We returned to Passau during the night and departed the SE Manon after breakfast. It was a lovely day, so lovely that we decided to stow...

Day Seven was our last biking day. We knew the routine well by now, and were anxious to head out on what would be our last adventure on...

We traveled all night from Esztergom, and morning found us moored about 5 km north of Vienna. The bike tour offered several...

We boarded the ship again in Budapest, and traveled overnight to Visegrad. I continue to be amazed by how well we sleep on the ship. ...

We sailed all night, arriving in Budapest at daybreak. I have seen this "scene", the entrance into Budapest, at least a hundred times in...

The Danube River begins in the Black Forest of Germany and travels east, passing through or bordering ten countries on its journey to the...

It was late spring when we arrived in Passau, Germany, to board the SE Manon, our home for the next 8 days. We had been in Germany for...

Once upon a time, long ago, in a land far, far away, a man and a woman who were much too old to try again at love, tried again anyway,...

We couldn't leave this part of the world without a visit to the city where our story began. For our second date, Ron and I went to Paris...

We subscribed to Netflix during the pandemic and discovered the joy of binge-watching. We caught up on decades of movies and TV series...

We left Wales on a cold and rainy Sunday morning and arrived in England's Cotswolds on a cold and rainy Sunday afternoon. The time...

Wales. Why Wales? Three countries make up Great Britain: England, Scotland, and Wales. (Add Northern Ireland and you have formed the...

We have stayed in some unusual places over the years. During our time in Ireland and the British Isles, the circular staircase (called a...

Edinburgh (pronounced "ED'n-burah") has been described as the place where the urban and English culture of the Lowlands meets the rustic...

Two hundred million years ago, two tectonic plates collided, creating the landmass we know as Scotland and leaving a crevice of thin...

"To live on Skye you need to be...Resilient. Inventive. Humorous. Tough. Self-Sufficient. Waterproof. Patient. Lucky." - Unknown...

The sun shone brightly, and the rain gently fell as we stood on the tarmac boarding the small plane that would take us from Dublin...

We could not leave Ireland without experiencing Dublin. As we wandered the streets, we came upon a beautiful bronze sculpture of the...

We are using Cong as a base to explore the area around Dunmore and Tuam where I hope to find the remains of the farmhouses of distant...

Another abbey?! Since our arrival, we have stumbled upon the remains of abbeys and monasteries scattered on cliffs and rocky desolate...