Our Viking River Cruise Grand European Tour: Day 2 – Budapest At around 9 am, we dragged ourselves out of bed and headed down to breakfast. Lots of goat cheese available today, so I was a happy bunny and Jon tucked into Eggs Benedict. Eggs Benedict Made to Order...
< Our Viking River Cruise Grand European Tour: Day 1 – Budapest After a good night’s sleep, we showered (did I mention it’s a great shower with lots of classy toiletries!) and headed down to the restaurant for breakfast. Breakfast was buffet style with extras, such...
So, bags packed and ready some European river cruising; we strolled across Budapest’s iconic Chain Bridge to where the Viking Bragi, our riverboat hotel for the next two weeks, awaited us. Even though we had arrived a little early (well we were excited!!!), we were...
When the Aria Hotel, the best hotel in Budapest, indeed the number one hotel in the world (Tripadvisor Travelers’ 2017 Choice Awards) offered us a place to stay in Budapest before our “Grand European Tour” on the world’s number one river cruise...
Carcassonne, France is famous for the UNESCO World Heritage Site Cité de Carcassonne, a medieval fortress and walled city located in the south of France. Its strategic location on the Aude plain, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, has made it a...
Cannon fire at the Reenactment of Battle of Vimeiro, Portugal To see more images of the Battle of Vimeiro click here or on any image. See also: Portugal Day Trip: Giant Puppets in Alcobaça What to See When You Visit Evora, Portugal Visit to Aveiro, Agueda, Costa Nova...
This piece was originally published on Next Avenue: One of the biggest goals of my career as an air traffic controller was to have a worry-free retirement. I envisioned a comfortable place where I could lie back and watch the world pass by, where I could...
Magic in Life Takes Place at the Edges of Our Comfort Zones Experience shows that the magic in life takes place at the edges of our comfort zones. By science [1], we know our minds grow by expanding our boundaries, trying new things and having some adventure. If we...
