Bratislava is about an hour from Vienna and is worth checking out with its fun street sculptures, upside down pyramid building and what has been nicknamed the Soviet’s UFO Bridge. The major sites can be…
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Dublin Has A Star Wars Connection and More Cool Sights
We will have about three days in Dublin in June of 2019, not a lot of time. Yet, there are a few sites I really want to see and one of these includes a Star…
Neither Here Nor There In Europe
“Neither Here nor There: Travels in Europe” written by Bill Bryson in 1991 is a snapshot of Europe on the cusp of many changes to come in Eastern Europe. He is a travelogue author of…
Our Top Ten Places to Visit in London
These are the top ten places we want to see in London! Buckingham Palace The official residence of the Queen of England. It is also where you see the changing of the guard, which happens…
Matt and Karen See All 59 National Parks
Matt Smith and his wife set out to visit all 59 national parks. This book tells their journey as if they were writing their friends Bob and Sue. Some readers might light this, but I…
Book Review: ‘Larry’s Kidney’
I find the book “Larry’s Kidney: Being the True Story of How I found Myself in China with My Black Sheep Cousin and His Mail-Order Bride, Skirting the Law to Get Him a Transplant –…
How To Live Danishly
Londoner and journalist Helen Russell finds herself in rural Denmark when her husband takes a job at Lego. They decide to give Denmark a year and this becomes her motto. Russell decides that her new…
Don’t Panic: Flight Delay With A Small Child
Rain showers were coming through the Boston area when we entered the tunnel that leads to the Boston Logan International Airport. We arrived two hours before, which is what airlines recommend in order to make…
A Poignant End to Reading ‘At Home in France’
After I read “At Home in France,” I did what I always do, I wanted to know what the author did after she published it. Author Ann Barry was not able to share more tales…
Review: ‘Monkey Dancing’
The book shared an around the world adventure that a father took with his son and daughter, but it was so much more. The author describes Vietnam, Nepal or Australia in intricate details. His love…
