Month: September 2016

Sorry Friends. No great writing scheme tonight. Family is in, and staying here with us.  And there is a lot to do over the next couple of days, otherwise. I am tired beyond measure, but not too tired to say

We are home. Those are three of the most beautiful words in the entire English Language. In Czech….  Jsme doma The Germans might say …. Wir sind zu Hause And in Luxembourgish… Mir sinn doheem Of course the French…. Nous

“I don’t like anything! I’m from Paris.”  – Saying on T-Shirt, seen in Paris, France Ahhhh.  Sunday in Paris. Okay.  I will give it this.  Paris is truly magnificent, in its history, its architecture, it spectacular monuments, and works of

Our original plans were to leave Europe on Monday morning.  The earliest we could try to get out, would have been Sunday.  So we have opted to stay with our predesignated flights. Working through details in all of this, with

It was gloomy here today.  Rainy, and dank.  In Trier. And that is how my heart feels.  Over night, I learned my Mom has died.  She crossed over on September 15, 2016. I cannot even begin to tell you how

  On the boat ride up the Rhein River, you can potentially see about 30 or more castles lining the banks.  This was just a half of a day’s trip.  It was pretty phenomenal.  Honest to goodness. Most of these

The Reader’s Digest Version of the Next Excursion. (Hey, I’m a poet, and I didn’t even know it.) (It’s all starting to rhyme, like the Cuckoo Clocks would chime.) Okay. Stop it Kronenberger.  I am hitting a level of slap-happiness

There is a lot to be said for taking the path less travleled.   That is what we did today.  Instead of the 4 hours on a bus to and from a very commercialized Heidelberg, we opted to stay on the

Traveling down the Main River at night, is a little wonky.  You bonk around pretty good when you pass through a Lock.  I’d say we went through at least a half of a dozen Locks overnight. But we woke this

We are on a little boat ride down the Main.  For about a week.  Soooo…. this afternoon and tonight are travel-on-board time.  Watch those banks go by…. BUT.  This morning, bright and early, we went into Bamberg.   Dag nab it,