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It’s Wednesday, June 14, and our long-awaited cruise to Iceland, Norway, Belgium, Netherlands, and England leaves out of Reykjavík, Iceland tomorrow afternoon. center We usually get up between 3-4 a.m. to catch an early flight to our vacation destinations, so it was nice to have a mid-morning flight for a change. Our itinerary: Upgrade to … Read more
Tuesday, April 26, 2022 We woke up docked in Trieste, Italy and had breakfast comprising uneaten yogurt from yesterday and some of the fruit that’s always in the suite. The port of Trieste from our balcony: (Hover to enlarge photos. After disembarking, we hopped on a bus for a 2.5-hour ride to Venice that turned … Read more
~Sunday~ And our month-long Cape Cod adventure—working really remotely—comes to an end. It was a nice change of pace, with seeing friends and family the highlight, and we’re thrilled to be heading back to our home—with all of its creature comforts—that we love. We left Eastham, MA at 7 a.m. and pulled into our driveway … Read more
~Saturday~ We said goodbye to Vivian and Jeff early this morning as they started the long (~13.5-hour) trek home to Greenville, NC. We decided that we’re going to head home tomorrow instead of waiting until Monday, and we spent part of the morning packing. We took a 2.5-mile walk before lunch, a part of which … Read more
~Friday~ It was a post-celebration and drizzly day, and after a ride up to Provincetown, we mostly just chilled. In P-town, we stopped at the Pilgrims First Landing Spot, and then drove slowly down the narrow main street, which is called Commercial Street. [T]though many in this country know the story of the Mayflower, some … Read more
~Thursday~ We started the day-long celebration of Vivian’s 60th birthday with a trip to the Chatham Pier Fish Market for a lobster roll. Our feeding frenzy included—Vivian and John enjoying the buttered lobster roll, Bob enjoying the grilled salmon burger, and Jeff enjoying the regular lobster roll: Buttered Lobster Roll: Fresh lobster meat tossed in … Read more
~Wednesday~ With more reading after visiting that cemetery on Sunday, I realized that that’s not the cemetery where those 3 Mayflower passengers were buried. To that end, Vivian and I went looking for the “real” Cove Burying Ground, which was a couple of miles away from the one we went to on Sunday. Cove Burying … Read more
~Tuesday~ It was a beautiful weather day to take the ferry to Martha’s Vineyard. We drove down to Falmouth (about an hour) to catch the ferry from Woods Hole to Vineyard Haven. The Steamship Authority ferry From the top deckAlso from the top deck The mast The mask Fairies on the ferry Arriving at Martha’s … Read more
~Monday~ We made the 1.5-hour drive to Fall River and back where Vivian and I showed Jeff and Bob many of the places we lived in that city. Fall River is where both of our parents and their families are from, and we moved around a lot in that area as my dad did a … Read more
~Sunday~ We showed Vivian and Jeff the Nauset Light lighthouse and beach, and they re-created the Cape Cod chip bag pic, and then we stopped by the Eastham Windmill and Memorial Buoy Tree. We had lunch at home, and then walked around the Evergreen Congressional & Soldiers Cemetery, marks the site of Eastham’s second meeting … Read more