In November 2025 Robert attended a conference in San Francisco and I tagged along. We started off leaving the city for Alameda to see our friends Ted, Laura and Amanda. After brunch in Alameda we traversed up a long and winding road to the Ridge winery. The view was breathtaking, the wine delicious, our server…

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 Auberge Saint-Antoine, which encompasses three sites in Quebec City’s Old Port. During the construction of…

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 and chilled on the sky deck watching the scenery along the Danube roll by. Our…

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 ride we finally made it back to the boat.

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 flows from this fountain for special occasions only, tapping into the beer in the cellars…

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 of learning, eating good food, meeting new people, and even some relaxing by watching the…

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 up. The driver told us to get on the other bus, which meant getting our…