Somehow, one of my pictures got left off yseterdays blog so the last three captions got out of sync. I'll repost the missing photo and you can figure out the long walk was Elizabeth walking through woods (NOT the creek as caption would appear) and the reward at end is my dessert.... read more

It's Thursday and I haven't posted due to a lack of an internet connection. Actually I would have posted Tuesday's blog before leaving Germany, but I was abruptly reminded in the wee hours Wednesday morning of the Cardinal Rule of writing electronically: SAVE EARLY AND SAVE OFTEN. I'm not sure what I did, but it doesn't really matter now. Suffice it to say that after writing a near epistle, this handy dandy little iPad slipped and one of my fat fingers (it's a good thing I didn't become a proctologist) hit something and "poof" everything was gone! But I was able to summarize it, more or less, on the long train ride to Paris yesterday (Wednesday). Basically, Tuesday was long. We saw lots, I mean LOTS, of castles. We started by cruising down the Rhine, then ... read more

They say getting there is half the fun. Well, I'll save that old axiom until we get there, literally. Until then, this is just "kick-off" entry to announce we are finally on our way. And aren't I glad! Finally is an understatement, but all the hard work planning and organizing (and preparing and procuring and packing) is all going to be worth it. This is going to be a trip of a lifetime...... read more