Nice and Cozy Hotel Lenz in Fulda, Germany on Trip Advisor Our 10-day driving tour of Germany was turning into a lodging nightmare last summer. We would arrive in a new town every day and decide we didn’t like the… Continue Reading →

Covers Fashions Only Through 1910 I expected more of this coloring book of Late Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from Dover Fashion Coloring Books. I need all the illustrations I can get from the time period 1915-1919 — during the First… Continue Reading →

It Goes On And On About The Sound Of Music: Frommer’s Austria Most Americans think of Austria as Salzburg and the Sound of Music and nothing else. This guidebook confirms that impression. It goes on and on about Sound of… Continue Reading →

Perfect For That Motel I bought another one of these 10 inch Battery-operated indoor/outdoor fans with adapters before we left for a 76-day trip last summer to Europe. It was hot all the way across the country to Brooklyn. We… Continue Reading →

Kept My Sunglasses Clean All Summer Long I bought a box of these PDI See Clear Eyeglass Cleaning Wipesbefore leaving on vacation last summer for a 76-day marathon. We drove from Tucson to the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. We sailed across… Continue Reading →

I Use Them For My Pool Fill I buy these Apex Never Kink 2000 Heavy Duty Ultra Flexible Hoses every year in the spring. The sun eats them here in Arizona, so they have to be replaced frequently. They are… Continue Reading →

Don’t Leave Home Without Them: Take Them With You In The Car: Prism Plus Junior Legal Pads: I have taken these junior legal pads with me on innumerable trips over the years. They fit inside a leather notebook made just… Continue Reading →

My Bear’s Favorite Toy I purchased this Beach Set late last spring for our trip to the Silver Strand on Coronado in San Diego. My six-inch Ty Beanie Bear named Lou always likes to have a new bucket every year… Continue Reading →

Lots Of Plugs: I bought a Tripp Lite Super6Omni Surge Strip 250 German France plug to go on a European vacation last summer. We didn’t have to use it on the Queen Mary 2. The ship had outlets for American… Continue Reading →

Reliable Phone Service: I bought an International Sim Card last summer before we went to Europe to go with the Nokia phone that we purchased for the trip. It went live as soon as we were off the coast of… Continue Reading →