Category: World Travels
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Experiences at Iconic Douro River Valley – Portugal
Oct 8-15 This is the final segment covering the two-part story of our Viking Osfrid river cruise on the Douro River. Click here if you missed the first part. We joined all the included excursions offered , and below are the highlights of those fascinating, informative and fun excursions. We were impressed by how well…
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Discoveries in Portugal
Oct 8- 15 Lisbon This is the final segment of our 30 day Europe cruises in October. After our Viking Saturn ocean cruise around the British Isles (click here if you missed those stories), we joined a river cruise on Viking Osfrid, traveling the Douro River in Portugal. This was our second visit to Lisbon…
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British Isles part 2 – Ireland
Sept 25-26 When we started our British Isles cruise itinerary, I had no idea we’d end up diving into the fascinating geography of the region. The British Isles is a collection of islands, featuring two main ones – Great Britain and Ireland – and a host of smaller ones. The archipelago is home to two…
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British Isles part 1 – Scotland
Sept 18- 24 It’s been over a month since we returned from our back-to-back Viking cruises. Dealing with jet lag and getting our yard back into shape after a brutal summer put blogging on the back burner. Now that it’s finally cooling down I’m ready to sit in front of the computer to write posts…
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Canadian Rockies the second time around!
Aug 1-8 When you love a place with stunning scenery that brings unforgettable memories, you may wish to revisit and experience that joy again. We don’t normally do “repeats” because there’s so much more of the world for us to see. But we recently made exceptions by traveling around Vancouver Island, then boarding the Rocky…
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Revisiting Vancouver Island, Canada
July 24 -31 When we last visited Vancouver Island in 2019, we loved it and vowed to return for more adventures. At that time we drove our motorhome Betsy there for six weeks, and it was a memorable trip. I published nine blog posts about our escapades there. If you would like to review them…
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Postcards from Japan, part 3 – Osaka, Shimizu and Tokyo
May 12 – 15 I’m finally on the home stretch of our travel stories from Japan. This post covers our last three port stops in Japan: Osaka, Shimizu and Tokyo. If you’re just joining us, this is the third and final installment of our Viking Orion Far Eastern Horizons Cruise. For the first two posts,…
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Postcards from Japan, Part 2 – Hiroshima
May 10-11 When I think of Hiroshima, I remember August 6, 1945, and what I learned from history lessons, documentaries, graphic images and movies. That event changed the city and the world, making Hiroshima and Nagasaki centers for promoting peace. When our ship docked, we saw the city’s resilience and couldn’t imagine the past destruction,…
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Postcards from Japan, part 1 – Nagasaki and Kagoshima
May 7-9, 2025 My postings are slowing down as I get further behind. Why, you may ask? It’s because we’ve been traveling the past few weeks, causing me to pause my blogging as we enjoy many wonderful moments while traveling with friends in Canada. But that’s for a future post 🙂 Let me pick up…
