The walking tour of York had been so good that I booked us a walking tour of Glasgow. I'm so glad I did. As I was wandering around...

We left our lovely Airbnb and hopped an Uber to the train station where we killed a couple of hours in the Duke of York pub. We were...

On the walk from the flat into town there's a street with a bit of street art. It was a nice start to a day of art. At the York Art...

Leaving the Bloc hotel at Gatwick airport, we walked to the train stion – conveniently located at the airport - and travelled to London...

Shortly before our cruise ended, the very talkative woman next to us explained that the Havila Polaris isn't a cruise ship at all, it's a...

Most of our stops have been just long enough to load cargo but there is usually one port every day when shore excursions are offered. ...

The big, interesting port was meant to be Trondheim, but the night before we were to call there, we hit a force 5 storm. That was also...

It sounds peevish to say, but this ship is really quite boring. The astrological lectures so far have been nice, but that's 30-45...

On the bucket list after "Safari" was "See the Northern Lights." I wasn't sure where or how to do this, then I got the Royal...

We called an Uber to take us from our hotel to the Paris North train station. It should have taken about 30 minutes but we had a very...

I've mentioned that I'm a fan of whimsy so you can imagine how excited I was when I heard that there is an automaton clock called "The...

I wasn't going to take any chances today so I made my reservation for the special exhibition at the Petit Palais ahead of time. The day...

The thing about Paris is that a lot things share names. Imagine being in Seattle and wanting to go to the Space Needle. You plug the...

A scour of the internet found an exhibition that I thought would be great fun, "Stephen Jones, Chapeau d'Artiste." Stephen Jones designs...

Upon arrival in Paris, I had an idea of what I wanted to do and set about trying to book tickets. Maybe it's because I've been sewing a...

The Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery is a vast building which is, I'm told, usually filled with wonderful treasures and takes hours to...

We spent time with Bruce's lovely relatives in a town outside of Ghent, Sint-Martens-Latem. There were wonderful meals and lots of...

Our second day in Brussels Bruce spent beer hopping and I started walking. Close to our hotel is the Church of Sainte Catherine. Belgium...

We left our lovely cat sit and headed to Birmingham to catch the train to Euston Station, London. We walked from there to St. Pancras...

Brum - nickname for Birmingham Brummie - nickname for someone from Birmingham. I took the train from Olton into Brum and then walked...