Category: Travel

Niagara-on-the-Lake visit sublime in spring

The 150-year-old Prince of Wales Hotel is a landmark in the middle of Niagara on the Lake Just back from Niagara-on-the-Lake where spring is about a week earlier than here – at...

Cruising with a butler

Papa, our butler aboard the Crystal Serenity, serves afternoon shrimp and champagne in our penthouse suite. It’s almost embarrassing to reveal how much I loved having a butler aboard our Crystal Serenity...

Blood sucking leeches in Istanbul

When I first saw the large pickle jar of leeches in the outdoor area of the Spice Market in Istanbul I was totally creeped out. They clung to the sides of the...

Coffee shops make Amsterdam happy

I expressed surprise that climate wasn’t a factor among the world’s happiest cities, because in the depths of an Ohio winter it sure seems as if it should be. So I just took...

Puppy love

Do you babytalk your puppy? Cuddle in with your cats? Include your parrot in your vacation plans? Prepare dinner for your dog? Have you had an extraordinary experience or two convincing you...

Anticipating Montenegro

  I’d really been looking forward to our day ashore in Montenegro , one of the world’s newest countries. It was formed in 2006 when its citizenry took  back control and voted...

Hitting the wall in Kotor

Passengers step ashore in Montenegro to explore the walled Venetian style city of Kotor, just steps from the pier.   Steep cobbled streets have staircases for foot traffic. Despite its pretty scenes,...

Mykonos has reputation as party island

The Aegean is a beautiful blue off  Mykonos, a Greek island with a reputation for being a party place, especially in summer. It was September when we arrived on Mykonos and my ...