I wanted a quiet day, so while Bruce went off to the pubs I spent time with my kitty cat charges and tried to catch up on my blog. In the...

We had five days in Manchester between sits and I spent all of them holed up in the Airbnb with bronchitis. Guess my diet didn't stave...

It was our last day in Glasgow and was, once again, bitterly cold. There were a couple of museums that I wanted to visit but they would...

On the coldest day yet, Bruce and I started out from the Dalmarnock flat for The Hill House, a property owned and managed by the National...

I was told that if I were in Glasgow I should make the trip to Stirling Castle. It is on e of the largest and most historically and...

The narration on the Hop-on Hop-off bus had informed us that the Riverside Museum had been named "European Museum of the Year" in 2013 so...

At our hosts' recommendation, I booked tickets on the Hop-on Hop-off Glasgow bus for two days. Our plan was to take the bus as far as the...

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...