Sometimes, I am as giddy as a seven year old, and I love it. Today was a perfect example as I discovered the spinach seeds I planted a week ago have now pushed through the earth. See what I mean? Don’t they usually conduct experiments in school like this when kids are about seven? I’m not even apologizing for my exuberant enthusiasm.I know, I know… my desires to dance a little and titter like a school child may have been a bit overboard, but for years, I’ve wanted a small vegetable garden. Time, Continue Reading
The AB Seas of Greece
Our travel agent, Joy, of Classic Travel in Okemos, Michigan, really encouraged us to take our recent cruise. Not that we needed a push as we were already considering Mediterranean cruises, but she wanted us to take this specific cruise, because it would give us the chance to visit Santorini and Mykonos. Mama Mia, am I glad we listened. I've chosen to write about Greece last because as I reflect on the entire trip and time in Italy, Turkey and Greece, I have finally decided, Greece was my Continue Reading
Pompeii – Well Worth The Trip
Pompeii. I had a brief recollection of it but to be honest, it had been filed in the deeper recesses of my brain, so long ago, I couldn't tell you much about it. But friends here at home and on the cruise told us “You must visit Pompeii. You’ll be blown away by it”. And I was. If your mind is at all like mine, let me dust it off a bit. Pompeii was a city of south of Naples, Italy, that was obliterated by the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79. That’s right – 2094 years ago. It was covered with Continue Reading
Turkey and all the Fixin’s
One of the greatest benefits of traveling is the opportunity to dispel stereotypes and misplaced notions about people or areas. That is exactly what happened to me in Turkey. I certainly wasn’t expecting camels and donkeys, but I also wasn’t expecting the large harbor filled with pleasure boats as we sailed into Kusadasi, a beautiful modern port city of 110,000 that was our gateway to Ephesus.We opted for a four hour bus tour of Ephesus that gave us the highlights, but not time to go exploring Continue Reading