Day 1 – Rabaul, Duke of York Islands and Captain’s Welcome Board Oceanic Discoverer at 2:00pm for a 3:00pm departure. We are surrounded by a backdrop of six towering volcanoes as we meet our fellow travellers. Later, join the Expedition Leader and local guide to visit the nesting ground of the megapodes, a native bird … Read more
With David Galloway we stayed at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin from December 6, went on to Leipzig on December 11, then Prague, and finally Vienna on December 17 to see Don Giovanni.
Japan itinerary 11/2: Arrive Tokyo, David at 8:35 a.m. and Daniel and Judith at 2:25 p.m. Stay in Tokyo. 11/3: Tokyo Mitsui Garden Hotel Ginza Premier 8 13 1 Ginza Chuo-ku Tokyo, 11/4: Tokyo 11/5: Tokyo (David lectures at the University of Tokyo on the development of the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art.) 11/6: Kyoto … Read more
On the East Africa trip I started by myself and then met Judith in Dar es Salaam. I started in Nairobi on September 6. Flew to Entebbe and toured the botanical gardens. Bus to Kampala where there were storks everywhere. Bus to Kigali, Rwanda. Flight to Dar es Salaam Flight to Beho Beho camp Then … Read more
In May of 2011, after a few days in Paris, we flew to San Sebastián, Spain, where we toured the wine region and ate at Arzak. We then went to Bilbao and on to Bordeaux, where we met up with Kelly McAuliffe for a tour of some of the best châteaux.
ADDIS ABABA –JAN 4 Day 1- Arrive in Addis Ababa and meet one of our representatives in the airport and transfer to the Hotel. Addis Ababa is a pleasant city with wide avenues of jacarandas, interesting museums and one of the largest open air markets in Africa, known as the “Mercato.” Overnight Wasamar hotel … Read more
Cory and Betty organized the Romania trip with us and Sandy and Keith. We visited Bucharest, Sibiu, Sighișoara and Brașov.
This was our first Edinburgh Festival. We saw: What Becomes and End Jacobite Country Martin Creed Speechless Gyles Brandreth The Sun also Rises Simon Callow Dylan Thomas Hamlet, the Musical Vieux Carré The Vaudevillians You’re not like other Girls Cannes Memoirs of a Biscuit Tin The Author Ali McGregor
We took a road trip through Colmar, Strasbourg, the Alsace wine country and the Bugatti museum (Cité de l’Automobile) in Mulhouse. .
We spent seven weeks in Ubud, from January 7 to February 23. It was very hot and humid—not the season to go to Bali.
Day 1 Arrive Antananarivo (Tana) Arrive in Antananarivo at any time. DMMP Day 2-3 Andasibe-Mantadia National Park Visit the world-renowned upland rainforest, also known as Perinet Reserve, home of the unique Indri, the world’s largest lemur. Day 4 Antsirabe Travel to Antsirabe, “Vichy Malgache”, a French colonial town. Along the road discover Merina tombs, … Read more
The 2009 Africa trip had three segments: safari camps and Victoria Falls in Botswana and Zambia; a round trip through the national parks of Madagascar; and a classic train ride through South Africa, with road trips to the wine country and along the Garden Route. In Botswana and Zambia we stayed at these safari camps: … Read more
