We Preferred Room 4072 Over 8081 on the QM2 9/18/12 Not to be picky, but everybody in our group agrees that we preferred the triple on deck 4 with a balcony that had a full view of the sea to… Continue Reading →

We Drove Through A Four-Mile Tunnel 9/17/12 We were driving 71 in the Thuringia region in Germany from Weimar to Nuremberg. To our amazement we entered a tunnel that turned out to be about four miles long. We had no… Continue Reading →

It’s So Crowded On The Autobahn There’s No More Room 9/16/12 We’re watching tapes of our trip to Europe in July. We notice just how many “stahls” we ran into. You could just tick them off on your fingers, particularly… Continue Reading →

We See Our Cat’s Name Up In Lights In Germany 9/15/12 On our way from Hamburg to Potsdam on the autobahn we were amazed to see road signs advertising an “ausfahrt” or road exit called Putlitz. Apparently it’s the name… Continue Reading →

American Stores Fail To Deliver On The New Forest 9/14/12 I looked up New Forest National Park online. In America I couldn’t find any matches for books currently for sale. On Amazon.co.uk I found a rich variety of guidebooks including… Continue Reading →

Boy Is England Ready For Halloween! 9/13/12 They say that the Cloisters at Salisbury Cathedral is peppered with graves that can clearly be seen from overhead. And even from ground level the earth doesn’t look level. We could see that… Continue Reading →

The New Forest Doesn’t Remind Me Of Yellowstone 9/12/12 We were watching our video footage of our July 13 shore excursion to Salisbury/Stonehenge, including a tour of the New Forest National Park. The tour guide told us the park was… Continue Reading →

I Couldn’t Believe All The Bathroom Attendants I Saw In Germany 9/11/12 This summer we drove about 1200 miles on German autobahns from Hamburg to Potsdam, Potsdam to Weimar, Weimar to Nuremberg, Nuremberg to Salzburg, Austria, Salzburg to Berchtesgaden, Berchtesgaden… Continue Reading →

We Depend On Video Cards, And They Betray Us 9/10/12 A couple of years ago we started to use eye-fi video cards. The advantage was that they were supposed to communicate with the internet directly, and you didn’t have to… Continue Reading →

It Must Take Nerve To Climb To The Top Of Salisbury Cathedral 9/9/12 We visited Salisbury Cathedral on July 13, and visited the Sanctuary and the Cloister. My son saw a sign about tower tours. We didn’t have time for… Continue Reading →