Thursday, June 14, ’12: NEXT POST I don’t think my heroine, Dora, would do Europe Through The Back Door. But nowadays we at least like to read the book by Rick Steves. It’s accompanying me on the trip to read… Continue Reading →

PRE-TRIP JOURNAL:Wednesday, June 6, ’12 At dinner we watched a video in German that looked like something from German T.V. It was about the Queen Mary 2. They followed a German couple about the ship. They actually followed them to… Continue Reading →

Pre-Trip Journal: Friday, May 25, ’12: We plan to leave here three weeks from today for our trip to New York. What’s different is that we’re doing it by car. The first unexpected problem was West Texas. The last time… Continue Reading →

It was one thing to look at handbags on Amazon.com over the weekend. But as soon as I could get to my local AAA, I went through their selection of purses which were automatically oriented to travel. This Pac Safe… Continue Reading →

We’re planning on arriving in Brooklyn on the afternoon of July 5. It was a choice of the La Quinta in Brooklyn or the Comfort Inn Cruise Terminal. We thought for a moment that La Quinta might be better, though… Continue Reading →

Baggallini As A Companion For My Travelon Bag I own a Travelon carry safe anti theft messenger bag stuffed with traveler’s checks, my supply of cash and euros, my passport, my international driver’s permit, my credit cards, and anything that… Continue Reading →

Yesterday I spent all afternoon going from one Wells Fargo Branch to another. I was collecting euros and pounds sterling for my upcoming visit to Europe. The second teller admitted she had never done this before. It took forever standing… Continue Reading →

We are in the process of booking a visit to the Anna Amalia Library in Weimar for July 17. Only a limited number of visitors are allowed to see the manuscripts during any one day. It’s amazing how you have… Continue Reading →

Everything in Germany is booking up! We just barely got the Hotel Kreimhild in the outskirts of Munich. We took the last room. And we had to book the more expensive Hotel Meridien near Old Town Nurnberg instead of the… Continue Reading →

We just signed up for a July voyage on the Queen Mary 2 to Hamburg. I’m involved in a whirlwind of packing. We’ve heard that one million people show up to greet the arrival of QM2 in Hamburg. Is this… Continue Reading →