Port Of Call Ajaccio, Corsica

Ajaccio Is a city on the French Tyrrhenian Sea Island Of Corsica in the Mediterranean. Ajaccio has a lot to offer from great beaches to fine dining and a good helping of history. It is the ancestral home of Napoleon Bonaparte, and where he returned when he was sent into exile.Napoleon is a local heroContinue reading “Port Of Call Ajaccio, Corsica”

Cruise Port Warnemünde, Germany

Warnemünde, Germany isa small port located on the Baltic It’s a popular German summer resort town famous for its beaches , but it is also Germany’s main cruise port. It is also a favorite port of call because of its direct train service to Berlin. Where Your Ship Docks Because Warnemünde is Germany’s principle cruiseContinue reading “Cruise Port Warnemünde, Germany”

Image Of The Day • Window Shopping?

Walking down a street near the Sorbonne we passed a gallery where a woman was looking in the window. Somehow I didn’t take her as an art lover but I’m often wrong. C’est la vie… Sometimes an image just screams “grab me”. Such was the case as we strolled near a Paris college one afternoonContinue reading “Image Of The Day • Window Shopping?”

Todays Image • Let’s Get This Thing Started

While sitting in a park in Sintra, Portugal a toddler walked away from its mother and climbed onto a merry-go-round that wasn’t in operation .Just was just too good an opportunity to resist… Portugal is renowned for its Atlantic coastline with stunning beaches where you can find golden sands and clear blue waters. One ofContinue reading “Todays Image • Let’s Get This Thing Started”

A Portuguese Treat

Visiting Portugal? One thing not to miss is the Portuguese pastries and one in particular. While most European countries have every right to be proud of their baking, each area usually has a particular speciality they call their own. In Portugal it’s the Almofada. The ‘almofada’ (in English it’s pillow) refers to a pastry inContinue reading “A Portuguese Treat”

Todays Image • On A Stockholm Street Corner

A Grab Shot While On A Stockholm Bus We’d never heard of them and the name was just too irresistible, so I grabbed a shot from our bus as we went by.Turns out that Bastard Burgers is a popular burger chain in Stockholm. Some reviewers compared their burgers to Shake Shack in the U.S. ThereContinue reading “Todays Image • On A Stockholm Street Corner”