Jan 18
After spending Christmas with our family in The Netherlands, we flew to Vienna to spend a couple of weeks with Niki, his family and friends. New Years was just around the corner. This was the first time seeing his new home outside of Vienna in a small quaint village called Mayerling, Mayerling is a small village …
Dec 12
On our day of arrival in Kerkrade to Jos and Ria’s home (Han’s younger brother and sis-in-law) we had a (quite) a bit of wine, enjoyed a lovely late dinner and “attempted” to finally sleep. Sleep eluded us. Ugh! But, before I forget, we have in the meantime learned that Melatonin is your friend for combatting jet …
Apr 30
Traverse City, Michigan, we had heard a lot about the Cherry Capital of the world from the Chereskins, our former neighbors in Fernandina Beach, Florida and were very much looking forward to visiting and exploring this city and its surroundings on Lake Michigan.Sometimes we do and go so much that it makes my head spin, …
Apr 20
Easter Sunday April 16th – Donna and I left for Tupelo Mississippi for a visit to Elvis Presley’s birthplace and safely arrived at our hotel. If you want to stay somewhere close to everything, but feel safe and secure, this is the place. Very nice Comfort Inn, staff and rooms. We had a restful evening and night, …
Apr 15
Dropping south from the Michigan rainy cold, we were looking forward to a delightful warmer stay in Nashville Tennessee. Our one highlight of this traveling day was that we took the time to stop at the French Bakery in Berrien Springs off Highway 31 and had a divine lunch and a French baguette to-go. https://www.facebook.com/Baguette-de-France-of-Berrien-Springs-166193277292/ …
Feb 10
I wanted our last day in Cuba to just be relaxing, and I decided to call it “TJ’s Day”: A leisure day in Havana. Well, I let Han join in too. What is a day without my bestest friend? Of course we were served another delicious breakfast by Ari and took our time to enjoy …
Feb 09
Woke up around 7:00, and was not in the mood for breakfast as it was too early. So I snacked on a piece of bread. Loaded up the car and we were on our way for the 2.5 hour each way daytrip to Pinar del Rio Province and the Viñales Valley area. The four lane highway …
Feb 07
Today is scheduled to take the cow by the horns and do the central and old Havana walking tour. Three hours of sightseeing with our guide Jorge, an IT tech for a Havana hospital with as second job, guiding tours through the city and countryside. We slept like babies last night. Room was quiet, dark …
Feb 06
Today I’m looking forward to getting the first impressions of Havana, Cuba, something that has been on my bucket list for a long long time. In the morning, the last one in Matanzas, we were able to relax with our host over coffee and then had the drudgery of packing. I was a bit sad because they …
Feb 05
We had a very leisurely morning and were in no hurry to rush about. Cannot think of anything better than sitting on the porch with coffee and donuts (these donuts are dense and perfect for coffee dipping), while enjoying the breeze off the water. Around noon we called for our new taxi friend “Josnel” to go into …
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