Category: Travel for Now


Flying to London is Like Covid-19 or Spend More Time With Your Favorite English Bull Dog

Several years ago, Elizabeth and I had the good fortune to return to London over the Christmas holiday. We booked ourselves on Norwegian Airlines for the first time ever and made arrangements to return to the Crowne Plaza Docklands in East London. We flew to New York from Atlanta andRead More …


No Travel – No Blog

Confession time! Back on April 12 I promised I would enumerate all the fun activities we reveled in while in Louisiana. It’s now well over a month later and I haven’t laid finger to keyboard to make that promise come true. I drift from one day to the next, mostRead More …


Louisiana 2020 Chapter IV (Way Behind)

I am way behind in my blogging! I have been caught up in a terrible Malaise, very similar to the rest of the country, or more correctly, the rest of the world. I have been in a Corona Virus stupor, on my sofa, watching the news for the past fewRead More …


Activities in NOLA Chapter III – My Very First Guest Blogger, Randi Neff

Jeff & I went with Henry & Liz to the French quarter. We rode the trolley down Canal Street, but had to exit many blocks away from the river due to construction around a building that collapsed. Based upon Henry’s conversation with a local, everything was going fine in theRead More …


TWO Fun Nights In NOLA Chapter II

We were a group of nine travelers on our way to a 10 year anniversary in Plaquemine, LA. Seven of us arrived by rail, albeit over two hours late into New Orleans, the other two arrived by air. We decided on a two night layover in New Orleans before headingRead More …


Louisiana 2020 Chapter I

Ten years and ten months ago, 13 intrepid travelers made the journey from Western North Carolina to Plaquemine, Louisiana to be present for the Hinkle-Dean wedding. What a grand time we had, with most of us never having been to Plaquemine (a small rural town on the Mississippi River justRead More …


Cooking in Medellin – Chapter III

Looking back on our annual journey to Medellin, the highlight of that trip was the cooking class we took. Yes, four old farts absolutely enjoyed spending four hours at the market and in the home of our hosts learning how to make the “street food” of Columbia. We got toRead More …


A Fun and Informative Walk – Medellin 2020 Part II

We did some really neat activities and met some wonderful people on this week long journey to Medellin. In this installment I want to tell you about one of our activities. The first activity we signed up for was our free walking tour of Medellin. That’s right, I said “free!”Read More …


Don’t Know Where to Begin – Medellin 2020

Wow, so much happened in the last few weeks I find it hard to sort out where to begin. I went on a journey to Medellin, Columbia with my brothers, Gary and Rick, and close friend, Dr. Gary Jones. I promised myself to write everyday but that turned out toRead More …


Pubs – London 2019 – Chapter IV

Pubs are one of our favorite things to do while we are in London or anywhere in the UK or actually anywhere in del Mundo. The pubs in London have so much history and sadly they are disappearing at an alarming rate. It’s rather amazing and kinda kool to sitRead More …


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