Why Tasmania? At first, I was simply intrigued by the name and reminisced about the cartoon of the Tasmanian Devil from my childhood....

Before I arrive, local headlines had me scared with words like cyclones, catastrophic bushfires, and blistering heat waves, but none of...

"No Worries' is a familiar phrase here in Sydney, similar to 'you're welcome.' After a week in Sydney, Australia, following a luxurious...

Now for the next phase of the trip with my sista Lisa!!! What a week. We rented a car (drove on the left side of small roads with lots...

Just a short stop to Liverpool by train to do laundry and regroup before meeting up with my sister Lisa in Scotland. It's been a very...

The famous Cliffs of Moher. We were able to see it in stormy and mild weather, both beautiful. The wind and rain were going sideways at...

A man sitting alone on a bar stool, stares at his full pint of Guinness as if in deep meditation.  Slowly he brings this cold, dark,...

Here is the Exeter Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter with Its high gothic ceiling bright and light from a recent...

And now on the ferry to Dublin from Holyhead. Premium Plus - wonderful. I can tell this ferry ride is not going to be long enough. St...

All aboard the HMS Victory built in the 1700s and famously known as the flagship of Lord Nelson from the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. ...

Already a week in England and Wales, we are now on the ferry to Ireland from Holyhead Wales.  Janice, Dean, Dan and myself crammed our...

This is my final post for Budapest as I head out to Bavaria tomorrow for a week to visit Gabbi and Roland. I am so glad I took this week...

I visited the Dohany Street Synagogue today, which is the largest synagogue in Europe and second largest in the world built in the...

My dream - so many natural hot thermal baths in Budapest; however, they were packed. Oh well. I still enjoyed floating in the warm...