We worked hard to see everything on the list Laura made for this trip. There were a few things that didn’t happen because of either logistics or time, but we did pretty good. The last big thing on the list… Read More ›
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A Dash Through France and England 2017 Part 9: Stonehenge, Salisbury and Bath
Because I’d been to London before, I decided I might prefer to book a tour to Stonehenge on our 2nd full day in London. Stonehenge has long been on my “must see” list. I thought the rest of the crew… Read More ›
A Dash Through France and England 2017 Part 8: London-continued
The day that got away… I knew when I was planning this trip that something was going on in London during the weekend we’d be there -but no matter how I googled it, I couldn’t find out what event(s) were… Read More ›
Part 9 -Bruges!
The engines fired up early this morning and as soon as the lift bridge was open for business – we were headed to Bruges. There was another birthday this week – Someone got ice cream for breakfast! The original… Read More ›
Part 8 -Ghent to Bruges (or not!)
I thought our departure from Grand Rapids by taxi got the d’aventure part of the adventure out of the way early. Little did I know that today would be a bit more interesting than it was supposed to be. Plan… Read More ›
Part 7 -Middelburg to Ghent
It was supposed to be the worst day of the whole trip weather-wise …Thunderstorms! Lightning! Pouring rain. It definitely started out that way! Oh yeah -Happy Birthday to me! As we were eating breakfast this morning, the barge motored a… Read More ›
Part 6 -Zierikzee to Middelburg
Happy Birthday to Mike! Mike likes to check the weather, especially when we’re traveling. As the week wore on, he became the “go to” guy for the weather report when the group was asking what to expect. Marcel (our guide)… Read More ›
