There are no homeless people in Decorah. The streets are safe, the children of our community all get a good education from the public schools. For the most part, those that want to continue their education after high school are able to do that, making use of the Iowa tuition …
more ...We have been away from the USA for 178 days. With the rulings of the supreme court back home this week, it is easy to feel like we are returning to a country that is better off today than it was six months ago. We still have plenty of problems …
more ...For future reference I like to record the itinerary and favorite stops from a cruise. So here goes.
Azamara Journey June 12 - 23, 2015
Since we had done all the usual tourist things during our previous visit to Istanbul we decided to try another popular thing to do this time around. A cooking class. Other than the kebabs we enjoyed during our previous visit we really didn't get to learn that much about Turkish …
more ...The cat, of all things, stole the show. Earlier in the day we had learned about the cats of Ephesus. Apparently the archeological team working on the excavation of the ancient city published a book, but it was about the cats rather than about substantial archeological issues.
So, it was …
more ...We may have missed 2 or 3 km of paved road, but other than that we pretty much covered the island of Patmos today. And what a great way to cover it we discovered. Scooters! Not our usual biking fare, but the island is very hilly and we wanted to …
more ...There were six ships in the harbor at Santorini Celebrity, MSC, Azamara, Holland America, and Saga. Azamara was definitely the smallest with just under 700 passengers, but the Celebrity Equinox more than made up for our size. So it was probably over 6000 people descending on the city for the …
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After a beautiful sailaway in venice we traveled to Croatia where our first stop was Dubrovnik. This is a beautiful small city built into the hills on the coast of the Adriatic. Our goal for seeing Dubrovnik was to walk the walls of the old city. The walls …
more ...The conversation started like this:
more ...Incoming: Robert, I am not available now, and I have a funeral to go to at 4, but I can meet at 5:15
Me: Sorry, wrong number no robert
Incoming: Oh, Thanks
Incoming: Did you want a boat?
Me: Yes, I had called about …
After cleaning up the flats and saying our goodbyes to all of the students Jane and I are now comfortably ensconced in Villa Monte right outside the small town of Varenna on Lake Como. We will be here for a couple of days before driving to Venice and boarding the …
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