Category Archives: Travel
Cruising up the Rhine, part 3: trips ashore (days 1 to 5)
The top reason why Maggie and I chose to go on this cruise was the program of excursions to interesting places along the route, none of which we had visited before. There was one excursion every day covered by the … Continue reading
Cruising up the Rhine, part 2: brushing through the locks
If the volume of commercial freight traffic that we passed on the Rhine River was an interesting novelty for Maggie and me, what words can I use to adequately characterise how we felt about passing through the locks on the … Continue reading
Cruising up the Rhine, part 1: on board
It is unlikely that Maggie and I will become ‘frequent cruisers’. Money, or the lack thereof, is one reason; ship-based touring is expensive! And we’re not the ‘boating’ type of person; not sure what that is but I do know … Continue reading
Amsterdam: accessible, interesting, relaxed and enjoyable
Our recent travels in Europe began with three full days in Amsterdam. Our accommodation was located in one of the older districts of this famous city, giving us efficient access to the main sights by a combination of the frequent … Continue reading
Monet’s marvellous garden
One of the highlights of our recent travels in Europe was a day-trip to ‘Monet’s Garden’, in the small village of Giverny, west of Paris. Claude Monet and his family rented the property from 1883-90, then purchased it and set … Continue reading
Jet lag? Pfft! Wait ’til palate lag gets you!
At 3pm on Friday 16 September, Maggie and I boarded a train in the French city of Rouen, to commence our return journey to Melbourne. 32 hours later, at 7am Melbourne-time on Sunday the 18th, we wrangled our luggage and … Continue reading
Une belle image de Saumur
I took this beautiful photo of Chateau Saumur from our hotel window this morning. Maggie and I are spending three nights in this picturesque Loire Valley city. We are three weeks into our visit to Dubai and Europe but this … Continue reading
Planes, trains and automobiles … and a longship …
… will soon (10 sleeps!) be taking us to, and around, north-western parts of Europe. The first plane will take us from Melbourne to Dubai, where we will spend 48 hours. We have a short list of, mostly, inexpensive sight-seeing, … Continue reading
Rick and Maggie's food and travel adventures 