Category: Travel & Leisure
Scandinavia Trip Mixed Cities & Scenic Fjords
My wife and I traveled to Scandinavia in late August 2019. The trip combined visits to Copenhagen, Oslo, Bergen and Norwegian fjords. We flew direct from Washington, Dulles to Copenhagen, where we spend five days. We took an overnight ferry from Copenhagen to Oslo, where we spent four days. We used trains and ferries to…
Customized Tour of Northern Italy Was Great Experience
My wife and I spent nearly three weeks touring northern Italy in September and early October 2018. As was the case with several of our recent vacations, we used a travel agent working with a in-country tour operator to design a customized tour for the two of us rather than joining a group. The…
History, Nature, Art & Good Food In The Hudson River Valley
In the second week of July my wife and I spent 5 days on vacation in the Hudson River Valley. It is a place several friends and family members have visited and recommended and it is reachable from our home in Baltimore in a 4 – 5 hour drive. Our primary interest was…
Costa Rica – Great Vacation For Active Travelers & Retirement Option for Many
My wife and I visited Costa Rica from January 6 – 15, 2018. It is a remarkable country both politically and naturally. A stable democracy surrounded by countries that have gone through political upheaval, dictatorship and civil war, Costa Rica abolished its army in 1948 and put the money into education and healthcare.…
Portugal – Europe’s California With Castles
My wife and I spent two weeks in Portugal on a self-guided road trip for which we had https://www.toursforyou.pt/ arrange our hotels and rental car, suggest sites we might visit and arrange select guided tours, wine tastings and a boat ride along the way. I call Portugal, Europe’s California because it is west coat, has fine…
Machu Picchu & Peru Exceeded Expectations
It has been almost two years since I wrote about a vacation. In the interim we have traveled to the Pacific Northwest, visited Hilton Head twice and done a Midwest Road Trip that took us to Pittsburgh, Chicago, Lake Michigan, Detroit and Niagara On The Lake Ontario for the Shaw Festival. While each of these…
Barcelona and Basque Region Vacation
My wife and I vacationed in Barcelona and the Basque region of Spain in October 2015. We had previously visited Madrid and southern Spain but had never before been to the northern part of the country. Our itinerary took us directly to Barcelona, where we spent three days, followed by five days in…
Galapagos
Our 2015 trip to the Galapagos was my wife’s choice. While I had an interest in the ecology and evolutionary history of the islands, my preferred vacation would have been more urban and more culturally focused. But both my wife and I found the Galapagos to be a spectacular trip. Never before had we been…