Winter can be cold and dark and make you long for longer days. But it can also be a magical time of year when snowflakes dance through the air and icicles become exclamation points for the season. Recently, our landscape…
I had difficulty sleeping last night. Christmas is coming and it's unlikely that we will have any happy memories from this crazy corona year. While I was lying quietly in the darkness, suddenly the air turned cold and I heard…
Back on the train, we continued our journey south. In Koblenz we transferred to another train, which eventually took us to Bacharach, a town of about 2,000. I wasn't quite sure where our hotel was located, so we stopped an…
Bonn, also on the Rhine River, is only about 15 miles south of Cologne. So, while in Cologne, we decided to make a day trip to Bonn. The train ride was very short and when we got off at the…
We packed our bags and took the tram to Amsterdam's Centraal Station. (Note that "Centraal" is not a typo. The Dutch are blessed with an abundance of vowels and often put pairs of them in places were you'd expect to…
The day started with a great breakfast -- cereal, fruit, yogurt, cheese, bread, pastries, coffee, tea, orange juice and, they made me an omelet on request -- served in a nice backyard patio. As with most European establishments, the breakfast…
Travel to Europe seems to take no time at all. You finish your day in the US, go to sleep on a plane, and when you wake up the next morning you're there. So, when our flight landed in Schipol…
Bryce Canyon National Park is located in southwestern Utah. If you need a nature fix, Bryce is pretty nice. Spoiler Alert: Despite its name, Bryce Canyon is not a canyon, but a collection of giant natural amphitheaters along the eastern…
Native Americans have inhabited the area around the Grand Canyon for about 12,000 years. The first Europeans, soldiers led by García López de Cárdenas, did not see it until 1540. His disastrous failure to find the fabled Seven Cities of…