Passau, a German city on the Austrian border, lies at the confluence of the Danube, Inn and Ilz rivers. Known as the Three Rivers City, it is overlooked by the Veste Oberhaus, a 13th-century hilltop fortress housing a city museum and observation tower. The old town below is known for its baroque architecture, including St. Stephen’s Cathedral, featuring distinctive onion-domed towers and an organ with 17,974 pipes. Continue reading “River Cruise – Passau”
A UNESCO World Heritage Site, Český Krumlov is famous for its Old Town, with 300 protected medieval buildings, and its castle complex, the second largest in the Czech Republic. Continue reading “River Cruse – Český Krumlov”
The next several posts will look back at our October 2015 River Cruise on the Danube from Prague to Budapest. We spent 3 days in Prague prior to boarding our riverboat for a 7 day cruise and 3 days in Budapest. Continue reading “River Cruise – Prague”
23 million years ago multiple volcanoes erupted, flowed, and slid to form what would become Pinnacles National Park. What remains is a landscape unlike any other. Travelers journey through grasslands, chaparral, oak woodlands, and canyon bottoms. Hikers enter rare talus caves and emerge to towering rock spires teeming with life: Prairie and Peregrine falcons, Golden eagles, and the inspiring California condor.[see more about this park – www.nps.gov/pinn/learn/nature/naturalfeaturesandecosystems.htm] Continue reading “Pinnacles – our newest National Park”
After spending Christmas in North Carolina we headed south for a week in Northeast Florida (first week in January) to scope out the area and see if it was a viable location in which to relocate our second home. Continue reading “Northeast Florida”
A sister’s weekend is always the very BEST! and while I am in NJ we always plan something special. This year we decided to visit NYC – specifically the 911 Memorial Museum & One World Observatory. Continue reading “Sisters NYC Weekend”
In January of 2016 we decided to take a quick get away using a free timeshare week that was expiring. It was a dart on the map selection were we could get reasonable flights in the time frame we had open. Continue reading “Mazatlán, Mexico”
A lot of work opening the shore house – cleaning, painting, constructing an outdoor railing (need to get it up to current code), cleaning deck furniture and decorating with flowers. So a break was need before moving on to tiling, finishing the bathroom vanity and everything else what ever they maybe. Continue reading “A Little Recreation during Chores”
It’s June 12th ( getting hot& humid and really blustery for the last 5 days- I like it) and we have been back in NJ since the 7th – I’ve been a bad blogger. My excuse – opening a shore house and trying to get projects accomplished so we can put it up for sale. This post is for those who miss NJ – or don’t – and for those who know nothing about the state. Continue reading “Back in New Jersey”
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