For my first post in quite a while, I chose to write about Kennywood, the historic amusement park. Kennywood is a historic park because it has many old, wooden and rickety rides. This week we had our first visit to the park in several years, needless to say it was a lovely visit full of …
In Olympia we had a nice guided tour of the museum and temple ruins. We learned the truth of the not so old torch ceremony, and pretended to race each other across the finish line (I won of course!). Starting with our tour of the museum we realized it was very helpful to have a …
Yoga week retreat was a fun relaxing way to spend some extra time we had on our hands. Every morning we would get up at, the not fun hour of, seven o’clock to get ready for yoga at eight. Yoga was generally ninety minutes long and in the morning was almost always vinyasa flow. Breakfast …
Pompeii and Herculaneum were both well established cities by 79 AD. They were both near to the sea and had strong shipping routes and money inflow. There was an abundance of nobles who came to the cities to watch the arena fights and bet on who would win. The slaves were probably less thrilled about …
Who likes sweets? I know I do! We’ve had lots of fun trying all the yummy confections around Nice. We had ice creams, chocolates, candied fruit, and my personal favorite macaroons! The places to get the sweets were also very nice. There was a flower market that was open almost every day and it didn’t …
We recently rented a narrowboat to travel England and Wales via the canals. We traversed the canals for two weeks and I have some fun stories to tell about our time. For those who don’t know how the locks work, here is a short summary: We open the paddles (the things that let the water …
We recently went to the WB studio’s Harry Potter exhibit where they filmed and prepared all 8 movies. On the bus ride there (the bus was a double decker bus!) we watched thrilling scenes from the movies and some upcoming movie trailers on the in-bus television as well as hearing about WB studios!!! When we …
On our great cruise across the Atlantic we had dinner in the Britannia restaurant almost every night. The restaurant was different than others we had been to, which was to be expected because we were on a cruise. It was also quite a bit fancier than anything Jack and I had attended before. The first …
We’ve been visiting a bunch of places in and around Charleston, SC recently. We have been to several forts, visited special trees, had delicious ice tea and ice cream, relaxed on the beach, ate Cajun food, spent time with old friends and made new ones. Jack and I divided up our recent activities and each …
Last Friday we went to Ocmulgee mounds and it was quite an interesting visit. Ocmulgee mounds is located near Macon, GA. The contract to establish the park was signed in 1936 by President Franklin Roosevelt naming the park, Ocmulgee National Monument, though in 2019 the park was renamed Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park. Before the …
