature went down as well, and we have gone up into the mountains on the edge of the Bavarian Alps. Is one mountain called an...
We ate lunch at a very busy restaurant called Brenner Operngrill. We even had a reservation. It is fun to be socially close!! We use the credit card that is in my name since we get an amazing level...
We have really enjoyed talking with the friends that we have made on the cruise from the U.K. Me, Suzanne, and Jackie The first time we visited, I had to translate for Rob what Jack was saying as he...
Lentos was originally settled by Celts and the word means welcome. According to our guide two hundred ships per day came here before the pandemic. She told us that this is the second walking tour...
Mauthausen was a concentration camp in Austria that is not known by many. In earlier times, Mauthausen was a wealthy city as it collected tolls from crusaders traveling down the Danube river...
This morning we gathered at 8:30 for a bike ride. We started our bike ride in the town of Krems. Our terminus was four miles away in the town of Dürnstein. Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned in a...
It is very hot here as it is all over Europe … and even the USA. Triple digit temperatures. I brought 15 pairs of underwear, but when all your clothes are dipping wet, I needed all of them and...
We boarded the Avalon Envision at Budapest. The rooms are nice, the staff is friendly and the food and service is excellent. We just learned that Avalon was voted the best river cruise line and the...
Today we have an overview tour of Budapest. The last few days we have learned about specific places of interest in Budapest. Now our guide Eva takes us all over the city by bus. Hungary is located in...
Buda Castle stands on the east side of the Danube River across the river from our hotel which is located in Pest. It was originally completed in 1265, although the massive Baroque palace today...
We went to the Gellért Thermal Baths. Hungary may lack ocean access, but this landlocked nation is teeming with thermal water springs—more than 1,300, with 123 in Budapest alone. They have been here...
Lutheran Church, Deák tér was our church choice today. We were pretty sure that the service would not be in English, but it also reassuring that we are in the presence of fellow worshippers of Jesus...
The Parliament Building took 17 years to build. Hungarian craftsmen used Hungarian materials when possible. It was declared a UNESCO site in 1987. This building was made in 1885-1904 and is in the...
Rob and Brenda Street have retired from their jobs and are traveling the world for a year. Come along with them.
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