We had planned a holiday weekend in Charleston to enjoy the festivities and decorations.   We arrived on a Thursday afternoon and took an...

Our 10-day Thanksgiving cruise departed from Ft. Lauderdale aboard the Eurodam , Holland America’s first Signature Class ship. Although...

For our first time in the Loire valley, we decided to stay in a central location and chose the city of Tours, one of the largest in the...

Our flight arrived at Charles-de-Gaulles airport for our first visit to the Normandy region. We picked our rental car up on a rainy...

We love watching fireworks and for a long time we had wanted to visit New York for the 4th of July. We had seen the fireworks in...

We arrived in Paris and we were on the road to Reims, the capital of the Champaign region 45 minutes later. It took us two hours to...

We drove from Oxford where we spent a couple of days in the center of London. As soon as we heard the date of the coronation, we booked...

On our way back from Cardiff to London we stopped in Oxford. We had briefly visited the city before, but we were on a tour and we had to...

A few days before the coronation of King Charles III, we drove from London Heathrow to the city of Cardiff. It normally takes less than...

After a long absence we decided to attend the Venice Carnival once again. We also decided to bring costumes like we did in the past, but...

We stopped in Verona on Valentine’s Day on our way to the Venice Carnival. The city is one of the world’s top choices for celebrating the...

We flew to New York on a Tuesday, a couple of days before the parade. It was our second time in NYC for the Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade....

This annual foodie event takes place in early November on the scenic causeway between the Swan and the Dolphin resorts. The Food & Wine...

Fantasy Fest is a street party held annually during the last week of October. It is known for its eclectic spirit of creative...

We arrived in London a few days earlier from Portugal as we did not want to miss Queen Elisabeth II Funeral. We had especially come to...

We had planned to spend more time in Portugal, but Queen Elizabeth II passed away a week before our trip and we decided to fly to London...

We always wanted to spend time in Washington for the 4th of July. Our 9:00am flight was delayed for four hours. United had to change all...

The Cazoo Derby took place on the third day of the Queen's Jubilee celebration. We took a taxi from our hotel to Epsom. It is a...

We visited London for this once in a lifetime event. The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking...

The 42nd Passion Play was postponed in 2020 due to the pandemic. We had tckets to it, and had to wait for three years later for it, so we...