Fox News Alert
OK – I know. We post these fox pictures every year during our Prince Edward Island visit, but they are always great fun to shoot. When we get home, we realize that the ones we have aren’t sharp or could be better. This is maybe my 10th try and Marcy has a batch as […]
TRAVEL TIPS
To be honest, I have worked on this post for a long time. I wondered if anyone really cared about foreign credit card and money issues, and didn’t want to labor too long if the topic was not useful, but then a friend asked our opinion last week so I figured that it might […]
ITALY ON A BUDGET
Marcy called me at work one afternoon last fall and announced that Gate1 Travel was having a flash sale for independent travel to Italy – just $499 for an 8 day “Heart of Tuscany” tour including airfare from New York, car, hotel, and breakfast. It sounded way too good to be true, but we called […]
They Simply Fade Away
On our recent trip to Scotland and Ireland, we visited St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin. I always supposed this was a Catholic church but was surprised to learn that it belongs to the Protestant Church of Ireland. I’ve posted some pictures of the interior below, but the part I found most interesting was this display […]
Cruel Was The Snow That Sweeps Glencoe
From the Ballad of Glencoe: Oh, cruel was the snow that sweeps Glencoe And covers the grave o’ Donald. Oh, cruel was the foe that raped Glencoe And murdered the house of MacDonald I’ll just say it, I love melancholy songs. I love to sit in the evening light of a spring day and […]
Normandy Beaches
May 2017 Kaleidoscope of France Gate1 Tour Marcy’s dad had always wanted to go back to Normandy to pay respects to his fallen comrades. We finally made it back for him, and our son Jared did the same 10 years ago. Our visit was on Thursday, May 25, 2017, but I set the post date […]
