Romania 2010
Cory and Betty organized the Romania trip with us and Sandy and Keith. We visited Bucharest, Sibiu, Sighișoara and Brașov.
Cory and Betty organized the Romania trip with us and Sandy and Keith. We visited Bucharest, Sibiu, Sighișoara and Brașov.
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
After Madagascar we toured South Africa. First we took a rail trip across the country from Pretoria to Cape Town. After a few days in Cape Town we drove to the Cape Winelands and then along the Garden Route on the southern coast.
After retiring, we spent a month in Hong Kong and then traveled around China. We went to Guilin, Yangshuo, Yuzi Paradise art park, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Chengdu and Chongqing, then took a river cruise toward Shanghai. 2007 Hong Kong from mid-February to mid-March. Apartment on the 26th floor of a tower above Pacific Place. Food … Read more
After retirement Judith and I rented a place in Hong Kong for a month at Pacific Place. Before that, I spent a week at a Buddhist monastery in Thailand, where I damaged my knee. From Hong Kong we took a trip to Macau and then an extended trip through China.
Carolyn, Judith and I took the National Geographic cruise of the Galápagos.
Our first trip to Japan included Tokyo, Kyoto, Yufuin, Kumamoto, Hakone, Miyajima Island and Takayama.
For Judith’s 50th birthday we went to La Bastide de Moustiers, Alain Ducasse’s inn in Moustiers-Sainte-Marie.
I met Judith through an ad in the Bay Guardian. We talked on the phone, then met for a drink, and then had our first date at Pearl’s jazz club.