Feb 152 minBon Voyage to Bon Voyage!So, according to Bon Voyage (https://bonvoyage.com), they claim that ‘85% of Americans Don't Know What Country This Is.' They included an...
Dec 4, 20214 minWhat is One of the Most Memorable Camping Trips You've Been On? (Part I)When I left for Europe in May of ’82, I planned on doing a lot of camping and also staying at inexpensive youth hostels. I planned to...
Nov 6, 20214 minA Disappointing "Original Sunrise Summit Bike Tour" (Besides No Sunrise)My wife and I booked the sunrise bike tour through Original Sunrise Summit Bike Tours, $200 per rider. I’ll refer to them as the Summit...
Oct 25, 20213 minNice Touches at the Maui Regency Hyatt Resort and SpaWe ordered the 9-day resort stay through Costco Travel, and a $300 resort credit was included in the purchase. We liked the idea that the...
Oct 17, 20212 min“What do you like about Europe?”Last Christmas, my son-in-law, and daughter subscribed me to a product called StoryWorth. According to StoryWorth's website, it's more...
Jul 22, 202110 minWest Berlin Adventures - Circa '82I first visited West Berlin in 1982, after spending too, too many days (7) in the Dutch capital. I loved all the bikes, hikes and dikes...
Jul 15, 20214 minBerlin Wall in pictures in '19 (The 30 Year Anniversary of its Destruction)My second visit to Berlin although it's actually my first visit since the unification of Berlin as well as Germany about 30 years ago....
Jul 9, 20213 minA Different Spin on the Capitol Insurrection (Satire Warning)According to Wikipedia: On Wednesday, January 6, 2021, the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., was stormed during a riot and...
Jun 5, 20213 minContrarian or Interesting Photos - Part IVHere's a picture of Michael Carrick, former Man United and Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, current Manager of Man United. These two former...
Apr 2, 20215 minWhat's Nikki Haley (Nimrata Randhawa) Up To Now?This blog post is referencing the Business Insider article on March 26, 2021, entitled, "Nikki Haley Says Biden Weak on China After He...
Mar 26, 20217 minHitchhiking Etiquette (Years Ago)An attempt to provide some interesting stories and events from my days of sometimes engaging in reckless behavior. Etiquette can be...
Feb 19, 20215 minJust Knowing A City's Latitude Is Not Always a Good Predictor of ClimateFour key geographical characteristics influence climate. They include Latitude, Elevation, Topography, and Bodies of Water. My focus in...
Feb 13, 20212 minWalking on a Florida Beach During a Pandemic - Part III (Final Version)Beach Pics & Familiar Stranger, Chuck Chuck I’m often on the beach when the sun decides to call it quits for another day. During that...
Feb 5, 20215 minWalking on a Florida Beach During a Pandemic - Part IIGulf of Mexico Waves Over the years, I’d probably visited Florida's Gulf Coast at least 6 times and during each visit, the Gulf was quite...
Jan 29, 20215 minWalking on a Florida Beach During a Pandemic - Part IIntroduction Part of our family has decided to quarantine in Clearwater Beach since December 14th. Coming from Chicago, we’re fortunate...
Jan 22, 20214 minDriving from Wisconsin to FloridaMy brother and sister-in-law are interested in driving from Wisconsin's capital to Florida. Their daughter will be on board so with three...
Dec 12, 20208 minStories from Italy (A Few Years Ago)Compiled a list of short articles on my experiences and thoughts of visiting Italy a few years ago with my wife. My goal for this post is...
Sep 11, 20203 minRosetta Stone and Their Website Blues We've all had challenging or frustrating events on certain websites over the years. To that end, I felt compelled to share my recent...
Aug 28, 20206 minCrete And Olive Adventures Athens and Crete Youth hostels were quite inexpensive in Athens so I spent a week deciding how to proceed for the last two months of '82...