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Tonight, I looked at some of Mom’s photos from her trip.  One of my favorites was from when she was in Santorini, Greece.  It looks a lot like the top photo on this guide about traveling to Santorini that I found. Mom’s photo has a bush with hot pink/almost red flowers on the side of […]

Europe

Mom is leaving tomorrow to spend 24 days in Europe. She will be visiting Greece, Italy, Austria and Germany.
In Greece, she will visit Athens, Santorini, and Isthmia. In Italy, Bari, Salerno, Rome, Perugia, Pescia, and Sandrigo-Vicenza. In Austria, she will see Friesach and Radstadt and the visit will end in Munchen, […]

Buckley’s

When we got to the bed and breakfast (about half an hour away from Niagara Falls, Ontario), Chrissie and I saw a commercial for Buckley’s Cough medicine. The commercial had a bunch of big burly looking guys who were practically crying from the horrible taste of the cough medicine. We don’t have Buckley’s […]

Canada

When we first got to Canada, this is what I saw…

When it was my turn to go through customs, the customs officer wanted to see the photos I took while in line. Evidently, no photos are to be taken in the customs hall. I did not see any signs posted that stated this. […]

P2P in Europe

Tuesday and Wednesday, the People to People group was in Ireland… Dublin and Glendalough.
Thursday in North Wales…visited the Beaumaris Castle (of Edward I).
Friday they visited a Welsh school and the Great Orme Copper Mine.
Saturday, the group will be in Chester, Scotland and on Sunday in Stirling, Scotland.

People to People

As I mentioned in an earlier post, Mom is in Europe for 2 weeks. She flew out yesterday.
Today’s entry on the itinerary says:
Welcome to Ireland! Introductions to your People to People delegation manager and coach driver mark the commencement of your journey. They lead the way to the coach, where the adventure is just […]

Flights

I have been looking to find flights from here to my friend’s city for part of the week in June that my kids will be at church camp (12-18), but all the flights are so stinkin’ pricey!
Maybe I should do one of those sites where you enter the highest price you’ll pay & then if […]