Category Trips
Peru – Arequipa, Part Two
July 16-18 With a busy day ahead of us, we were up early and hit the breakfast buffet to make sure we had sufficent energy to last through the morning. Another good selection of proteins, carbohydrates, and sweet things greeted us, and the bonus was sitting outside on the patio, the sun warming us nicely […]
Peru – Lima/Arequipa,
July 16-18 After introductions with the group in the lobby and a quick check to make sure we had all we needed for the rest of the evening, we exited the Pullman, climbed into what would be the first of many transit vans (12-passengers plus) and drove to the Huaca Pucillana Restaurant, which sits directly […]
Peru – Lima, Part Three
July 14-16 With a full day to kill before meeting up with our tour leader and group at 6:00 pm, we used a QR code on our welcome note to check out available day tours in Lima. We were delighted to see the Lima Discovery Experience tour for that day in the afternoon that would […]
Peru – Lima, Part Two
July 14-16 Our flights went smoothly, and arriving around 5 in the morning in Lima, we cleared customs quickly, although there was some confusion as they asked to see our boarding passes from the flight, but as we had used our phones, those passes had expired and were removed from our devices. Recognizing that we […]
Peru – Lima, Part One
July 14-16 And then finally, after more than two years of planning, starting, stopping, starting, and stopping, we found ourselves getting ready to fly to Peru for a two-week tour with Intrepid, the folks that took us to the Nile River in Egypt in 2019. We’d booked the Premium Peru In Depth tour, which would […]
Spring North Carolina 2023, Part Three
April 18 – May 2 The next day was full of errands Rendy needed to run and just generally spending time together until it was time for dinner when Ann joined us, and we journeyed to The Prescott which also happened to be located in Kernersville. Touted as a farm to table dining experience, I […]
Spring North Carolina 2023, Part Two
April 18 – May 2 As mentioned in the earlier post, as soon as we pulled up to Wye Hill Brewing, I recognized having been there before. It was in 2009 when we lived in Charlotte and I had just purchased our 2007 BMW 335 and took off on a Friday to drive to Raleigh […]
Spring North Carolina 2023, Part One
January 31 – February 2, April 18 – May 2 With my hip replacement scheduled for the middle of February, we decided to get in one last road trip before I would have to begin another three months of convalescence. Taking advantage of a winter promotion in Yosemite where if one purchased two nights of […]
Europe 2022 – Conclusion Part Two
June 2 – 28 For this trip, transportation expense was more than for a typical road trip as we purchased those Eurail passes, which were still an incredible bargain in terms of the number of individual trips and the distance we traveled. If we were to have purchased single tickets for each of our legs, […]
Europe 2022 – Europe 2022, Conclusion Part One
June 2 – 28 As we wrap up this trip, we’ll examine how it differed from some in the past in that although we were cost conscious, we weren’t obsessive about it and has been a more recent pattern for us, did not include any camping. This naturally makes the total expense higher as indoor […]
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