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Irish Whiskey in Ireland September 2025
On September 7, 2025, while on a Rick Steve’s tour of Ireland, we visited Bob Griffin’s Bar in Dingle. Normán Ó Conchúir gave us a fascinating presentation on Irish Whiskey and provided samples for tasting. I recorded his amusing presentation on my iPhone, and when I got home, disaster! I was unable to get the…
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Travel to Ireland, September 2025.
Maps of Ireland For anyone who will not have the time to read the details of our exciting and pleasurable journey, we had on our first trip to Ireland, allow me to summarize by saying it was a phenomenal experience, highly educational, enjoyable, well organized, professionally arranged, and executed through Rick Steves’ travel company. I…
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Countries where I have lived and visited
Countries where I have lived and visited. World Map Lived: South Africa Cape Town Johannesburg United States of America Wisconsin Visited: Southern Africa: Namibia Zimbabwe Mozambique North America: United States (Most of the contiguous 48 states) Alaska (49th State) Hawaii (50th State) Puerto Rico (Unincorporated U.S. territory) Canada Mexico Western Europe: England Belgium Denmark France…
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Tucson, Arizona February—March 2025
As I reflect on my nearly forty years in America, traveling across the country on vacation and business, I am always amazed by the diversity in this country in almost every aspect. The vegetation, the type of housing, the accents, the people, everything a kaleidoscope of enjoyable and admirable variety. Then too with added trips…
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Life under communist rule learned from our trip to Eastern Europe September 2024
During our cruise to Eastern Europe in September 2024, several of our tour guides shared with us some of their experiences growing up in their respective Communist countries
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Viking River Cruise to Eastern Europe September 2024
Viking River Boat cruise along the Danube, visiting the Eastern European countries of the Czech Republic (Czechia), Hungary, Croatia, Serbia, Bulgaria, and Romania, during September 2024. If anyone asks me if I would recommend a Viking cruise, the answer is unequivocally YES! We were treated like royalty, and the arrangements and experiences were all first-class. …
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Ruby Princess Cruise Alaska June 2024
For those not interested in reading all the details of our trip to Alaska aboard the Ruby Princess cruise ship, please appreciate that this was a first-in-a-lifetime experience for Linda and me. It was an amazing, scenic, and educational trip, with an opportunity to meet many people from several countries and see sights we had…
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Addison Barry Rock Climbing Competition April 13, 2024
Addison took part in the Wisconsin State Rock Climbing Competition
