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Leaving Sunday for Miami for a short cruise to Roatan and Cozumel. I'm ready to leave the snow behind for awhile.
Belgium and Holland on a river cruise in late April.
-- Rita
I'm leaving for Chicago in an hour and I'm not happy about it.
I have a neat little trick to signal the lengthening of the days...I have a living room lamp coupled with a simple in-line timer control, available at any hardware store. On one of the shortest days when it is dark before my lamp turns on, I reset the timer to be ON right at dusk.Understandable, Ronstar! It is bleak and brrrrr-cold in Chicago right now. But look at it this way: The days are getting longer. No longer is it dark at 4:00 PM.... Spring is coming! Or, rather, if the days are longer, then perhaps spring is here!
Alan said:We are planning to rent a house for 6 months in Guisborough England. Trying to get a furnished house for end of March. We lived there '79 to '85 and both children were born there, christened in the same church as many of my direct ancestors over the past 300 years.
Yes, a Grand Circle Tour which files you into Antwerp where you board the boat and then cruise to Amsterdam with daily stops along the way. Fly home from Amsterdam.That sounds interesting. Any more details to share?
Alan, I don't know if you are a US citizen or a green card holder, but if you are going to be out of the US that long and are a green card holder (not a US citizen) please be sure to get a re-entry permit. Immigration/homeland security officers can get real cranky if you are out too long...believe me, I speak from experience. (DW is Japanese, a green card holder, and we live in Japan. It use to be that if you were simply back in the states once every few months they were OK...now they get cranky and send you to a holding room while they try to figure things out).
Have a good time.
R
Looks like a great trip ! Enjoy !Yes, a Grand Circle Tour which files you into Antwerp where you board the boat and then cruise to Amsterdam with daily stops along the way. Fly home from Amsterdam.
See Holland and Belgium in Springtime (2011) | GCT
So before HaHa asks me why I'm flying to Europe to see the Tulips when I could drive to the little town of La Conner, just north of Seattle: less traffic!
-- Rita
We are off to the southern caribbean for a three week period. We leave the first week of Feb. and will spend one week on Tortolla and then two weeks on a cruise ship touring the southern caribbean. We are both ready to get out of the cold weather and slip back into our shorts and sandals.
Yes, a Grand Circle Tour which files you into Antwerp where you board the boat and then cruise to Amsterdam with daily stops along the way. Fly home from Amsterdam.
See Holland and Belgium in Springtime (2011) | GCT
So before HaHa asks me why I'm flying to Europe to see the Tulips when I could drive to the little town of La Conner, just north of Seattle: less traffic!
-- Rita
Just booked our annual trip to Italy for April. We are spending a week in Florence this year.
Just wondering where you stay when you go to Florence? Do you have a decent hotel suggestion?
Going to Panama in March.