Wallis Simpson Lends Coronado An Aura Of The 1930’s And WW2 11/27/12 When we visited the Del last May on Coronado we discovered that the cottage next door with the extensive flower and herb gardens was supposed to be the… Continue Reading →

I Couldn’t Find A Top Sheet In Germany — Only Quilts 11/26/12 We stayed at five different hotels in Germany in Austria in July: 1)The Best Western Grand Park Hotel in Potsdam 2)The Dorint in Weimar 3)The Hilton Nuremberg in… Continue Reading →

Birthdays Across The Miles Remind Me Of My WW2 Novel: 11/25/12 Talk about a birthday across the miles! I made a card on Shutterfly.com for a birthday that harkens back to last summer’s visit to Austria. We met Gertrude’s husband,… Continue Reading →

Even Coronado Has To Do With WW 2 11/24/12 Even Coronado has to do with World War 2. We were concentrated this year on Germany and the south of England, we were concentrated on two transatlantic voyages, but we actually… Continue Reading →

At The End Of The Twenty-Four Percent Grade Was The Berghof 11/23/12 It was the chief road trip of the vacation in Europe last summer. We took an odyssey all the way up the hill coming from Salzburg. When we… Continue Reading →

A Print Server Helps With My European Photo Collection And Trip Notes: 11/22/12 We need to use this with our new Apple computer set up that involves a Mac Pro and my whole photo collection, especially from the European trip… Continue Reading →

I Couldn’t Buy Magnets In Salzburg Because The Shops Were Closed 11/21/12 I couldn’t buy magnets in Salzburg when we were there in July because it was Saturday afternoon and the shops weren’t going to be open again until Monday…. Continue Reading →

A Surprise Use of the Cecilienhof 11/20//12 I was at the Cecilienhof in Potsdam for one night only on July 15 of this year. We ate dinner at the Meierei Restaurant on the shore of the lake next to it…. Continue Reading →

No Mosquitoes In England? What about wasps? 11/19/12 Even if there are no mosquitoes there must be some sort of flying insect such as flies, bees, and wasps. Don’t you want to keep them out of your bedrooms? Also this… Continue Reading →

Out in the Middle of Nowhere, Germany: Rest Area Near Suhl and Zella-Mehlis 11/18/12 We stopped here this past summer on our 10-day driving trip of Germany on our way from Weimar to Nuremberg. It was the point that seemed… Continue Reading →