Monday mid afternoon, we headed into Boston… technically, we stay in Somerville because there’s a decent enough hotel pretty much right...

We wander off to explore the city for a while, because if we rest now, we’re doomed for the trip… first thing we note is that home is...

Tuck in with a coffee – it’s another long one… Embarkation Day – Tim and Mel booked us on the free shuttle to the port when they arrived...

Spent the afternoon exploring Palentine Hill and the Roman Forum on our own Friday … according to Roman mythology, this was the place...

Drive from home to Bangor was pretty uneventful, except being pulled over at the border and having the car searched. It’s not like we had...

Saturday morning… thankfully I have Nic so I don’t have to eat breakfast by myself (not that I wouldn’t) as the non-morning people snooze...

I really like the small town feel where everyone knows everyone else… and people all meet around simple places like a gas station for a...

May 8th – Wee hours of the morning… we’re off to the local airport to catch our flight away from Florida (we have to fly west from the...

A bit of background – there were 11 of us in our group, all women, aged 29 to 60. We had 5 cabins – 3 inside, 1 oceanview, and 1 balcony....

A-Bomb Dome – HIroshima Sunday, March 9th – wake up early, ready to begin the great Japanese adventure – it had been storming all day the...