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Tag Archives: Travel
Engelhartszell.
It wasn’t on our bucket list, or on any list at all. Yet looking back on our trip, I often revisit that Sunday morning in Engelhartszell as a favorite moment of our river cruise. Here we were, standing with a … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Danube River Cruise, Engelhartszell Austria, Engelszell Abbey, Europe, Life, river cruise, Tauck, Trappist monastery, Travel
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An der Donau
A wee glimpse of the Danube was ours as we headed to our coach to depart from Regensburg. This might have been the only photo I got where the Danube looked even nominally blue. We saw lots of green Danube, … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Danube River, Danube River Cruise, Germany, Life, M.S. Joy, river cruise, Tauck, Travel
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Pack your bags: Prague to Regensburg.
So this was the moment we’d been waiting for: someone else was going to lug around our luggage! I know, I know. How can that even be a deal? You just heft that overstuffed carry-on in and out of the … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Danube River Cruise, Europe, group travel, Life, motor coach, Prague, Regensburg Germany, river cruise, Tauck, Travel
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Traveling with the herd.
Oh they are smart, these Tauck professionals. They could tell some of us were outliers, the nervous renegades at the edge of the herd, snorting and stomping at the idea of being rounded up. So they gentled us in to … Continue reading
Never say never: two loners join a group tour.
We aren’t exactly well traveled, but we travel well together. The CE and I have a travel rhythm that works for us. I am the scout, researching and planning. He is the explorer, bravely heading out into new territory to … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Europe, group tour, Life, Lobkowicz Palace Prague, Prague, Quiet Susan Cain, river cruise, Tauck, Travel
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King of the Castles: Česky Krumlov
Where in the world were we? We’d barely scratched the surface of Prague, but our time there was short (too short!) so off we went on a day trip. In this land of umlauts, carons and alarming strings of consonants … Continue reading
Posted in Life, Travel
Tagged Cesky Krumlov, Czech Republic, Europe, Life, Prague day trip, PragueWalker, Travel
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Prague-ability: 100%
Would we like Prague? For reasons unknown, in my mind’s eye I had conjured a place of dark, narrow medieval streets, a city suited to woodcut illustrations. So my expectations were low as we alit from the train at Praha … Continue reading
