A Postcard About Hitler And The Little Girl In Nuremberg 1938 12/7/12 On eBay somebody in London is putting up a postcard to bid upon that shows Hitler and a little girl in Nuremberg in 1938. That was the last… Continue Reading →

Why Did We Visit The Berggasthof? 12/6/12 We wanted to visit the site of the Old Platterhof Hotel and restaurant that dated to the 30’s and 40’s. The view from the dining room of what is now called the Berggasthof… Continue Reading →

Going to Europe and The Novel Proposal 12/5/12: I’m going to be taking a Writer’s Digest seminar called The Novel Proposal. It starts on December 20 and continues through March. The novel up for editing is called Captive At The… Continue Reading →

December Is The Month To Book A Vacation On The Queen Mary 2 12/4/12 December is the month to book a vacation on the Queen Mary 2. Everyone else is occupied with Christmas shopping, Christmas entertaining and parties, and family… Continue Reading →

QM2 Now Calls Its Transatlantic Voyages “Special Cruises” 12/3/12 Cunard continues to “dumb down” its website. Instead of calling the journey between New York and Southampton a “transatlantic crossing”, “a crossing”, or at least a “transatlantic voyage”, it now terms… Continue Reading →

Why Did Cunard Remove Old The Deck Plan of the Queen Mary From Its Website? 12/2/12 I couldn’t believe it when I clicked the deck plan for the Queen Mary 2 and got only a pdf document. Only weeks ago… Continue Reading →

My Pets Went On A Trip, Too 12/1/12 I could picture Putlitz on the ship riding up the elevator to the twelfth deck. He would have hated the fog horn, but he would have liked to meet my friends in… Continue Reading →

Hard Drives Are My Friend 11/30/112 Scorpio is my friend. The more photos I download from last summer’s trip to Germany and Austria, the more room I need on my hard drive.

I’m Buying My Souvenir Books On The QM2 Now. We Couldn’t Carry Them Off The Ship 11/29/12 I’m buying Christmas gifts to put on the coffee table. It’s a souvenir of our two transatlantic voyages last summer on the Queen… Continue Reading →

Why Does Nobody In Germany Believe in Guest Laundries? 11/28/12 We stayed at many hotels in Germany from the Best Western Park Hotel in Potsdam to the Dorint in Weimar to the Hilton Nuremberg to the Best Western Imlauer in… Continue Reading →