It is Monday and the team is in meetings all day. I told Barbara I would meet her at the gym at 9am for Zumba. I have never Zumba'd before, but I used to be a cheerleader so how hard can this be? I get dressed in my workout gear and on the way to the Fitness Center I see this guy walking around with a hawk. They use hawks to keep the pigeons at bay but I can tell you from my lunch experience yesterday that it does not work, but this is a great photo. This guy has a great job!
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It's October in Boston and the RedSox are in the playoffs. I must get there to root, root, root for the home team! Well it just so happens that Bob was able to scare up some tickets for the opener against the Yankees, so GAME ON! Literally.
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We have been to Paris before. This is actually my third trip, though neither of the previous two were very long, nor is this one. Our first visit was five days, our second was two, and this one is even shorter. Between the first two trips we've managed to see a lot. Our first stop, of course, was the Eiffel Tower.
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It is early when we leave Milan this morning. The guys have a meeting in Hamburg, Germany which will last for several hours, and then we head to Paris, France. Three countries in one day. Flights are quick, though - 1.5 hours each. We can do this. A driver will pick us up in Germany and after he drops the men off he will drive me around to see the sights. I am in favor of this arrangement.
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We wake up in Milan on a sunny Sunday, Bob and Dean’s one day to take in the sights! Except we all sleep in until 10:30. This never happens, travel is getting the best of us! The guys need their rest, though, and we have a good 10 hours in front of us to explore Milan. And there is a plan.
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Our time in London ends just as the Royal Wedding begins. I did not witness "Royal Wedding Fever", maybe because the events are in Windsor, some 40 minutes away. But congrats, you two crazy kids!! Time to go to Italy. We land in Milan after a short (1.5 hour) but scenic flight which takes us over the Swiss Alps. They are beautiful, distinctive and capped in snow.
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Another sunny day in London. Bob is already gone by the time I wake at 8:30am. I open the shades, enjoy the view and order some breakfast. He is not here so I can order the most unhealthy thing I want, but I really want the avocado toast with spinach and poached eggs. I add a latte and and oj. Plus a side of bacon.
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I did manage to grab 4 hours of sleep on the plane, which is good, for me. Not a plane sleeper. We land at Heathrow only 15 minutes or so behind schedule, which is great! Border control, however, is a mess.
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We are spending 24 hours in Miami at the St. Regis Hotel in Bal Harbor before heading to London, Milan, Hamburg (7 hour layover) and Paris. This is a much shorter trip than our world tour. 10 days. Hop, skip and a jump.
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Today my beautiful neice Kara and her beautiful toddler baby girl Addison are picking me up at the Whitley Hotel in Buckhead, Georgia and taking me to the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and then to their home in Roswell Georgia, about 30 minutes away from Buckhead.
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Bob has been presented with an opportunity to attend the Masters Golf Tournament in Augusta, Georgia and he is ecstatic! He'll fly into Atlanta, spend a day in business meetings before the group heads to Augusta. Since I have family in the suburbs of Atlanta, I have decided to tag along and then split off.
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Sydney to L.A. to Park City (or, a 29 hour layover in Los Angeles). Our time in Australia has come to an end, but this country has a special place in my heart! Here are a few more pictures of Sydney and surrounds for you.
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We are at the Park Hyatt Hotel nestled directly under the Sydney Harbor Bridge with dead-on views of the Sydney Opera House. The harbor is busy and loud.
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We arrived in Tokyo last night at 4:00pm and leave at 10:00pm Thursday night. I am excited. We had dinner at the hotel last evening (see previous post) and I wake up Wednesday morning at 6 am feeling pretty chipper!
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Today we travel from Frankenberg to Tokyo by way of Frankfurt, Germany. We wake up at the Die Sonne and prepare to drive to Frankfurt for the afternoon before we fly to Japan.
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It's Sunday in Germany. The shops and restaurants are largely closed, unless it is a hotel. I like this concept. Stores close Saturday around 2:00pm and don't re-open until Monday. Unless you're in the big city. And we are not. Our plan today is to tour the German countryside.
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The eagle has landed. Our Lufthansa flight from Sofia to Frankfurt is on the ground and we are headed to Frankenberg, about two hours north of Frankfurt, for a little rest and relaxation before an exhausting week coming up.
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I have a few hours in London still before we get in a car and travel three hours to Christchurch, on the southern coast of England. I received a tip last night about a church on the other side of London Bridge that was damaged in the Great London Fire and WW I or II. No steeple, a bit overgrown but one can walk through it. Sounds photogenic and interesting!
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