We have seen places our parents could only imagine in their wildest dreams!
As we travel, we plan to fill the pages with what we learn as we explore this beautiful world and meet its magnificent people. We hope all who stumble upon these pages will enjoy what they find here and will be inspired to get out of town!
Faded Glory
Last evening, Hemesh, our cruise manager, told us that today we would visit what was once the richest city in all of the world. That is quite a declaration and we were a bit skeptical since we are in rural India and West Bengal doesn’t look like the home of a very prosperous…
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Guess What?
Can you guess where I took these pictures? Give up? OK, I will tell you. The stairs at the Tate Britian. 2. Abstract art in a posh South Kensington Hotel. 3. Chancel window at St. Martin in the Field Church. Apologies! I could not help it, but I am pulling your leg about #2. Actually,…
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See EU Later
Apologies to The Sun, I believe. I stole the title from one of the morning papers here. However, as we jumped on the tube this morning, grabbing a paper as we always do, it read that Nigel Farage thought it was all over. Obviously, they “put the paper to bed” before the official tally was…
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Hunting and Gathering, UK Style
WE ARE LIVING THE DREAM. Almost. We have always wanted to live abroad, and we are as close as we will ever get to living in another country. Close is good. Very good. Five weeks in the UK is working for us. We are loving the challenge of finding (sorry, I believe I am supposed…
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Quick time lapse. One picture every five seconds over a few hours in Amsterdam
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Hollandse Nieuwe
The last leg of Haley, Logan, Harvey and my trip consisted of a three night stay in Amsterdam. It would be hard to say for sure but Amsterdam may have been my favorite city that we visited on this trip. We began the first day arriving via train from Brussels. We took a cab to…
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Should I Stay or Should I Go?
Those are catchy words in a song from our collective past and more recently in a hotel commercial, but the Brits are taking this question very seriously right now. Should they stay or should they go? It is so exciting for me, a political junkie, to watch another country get completely energized about an issue…
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