We planned to take the Hop On Hop Off Bus in Liverpool. It worked well for us in London, and we expected the same in our newest city. We found the stop closest to the cruise ship but learned something new as we purchased our tickets. It was twelve pounds for an all-day ticket and …
Author: Robert
The People
I met several nice people on my cruise of the British Isles. Some were on the ship, and some were in the various ports where we stopped. I think we’re all more alike than different no matter where we live. We hired four different Uber drivers in London and private cars in Glascow and the …
Normandy
We visited Normandy through the port of Lavre, France last Monday. We stopped at the German burial field first where 21,200 German soldiers are buried in graves of two. The American cemetery just down the road holds 9,387. I’m told there are a total of twenty-one military cemeteries in the region where 130,000 died. When …
Edinburgh, Scotland
We visited St. Andrews yesterday. It’s the home of golf. When the kids were young, Ruth and I took all three to the local par three golf course called Silver Lake. It’s on US 12 a few miles from our Lake LeAnn home. We’d go on Sunday afternoons. I don’t recall how many golfers I …
On Our Way To Orkney Islands – Kirkwall, Scotland
About a dozen ago, our entire family met in Montana. We stayed at the bed and breakfast. Ruth and I slept in the main house while the kids and their crews stayed in a couple of cabins on the property. We had a great time. We all went on a two hour horseback trail ride. …
Dear Old Ireland
I’m in Dublin today. We arrived an hour late due to intense fog but we’ll proceed on as planned.. I visited the Blarney Castle near Cork, Ireland yesterday. I didn’t kiss the Blarney stone like many people have. It didn’t seem sanitary to me. I guess I was channeling my inner Sheldon Cooper from The …
Dateline London
If you’re reading this on the day that it’s posted, I’m in London. I’m five hours ahead of my Michigan family and eight in front of my California kids. I assume my phone knows where I am as I’m using it to post the next several blogs. I’ve recorded previously written stories to share while …
On This Father’s Day
I’m heading to Europe today, Father’s Day. It’s a Father’s Day like none other I’ve had. I’m traveling with one of my David friends and his wife, Anne. Ruth and I had agreed to make the same trip with them two summers ago. We agreed on a Saturday and the following Tuesday Ruth had a …
Hilde
I’ve been a part of a couple match making sites for the past several months. I’m stepping away because I think I’ll have greater success on my own. I’ve met with about ten ladies since the first of October. We’ve shared coffee, or a drink, and a couple of lunches. I paid for some, sometimes …
Polliwogs and Lightning Bugs
I was driving down a country road the other day and as I passed over a bridge, I saw two shirtless ten-year-olds fishing. They were standing on the bank watching their lines and laughing. I smiled to myself and thought back to a simpler time from my youth 500 North Edgeworth has a park on …