November 12, 2015

It's been a while since I sat down to write in my travel blog. The last three years have changed me. I lost my mother in 2014. The dearest, sweetest woman anyone could ever know. Truly the closest thing to an earth angel. So most of my travel since the Camino was to Weirton WV.

Last year I turned the magic age of...( you can probably guess) and spent my birthday as I always dreamt it to be at an outside cafe in Rome Italy surrounded by my children, friends and family. There were 17 of us in all . Italian music appeared out of nowhere playing Happy Birthday along with vintage Italian accordian tunes.

We finished the night at my cousin's villa on his terrace .

A wonderful memory I will always cherish.

In a few weeks I am taking a Viking River Cruise mainly to experience European Christmas Markets.
We start in Paris for two nights, then travel through south west Germany on the Rhine River ending in Nuremberg then to Prague for a few days then home.

I have devised an escape plan from the cruise if it gets boring. I'm thinking of leaving the cruise for a couple of days flying from Frankfurt to Rome staying with my cousin Achille the heading to Prague to pick up the tour at the end.

Always need an escape plan :-)

So my travel blog has been reactivated. Here's hoping there are many adventures to follow.  Thanks for reading.