Posts by: Jay

Day 2 – Thanksgiving in Rome

Written on November 24, 2017 in Italy

This is an “After-the-Fact” post. Our first full day in Rome, started with one of the most unique experiences we’ve had to date – we visited the Necropoli of the Vatican!  This is a very limited tour (they only let a small number of people in per day), so we had made our reservations /...

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Day 1 – Thanksgiving in Rome

Written on November 23, 2017 in Italy

This is an “After-the-Fact” post. We were in Rome nine years ago for a very brief two days, and we always said we would like to visit again, so here we are!!  To our friends and family back home, Happy Thanksgiving!  After checking into the hotel, we took it easy in the afternoon in anticipation...

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Day 0 – Thanksgiving in Rome

Written on November 22, 2017 in Italy

This is an “After-the-Fact” post. We normally don’t report on Day 0, which is the day we leave Kansas City but this trip is an exception.  Departure was Wednesday, the day before Thanksgiving.  This is usually one of the WORST days for air travel, and the local news showed clips of long lines of people...

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Spring In Sweden

Written on April 1, 2016 in Sweden

Stockholm is a city in the flush of its second youth. Since the mid-1990s, Sweden’s capital has emerged from its cold, Nordic shadow to take the stage as a truly international city. What started with entry into the European Union in 1995 gained pace with the extraordinary IT boom of the late 1990s, strengthened with...

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On Safari in Botswana

Written on March 31, 2016 in Botswana

This is an “After-the-Fact” post. Thank you for your patience, but this specific post is generally a place-holder until we can come back in and provide a proper post for this visit.

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A Crashing Victoria Falls

Written on March 28, 2016 in Zimbabwe

This is an “After-the-Fact” post. Thank you for your patience, but this specific post is generally a place-holder until we can come back in and provide a proper post for this visit.

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South Africa – Friday Mar 18th

Written on March 18, 2016 in South Africa

Hi friends & family! Just sending an email to a-let you know we made it to Cape Town and b-after 27 long hours of travel we have no pics to share and c-to test the distribution list. Our trip was not without excitement.  From Ghana to Cape Town we flew through Libyan airspace. Not sure...

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Our Stay in Capetown

Written on March 16, 2016 in South Africa

This is an “After-the-Fact” post. Thank you for your patience, but this specific post is generally a place-holder until we can come back in and provide a proper post for this visit.

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Exiting Trip To Madrid

Written on June 23, 2015 in Spain

Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain, as well as the capital of the autonomous community of the same name (Comunidad de Madrid). The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million with a metro area population of almost 6.5 million. Madrid is best known for its great cultural and artistic heritage, a...

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