May 10, 2018
Trattoria Dei 13 Gobbi

My 3 Favorite Florence Restaurants

I have been to Florence, Italy twice. The first was a day trip and the second was a four-night stay. I love to try new restaurants, […]
April 21, 2018
Mobile Mardi Gras Park

Mobile, a Great Weekend Getaway

Mobile, Alabama, a great weekend getaway Most people I know think of Mobile, Alabama as the place where the tunnel is when driving to the Alabama […]
March 25, 2018
Venice Italy

Venice, Explore the City of Canals

Venice is at the top of my list of visited cities to return to.  Venice is one of the most known places to visit in the […]
March 5, 2018
Osprey Sojourn & Samsonite High Sierra

Your Travel Shopping Guide for 2018

February 24, 2018
Florence Italy Skyline

Florence Italy, Our Amazing Visit

Florence Italy is a must see destination. one of my most favorite and also one of my least favorite cities. I hope I will be able […]
January 28, 2018
Old Lucerne from Lake Lucerne

Two Days in Lucerne Switzerland

Rosita and I arrived in the beautiful lake city of Lucerne, Switzerland by train at 5:30 PM on Wednesday. We started our journey from Cochem Germany […]
January 13, 2018
Cochem Germany River View

Three Day Visit to Cochem Germany

Recently Rosita and I visited Cochem Germany for 3 days and 4 nights. This is how we spent our time there. I think we hit most […]
January 3, 2018
Alilaguna Vaporetto in Venice Italy

The Boats of Venice Italy

One of the things that fascinated me about Venice, Italy is all of the different kinds of boats you see. There are no vehicles on the […]
December 26, 2017
Florence Italy Skyline

Traveling My Way – Preparing for the trip

Part 5 So for now the plane flights are booked and paid for. The hotels are booked. The train travel is planned, booked and paid for. […]
December 9, 2017
Traveling by Train in Switzerland

Traveling My Way – Booking Train Travel

Part 4 This is probably the most challenging, frustrating, and fun part of the planning process of the trip. I have never traveled on a train […]
December 3, 2017
Ponte Vecchio

Traveling My Way – Finding Flights and booking Hotel Rooms

Part 3  We have our basic time established so I started looking for flights. The flight schedules start coming out about 11 months prior to the […]
November 26, 2017
View of the Swiss Alps from Golden Pass Railroad

Traveling My Way – Starting the planning process

Part 2 My wife, Rosita, and started planning a trip to Europe late in 2016. We decided to go to Germany, Switzerland and Italy. We went […]
November 26, 2017
Traveling My Way Cochem Germany

Traveling my Way – How I planned a 2 week trip to Germany, Switzerland and Italy

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