This is part of a series called Antactica Dec. 2017 – Jan. 2018 Fulfilling one of Deb’s “bucket list” must-dos, we decided to go to Antarctica over Christmas and New Years with Hurtigruten, a Norwegian cruise line that we had taken when we did the fjords of Norway some years back. Rather than fly all…
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From sunny Kennebunkport, we headed up to cloudy, cold, and often foggy Bar Harbor. Despite living in New England, I had never been to this area, so it was a new experience for both of us. Our primary focus was visiting Acadia National Park, but we also wanted to see the rest of Mount Desert…
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Since the first time visiting with the Boy Scouts at age 11, Cape Cod has always been one of my favorite places. Nearly every time I come back to New England, a stop in Cape Cod is almost assured. But just like so many other tourist areas, we always try to go off-season to avoid…
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We had originally intended on heading home after visiting Eastern Canada, but an unexpected, upcoming happy occasion is keeping us on the East Coast for a while. So we decided to spend some more time in New England. First stop was Kennebunkport and some of the other Southern Maine towns. As has been true for…
View MoreAfter our overnight train trip from Quebec City (which was quite fun), we arrived in Halifax. It was the first time for both Deb and I, so we really had no idea what to expect. It is actually a lovely city that, from the amount of development we saw occurring, must be doing quite well….
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This is part of a series called Eastern Canada 2017 After a pleasant stay in Montreal, we were off to Quebec City by train. Let me start by putting in a plug for Via Rail — this is the way train travel should be, from a first class waiting room and check-in area that would…
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This is part of a series called Eastern Canada 2017 After visiting family in CT, Deb and I decided to do a swing up to Eastern Canada, where my mother’s side of the family came from. To start our journey, we flew to Montreal, arriving in the cold and rain (always a risk when traveling…
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This is part of a series called African Safari 2016 We bracketed our Zanzibar visit with one night stays in Arusha. It seems like Arusha has always been a major center for safaris, game capture, etc. If you’ve seen the John Wayne movie “Hatari,” then you’ve seen Arusha. In fact, the Hatari Lodge (where some…
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This is part of a series called African Safari 2016 Zanzibar. Even the name sounds exotic. Zanzibar is actually an archipelago of islands (I won’t tell you the name of the main island we are staying on — you would never remember it and it doesn’t sound nearly as cool as Zzzzzanzibar!) — a few…
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After an amazing time in Masai Mara, we were ready to move to the adjacent Serengeti National Park. Theoretically, this would be an easy thing to do. However, Masai Mara is in Kenya and Serengeti is in Tanzania. Hence, we took a truck to get to an airfield that flew us to another airfield, where…
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