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  • Africa
  • Asia
  • Europe
    • Czech Republic
      • Prague (May 2015)
      • Beyond Prague: Touring the Czech Republic
    • Euro-Year
      • Euro Year Begins – August 2001
        • On the road from March 2 (Rome) to April 1 (Madrid)
    • France
      • Ajaccio, Corsica (France)
        • Hiking in Corsica, France – Part I – Sartène
        • Hiking in Corsica – Part II – Bonifacio
      • Before we hike, we make a NICE stop! (Nice, France 2018)
      • Paris (April-May 2015)
      • Paris – November 2001
      • Early to Mid December: On the Road in France or 19 Different Hotels in 22 Days
    • Germany
      • Berlin – Part I
        • Berlin, Part II
        • Berlin III: The final days
    • Great Britain
      • London 2012
        • London 2012 – Day 3 (Thursday, September 21)
        • London – Days 4 and 5 (Friday, September 20 and Saturday, September 21)
        • London – Late September 2001
      • London Walking (May 2019)
      • October in the Cotswolds (Early October 2001)
      • Moving on to Ireland (Mid-October 2001)
      • And, now we’re in Wales and Scotland (Late October 2001)
    • Italy
      • A Rome Intermission!
      • Celebrating Italy with Eddie Soloway & Friends
        • Puglia
          • The Olive Trees of Puglia
        • Matera, Basilicata, Italy – May 2019
        • Abruzzo – Santo Stefano di Sessanio May 2019
        • Tuscany – The Last Stop, May 2019
      • Driving the Via Flaminia to Umbria
        • Gubbio Walking
        • Assisi, Spello, Montefalco and Bevagna
        • Umbria Part II
        • Tuscany: Montepulciano, Pienza, Monticchiello and Radicofani
          • Italy Fall 2015
      • Four More Weeks in Rome (February 2002)
      • Puglia – Driving trip with Friends (April23 – May 5, 2019)
        • Travel to Italy from San Juan, PR (April 2019)
        • Puglia: From Trani to Castel del Monte
        • Puglia: Fasano and Ostuni
        • Puglia: Il Salento – Lecce
        • Puglia: Il Salento (Santa Maria di Leuca and Galipoli)
      • Sardinia, Italy
        • Hiking in Sardinia – Alghero
        • Winding up the trip – final days and hikes in Sardinia
        • Hiking in Sardinia – Cabras
      • Sicily (I): In Palermo Cooking with the Duchess
        • Sicily (II): Palermo, Segesta and Trapani
        • Sicily (III): Erice, Salt Flats, Selinunte & Agrigento
        • Sicily (IV): Agrigento, Caltagirone, Ragusa & Modica
        • Sicily (V): Noto and Siracusa
        • Sicily (VI): From our Base in Taormina
        • Sicily (VII): Mount Etna – Our Last Two Days
      • Trieste, Italy – Not quite 24 Hours
      • Venice, Italy (48 hours) June 2016
      • Mid-December to Early January – Christmas and Capod’anno in Italy
      • January 2002 – Rome and Environs
    • Portugal
      • Lisbon, Portugal (May 2017 #1)
      • Coimbra and Porto – May 2017
      • Douro River Cruise: Going Up River – May 2017
      • Douro River Cruise: Down River to Porto (May 2017)
      • Porto – Two more nights in May 2017
      • Lisbon, Portugal (May 2017 #2)
      • Lisbon (June 2010)
      • Porto, Portugal (June 2010)
    • Slovenia and Croatia
      • Getting Started in Slovenia: Lipica and the Skocjan Caves
      • Ljubljana – Capitol of Slovenia
      • Kobarid, Bovec, the Soca River and the Vrsic Pass (Western Slovenia)
      • Lake Bled and Environs, Slovenia
      • Opatija and the Kvarner Gulf
      • Rab Island, Croatia
      • Plitvice Lakes National Park, Croatia
      • Zagreb, Croatia
    • Spain
      • Barcelona – October 2012
      • Lanzarote, Canary Islands, September 2012
        • Lanzarote continues – Wednesday, September 26
        • Lanzarote Day 5 (Thursday, September 27, 2012)
        • Lanzarote – The Last Days (Friday and Saturday)
      • Mallorca (Sept. 28- Oct. 6, 2015)
        • Friday (October 2, 2015) in Mallorca
        • Mallorca (Saturday, October 3, 2015)
        • Cala-Hopping on a Sunny Day
        • Winding up Mallorca (October 5, 2015)
      • Northern Spain by Car – May 2017
        • Burgos , Spain (May 2017)
        • Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain – May 2017
        • Driving along the North Coast of Spain – May 2017
        • Still Driving North Coast of Spain – May 2017
        • Oviedo, Spain – May 2017
        • Santiago de Campostela (May 2017)
    • Switzerland
      • Lucerne, Switzerland
      • Ticino Region, Switzerland
      • Driving to Sion & Lausanne: Two Days on Mountain Roads
      • Lausanne, Switzerland
      • Bern & Lauterbrunnen
      • Zurich
    • The Netherlands
      • Amsterdam – Early September 2001
    • Cities of Light – Viking River Cruise Log!
      • Prologue: Arrive in Paris (April 29, 2015)
      • Trip Day 1 (Thursday, April 30): Paris
      • Trip Day 2 (Friday, May 1): Paris
      • Trip Day 3 (Saturday, May 2nd): Luxembourg
      • Trip Day 4 (Sunday, May 3rd): Trier and Bernkastel
      • Trip Day 5 (Monday, May 4th): Cochem and Koblenz
      • Trip Day 6 (Tuesday, May 5th): Marksburg Castle and a Cruise on the Rhine
      • Trip Day 7 (Wednesday, May 6th): Heidelberg & Miltenberg
        • Trip Day 7 (cont): Heidelberg – Gerry’s Notes and Comments
      • Trip Day 8 (Thursday, May 7th): Rothenburg ob der Tauber and Wurzburg
      • Trip Day 11 (Sunday, May 10th): Prague
      • Trip Days 9 and 10 (Friday, May 7 and Saturday May 8, 2015): Bamberg and Nuremberg
      • Trip Day 12 (Monday, May 11) and Tuesday, May 12: Prague – On our own
      • The Viking River Cruise Page of Links
    • Baltic Cruise – Mid-September 2001
  • Latin America & the Caribbean
    • Costa Rica January 2012
    • Cuba (2013 Trip with National Geographic)
      • Cuba 2013 (Days 1 and 2)
      • Cuba Con’t Days 3-4-5
      • Cuba Days 6 and 7
      • The Last two Days (Sunday, February 24 and Monday, February 25)
    • Guatemala
      • Antigua, Guatemala – September 2024
      • Guatemala – Let’s begin
      • Guatemala – Continued
      • Guatemala – Finishing up in Tikal
    • Mexico
      • Playa del Carmen, Mexico (February, 2019)
      • Puerto Vallarta, Mexico – February 2018
        • Puerto Vallarta – February 2018 – Part II
        • Puerto Vallarta -Feb 2018 – Part III
    • Nevis
      • Day 1 (Sunday, February 19)
      • Day 2 (Monday February 20)
      • Day 3 (Tuesday February 21)
      • Day 4 (Wednesday, February 22)
      • Day 5 (Thursday, February 23)
      • Final Comments – Nevis
    • Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, January 2019
  • Opinions & More
    • What I learned : Portugal and Spain Trip (May 2017)
    • Revisiting My River Boat Cruise Opinions (May 2017)
    • Impressions and Final Comments: Slovenia and Croatia (June 2016)
    • Personal Observations about the Czech Republic (May 2015)
    • Review – Cities of Light Viking River Cruise (May 2015)
    • Impressions of Cuba (February 2013)
  • Puerto Rico
    • A Photo Trip to Rincon and Back
    • Loiza (2018)
    • San Juan
      • A Day in Old San Juan
      • Oller in San Juan
      • Pinones, Loiza
      • Santurce Murals – An Art Walk
      • The University of Puerto Rico – Rio Piedras (2017)
      • Morning Paseo
      • The Tourist at Home in San Juan
    • Arecibo – Relishing the Unexpected (or making lemonade when you have lemons)
    • Hatillo – El Día de las Máscaras (December 28, 2013)
    • Ponce Posts
      • A Ponce Secret
      • Back Yard Adventure #1 – Ponce
      • A Parade of Lions (Ponce)
      • Internal Tourism: Jetsy Goes to Ponce
    • A Surfing Tournament Takes me to Isabela
    • Guaynabo – Parque Forestal la Marquesa
    • Rincon Weekend
  • South America
    • Chile & Argentina
      • Santiago and the first days of the cruise
      • Embarcation and Valparaiso, Chile
        • Life on the Ship
      • Sailing in the Pacific to Puerto Montt, in the Lake District of Chile
      • Amalia Glacier and more sailing
      • Punta Arenas (Chile)
      • Ushuaia, Argentina – Tierra del Fuego
      • Sailing Cape Horn
      • The Falkland Islands
      • Puerto Madryn, Argentina
      • The Ship at Sea Part II
    • Ecuador (Quito and Galapagos)
      • Quito for the Day
      • The Galapagos Trip – Part II
      • Day 2 – April 7 – Monday
      • Day 3 – April 8 – Tuesday
      • Day 4 – April 9 – Wednesday
      • Day 5 – April 10 – Thursday
      • Day 6 – April 11 – Friday
      • Day 7 – April 12 – Saturday
      • Day 8 – April 13 – Sunday (and Monday April 14th)
  • The United States
    • Crossing the Potomac (Washington, DC – June 2014)
    • Northeastern USA
      • Maine in June 2018
        • Maine Part II: In Rockport Maine
        • The Maine Media Workshop
        • Part III: Bar Harbor and Acadia National Park
      • On Martha’s Vineyard
      • Personal Space Travel (NYC 10/2016)
      • Vermont & New Hampshire Trip Highlights (September 2015)
    • Southeastern States
      • Learning about the Civil Rights Movement
      • Memphis (Day 3, June 3, 2013)
      • Montgomery, AL – Never on Sunday
      • New Orleans
      • The Ringling Museums, Sarasota, FL (June 1, 2013)
    • Texas
      • “The Women who Shape the West …Change the World”
      • A Tale of Two Science Museums
      • Dallas Day Trip (September 2013)
      • Fort Worth Food Park
      • Forth Worth Water Gardens
      • George W. Bush Presidential Library
      • Like Father, Like Son – A photography exhibit
      • Pictures of the West – the Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth
      • The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Fort Worth, Texas
      • The Texas White House B&B, Fort Worth, TX
    • The Midwest: Illinois, Michigan and Minnesota
      • A Saturday walk through Millennium Park – Chicago
      • Malvina Hoffman Bronzes at the Field Museum
      • Minneapolis Weekend (September 2015)
      • Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park (Michigan’s Upper Peninsula)
        • The Porkies – Part II
      • Van Gogh’s Bedrooms – Chicago
    • The Southwest: California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico & Arizona
      • Los Angeles (July 2016)
        • Mission Central (CA July 2016)
        • Monterey Peninsula (CA July 2016)
      • Los Angeles, with Cindy and Greg
      • Nevada & Utah, September 2023
      • San Diego (February 2014)
        • San Diego Continued – February 2014
      • Santa Fe, NM and Environs – August 2017
      • Taking Pictures in Southeastern Utah’s National Parks (June 2015)
      • Truckee Tripping – Part I
        • Truckee Tripping, Part II
      • Death Valley
        • Las Vegas and the Workshop
        • Last Days of the Workshop and the Trip Home
      • Napa Valley, September 2011 (Oaxaca Wonders Trip)
      • New Mexico – Part II (August 2017)
      • Salt Lake City, Utah (June 12-14, 2015)
    • US National Parks
      • Joshua Tree National Park (CA, July 2016)
      • Yosemite National Park (July 2016)
    • Wisconsin
      • Eagle Watching – Another Winter Sport in WI (January 2017)
      • Seeking the Stone Elephant (Kettle Moraine Hike #2)
      • Ten Chimneys, Genesee Depot, WI
      • In and Around the “Farm” (South Central Wisconsin)
        • A Fall Hike in Parfrey’s Glen (October 2016)
        • A Tale of Two Journeys
        • Circus World (Baraboo WI – October 2017)
        • Dane Dances
        • Fog at the Farm
        • January in Wisconsin – After the thaw
        • Kegonsa State Park, Stoughton, WI
        • One Day’s Adventures
        • Scott Shearer, Artist & Neighbor
        • Sleuthing for Signs of Spring in Southern Wisconsin
        • Taliesin, Spring Green, WI
        • The Beckman Mill, Beloit, WI
        • The Farm – Animals thinking it might be spring … (April 2013)
        • The Farm in January (2013)
        • The Farm in January (con’t)
        • The Int’l Crane Foundation (Baraboo, WI – October 2017)
        • The Parker Pen Collection
        • The Rotary Gardens – Janesville, WI
        • Why Visit Wisconsin? Installment 1
        • The Farm 1
      • Northern Wisconsin
        • A Special Place
        • Arlene’s Pottery & Gallery, Boulder Junction, WI
        • Day One – July 2012 – The longest day
        • I Heart Fishing! (August 16 &17, 2017)
        • Lake Superior Adventure with my Sony
          • Lake Superior – Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
        • Northern Wisconsin Restaurants and Lodging Links
        • Up North Slide Show – Sept. 2019
        • A Week Up North – Days 2, 3 & 4 (2012)
        • Dispatch From the Nothwoods (Days 5, 6, 7, 8) – July 2012
      • In and Around Milwaukee
        • And so summer ends – on a high note.
        • Big, Biggest, Mammoth!
        • Grant Park I (Fall 2020)
        • Holy Hill in Hubertus, Wi
        • Kandinsky Retrospective (Milwaukee Art Museum July 2014)
        • Lakeshore State Park – Milwaukee
        • Milwaukee Art Museum – Lakefront Festival of Arts
        • Milwaukee Art Museum – Posters of Paris Show
        • Milwaukee Museums (and Supporting Culture)
        • Summerfest – “The Big Gig”
        • The Recipe for a Perfect Summer Evening: An Organic Farm Dinner with a Top-Notch Chef and Friends, New and Old
        • Van Gogh to Pollock: Modern Rebels (Milwaukee Art Museum, August 2015)
        • Vision, Innovation and Power – The Ebony Fashion Fair Exhibit
        • Milwaukee 1
      • Aztalan State Park (July 23, 2012)
        • Aztalan State Park – Visit #2 August 12, 2012
        • Aztalan State Park Event Notice – August 17th, 2013
      • Ephraim Faience Pottery in Lake Mills, WI

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