Yea, I slept in after last night. I could have slept till noon. However, when you hear the bedroom door slam, you might want to get up. I get up, showered and dressed in record time. As I’m walking into the breakfast area, Helga is watching me and then looks at Kirsten. She lowers and shakes her head as I pass her toward Kirsten. We have a delightful breakfast and as I’m eating, Kirsten is giving me today’s schedule. Of course, I’m paying attention. All I can think about is napping while we drive to Karlsruhe. First, we drive to Karlsruhe, we swing by the Bahnhof (Train Station). Bea and Caroline are flying into Stuttgart this morning and then they are taking the train to Karlsruhe. We circle the train station once and see them on ... read more

July 13, 2023 – Touch down in the Father Land I wake up to something or someone tickling my hand, it’s Kirsten and they are setting down my breakfast in front of me. “Vould yous like some koffee Her Wangan?”. Ya, Ya. Kirsten ordered me the 3-cheese quiche, talk about rich I could only eat half of it. The koffee was GREAT. We’re landing and I’m thinking the pilot is bring in this plane in hot, or Maverick from TopGun is flying. We are off the plane and head to immigration, Kirsten goes first, as she speaks German like she’s lived her all her life. I go next, he looks at me, then looks toward Kirsten walking away and says Kirsten’s husband. Yea, that’s my name. He stamps my passport and I move on. Kirsten asks ... read more

March 27 – 30 - What could possibly go wrong..... We had a wonderful evening after leaving Madeira, first dinner, then the main show and we strolled through all the piano bars sipping our wine. We will have a day at sea and then arrive in Casablanca tomorrow morning. This is why Kirsten picked this cruise. Everyone on the ship is buzzing around and talking about Casablanca and where to go and what to do. Lots to see. The ship’s captain is Italian, the cruise director is British, we’re sailing to Southampton (by the way...this is where the Titanic launched from). What could possibly go wrong....... It’s noon the next day at sea, Kirsten and I are having a wonderful lunch in the pizza café. The captain comes on the announcement system updating us on our ... read more

April 6 – Say Cheese Please For breakfast this morning Kirsten suggest we split an English breakfast. I’m all in. We have eaten our way across the Atlantic and throughout Cornwall. I’m still full of the Fish & Chips and beers from last night. We loaded the car and said our goodbyes to the pub owners. I think they were ready to offer Kirsten a job! I stepped in and said, “wow look at the time Kisty, we need to get on the road”. Our journey is coming to an end. We are heading northeast toward Heathrow Airport. Last night, the pub owner suggested we visit Cheddar. Yes, that’s the name of the village. However, before we get there, we’ll be stopping at Burrow Mump, there is an unfinished church sitting on top of this truly ... read more

April 4 – St Michael’s Mount ..... After a good night sleep, let me say that again, I mean a great night’s sleep we had our breakfast, packed the car and were on our way to St Michael’s Mount. You might think we’re going to France to see Mont St Michelle, nope! We’re in England, and one of the main things we wanted to see was St Michael’s Mount. Ok, quick history lesson. In France, a bunch of monks build Mont St Michelle, when one of the many different King of England was in France conquering the French, he really liked Mont St Michelle, and said “I got have one of these” and I have an island just like this one. He then took some of the monks back to Cornwall and said build me St ... read more