Good morning Today sees me traveling to France for this year’s Christmas Markets tour, this time what we are calling a “land cruise”, based in Lille in Northern France and traveling around the region each day, rather than cruising along a river. I don’t expect a newsletter next week, but expect one the following week. […]
I belong to the US/Canadian Nexus trusted/known traveler program. That involved filling out a form, and then being personally interviewed by both US and Canadian ICE officials, at the end of which, and after paying a generous fee, I received a special Nexus card to allow me fast-track passage through the US/Canadian border crossings. It […]
Good morning A week until Thanksgiving and, of course, those other two events that many of us are equally thankful for – Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Alas, I’m out of the country currently, so will be missing out on both the Thursday and Friday events, but return home in time for the last of […]
Unlike most people, I prefer a backpack to a roll-aboard suitcase. It holds almost as much, and is easier to shove underneath a seat if the overhead is full. It can also be used more often – you can use it in more situations without seeming out-of-place than you can with a rollaboard suitcase. I’ve […]
Good morning Is it time to start the count down of shopping days until Christmas? Well, before then we’ve the excitement of Black Friday and Cyber Monday to tempt us, of course, and this weekend, the more relaxing and retrospective Veteran’s Day weekend. With the thought of buying things in mind, this week we feature […]
Good morning I hope your Halloween was enjoyable. My long dark driveway (and, ahem, German Shepherd) tend to keep the number of trick and treaters down to a very small number each year, but Anna always manages to score an impressive amount of candy as she does her rounds (as well as sweeping up all […]
Good morning It has been a wild and crazy week, but have I got a lot to show you for the week that was. We now have details of our June 2019 UK touring online. I’m using the “land cruise” concept first offered in this year’s Christmas land cruise (still have the cancelled couple’s $500 […]
Good morning First computer problems then medical problems (an ankle) forced an unplanned silence upon me, but here I am, happily back once more and sharing another selection of the great and the grim. Simultaneously on the great and grim side of things, we had a cancellation off our Christmas “Landcruise” of Northern France and […]
Good morning I must start off by thanking everyone who generously responded to the start of our annual fundraising drive last week. We had 40 kind people choose to send in some support. Depending on if one’s glass is half full or half empty, the half full glass perspective notes that we collected almost as […]