Why Don’t They Have Screens in Germany Or Austria? 11/17/12: There were no screens on the balcony window on the Queen Mary 2. This was true in every room on land in Germany or Austria, too. From the first night… Continue Reading →

Queen Mary 2 Has Ruined Their Webcam 11/16/12 I was shocked and horrified yesterday when I went online to www.cunard.com to find that the webcam didn’t work the same way as before. Last year at this time I was becoming… Continue Reading →

Thomasina Dances Through Salzburg: 11/15/12:In my novels little Thomasina Ware makes a movie for the Third Reich where she dances in the Mirabell Gardens in Salzburg. This volume has lots of color pictures of that well-landscaped place with a view… Continue Reading →

A Gothic Christmas 11/14/12: My Christmas card this year showcases our shore excursion to Salisbury Cathedral in the South of England. It’s the leading Gothic Cathedral in England and the most Gothic place on earth. Estates around there featured the… Continue Reading →

Canon Rebel SLR Is The Better Choice For Europe: 11/13/12 This is what I will use instead of the Leica D-Lux 20 that betrayed me in Europe this past summer. I don’t like the idea of carrying around a larger… Continue Reading →

Review on Amazon.com of Leica D-Lux 20: I bought this camera for Christmas in 2010 and didn’t use it until February 2011. By the time I got around to taking it on the Queen Mary 2 and on a car… Continue Reading →

The Rienzi Plot would make a good thriller. 11/11/12 Apparently Hitler took the complete manuscript for the opera with him to the Bunker in 1945, and it disappeared after that. Who stole it? A Russian? Why? Was it just because… Continue Reading →

Only Today Is The Weather In Tucson As Cool As The Weather In Weimar On July 17 11/10/12 On July 17 we wore long plants, long tops, and black rain jackets that we bought on the Queen Mary 2 as… Continue Reading →

I Didn’t See Any Penny Throws At German Cash Registers 11/9/12 When I walk into a retail store in the USA I frequently see penny throws. You contribute extra pennies or take them as you need them. These are particularly… Continue Reading →

We Went 13, 000 miles by Surface Transportation 11/08/12 It almost sounds like Around The World In 80 Days or some other Hollywood flick, but we just completed a trip of 13, 000 miles in 76 days without taking an… Continue Reading →