Category Archives: Travel

Tuesday, September 17 Slept pretty good Sunday night even though the room was warm and I had the window open and the fan on. The hotel is in the city downtown area so was fairly noisy, but once I was … Continue reading →

Monday, September 16 Sunday was departure day from the ship. I went to sleep around 10:30, woke up at 2:15 and couldn’t get back to sleep. Always the day before leaving somewhere or flying somewhere, my mind goes around and … Continue reading →

Sunday, September 15 Saturday we were docked in Breisach, Germany. I decided to stay on the ship today since my knee was really sore. Plus, it gave me a chance to relax, drink some lattes, and catch up on my … Continue reading →

Friday, September 13 I got up and was out by about 8:30. I went to the coffee machine in the lounge area and sat and had a couple of lattes. Then I realized breakfast was over at 9:30 and I … Continue reading →

Thursday, September 12 It has been such an action packed week that I have myself confused on which day we did what. I typically write the blog posts the day after the activity. So, this is really about what we … Continue reading →

Wednesday, September 11 We traveled through the night to Cologne. We all ate breakfast together. There is the buffet with the typical breakfast foods or you can order off the menu. I got to the table a little after the … Continue reading →

Tuesday, September 10 NOTE: having major problems uploading pictures and other stuff. Connection is not that good here. Will repost tomorrow, but for now here is post with grammatical errors and missing photos. Monday started as every day does on … Continue reading →

Monday, September 9 We joined the AmaViola, our river ship for the week, around noon on Sunday. It was a breezy and cool day but there was finally some sun. The five of us all were given our rooms right … Continue reading →

NOTE: It seems my WordPress account was no longer connected to FB so my first post did not appear. Hopefully, it is now fixed. Saturday, September 7, started off with the breakfast buffet in the hotel. They have a nice … Continue reading →

Don, Frankie and I left Seattle around 2:00 pm on Wednesday, September 4th. We flew Delta straight to Amsterdam in a 9 hour flight, arriving about 8:30 am. No sleep but felt pretty good for the first few hours. We … Continue reading →