EUROPE

Click here to view Photobook of entire trip Wed., March 4, 1998 Left LBI, after lunching at Kubel’s too, about 1:15 PM. Got to the longterm parking at Kennedy by 3. No lines at Delta; checked in and got to our gate by 3:30. This trip is starting very favorably. Yesterday morning Interval International, the…

Click here to view a Photobook of the entire trip Wed.- Thu., Sept. 2, 2009Paige got us to the Philadelphia airport in plenty of time for our 4:15 pm flight to Frankfurt. It was full and all the seats were very small, but my new Bose headphones let me watch the movie, Angels & Demons…

Click here to view a Photoshow of the entire trip Mon, Dec 10 Depart EWR 5:55 pm on LH7960 Tue, Dec 11 Arrive at Charles de Gaulle Airport 7:35 am Wed, Dec 12, Paris Exlusive Heart of Paris walking tourCruise the Seine to Hotel de Ville, from which you will begin your “Heart of Paris”…

Click here for Photobook of entire trip Sunday, November 8, 1998It was a busy morning at the end of a seemingly endless summer. We still have people in the motel. So I got up early and took Jake to stay with Paige and his cousin Reina. He wasn’t too happy. Then I cleaned one apartment…

Tuesday: The kids’ flight was altered due to weather in Atlanta. They arrived about 4 pm in Bordeaux without their luggage, which was still in Atlanta. It will be sent to Le Pecile. It was absolutely teeming with rain all day, so their introduction to France was not great.Wednesday, June 19 (Jerry’s 69th birthday): It…

Thursday: Rain again. It’s actually become so wet that the first floor windows are all sprouting snails! Escargots pour diner?? We took off for Agen to visit the Musee des Beaux Arts. Parked in the free lot by the river and stood under our umbrellas waiting for the little green city bus to take us…

Saturday: Had some really good news today: Jerry’s twenty-five year old asparagus bed has survived Sandy and is producing well. He was depressed over the loss of the garden, but losing the asparagus was the biggest blow. Foggiest morning we’ve seen. We delayed our venture to Celebrations Nerac for a bit, but it didn’t burn…

Friday, April 12, 2013 Cool and rainy day in Beach Haven. Ellen and Bill Kehr picked us up about 11 for an uneventful ride to the Newark airport. We stopped at the Spanish Tavern for an excellent lunch, checked in, passed through security and boarded on time. Arrived at Charles de Gaulle a bit early,…

Friday, Oct. 7: Our bus arrived at 9:30 for a 45 minute ride in the pouring rain to Dubrovnik, once better known as Ragusa, Venice’s chief rival in the Adriatic. St. Blaise is the protector of the city, which he holds in his hands in the many statues scattered around. Dubrovnik (Latin: Ragusa), “Pearl of…