Many Excellent Adventures

a blog about travel, life and opinions


  • London Redux

    Many, many years ago Robert and I took our first European trip. Although we had many excellent adventures we learned quite a bit about travel. In ten days we visited London for five days and travelled by train to Bath,… Continue reading

  • Oh Canada!

    Since the Canadians aren’t coming to the U.S., we decided to visit Quebec City and Montreal. We have been to Montreal but Quebec City would be a new experience. Bonjour! We spent several days in Quebec City, staying at the… Continue reading

  • 2025: Opinions

    This was one of my favorite travel adventures (of course, almost all of them are my favs). I particularly enjoyed the format – three days in Prague, eight day river cruise, three days in Budapest. It allowed us a deep… Continue reading

  • Sailing down the Danube to Budapest

    The next day we were still docked in Linz so we ditched the tour and walked from the boat to explore Linz, which was a lovely small city with lots of shopping. That afternoon we played hooky from anything organized… Continue reading

  • Imperial Vienna

    Since our boat was broken, it stayed docked and we were bussed to Vienna. It was a Sunday and everyone was at church and strolling the city center. Below are some examples of what we saw. After a looooooong bus… Continue reading

  • Passau, Germany and Salzburg, Austria

    Our tour of the “City of Three Rivers” was led by a delightful college student, who explained the constant flooding of the city, town/gown relations and why there is a beer fountain in the city. Our guide explained that beer… Continue reading

  • Springtime in Central Europe

    April 2025 found us traveling to a place we’ve never been before – Central Europe. We spent three days in Prague, eight days on a river cruise, and three days in Budapest. It was an almost perfect vacation, a combination… Continue reading

  • Reasons to love New Mexico

    Yes, it’s not new and it’s not Mexico but it is the land of enchantment. There are many reasons to love my favorite state. Blue skies Chiles Always time for a fiesta History A wood fire in your hotel room… Continue reading

  • “Traveling like the locals” back to Oslo and final thoughts

    Our final travel day in Norway we traveled like the locals – two busses and two trains to the Oslo airport. Armed with sandwiches, we boarded the bus in Alesund. After riding for awile, we stopped, and another bus pulled… Continue reading