For our 10 days in Belgium, May 2-11, 2012, my husband, Ed, and I decided to buy our own GPS, a Garmin nuvi255 for $160, rather than opt for one (for an extra $210) with our Budget rental car.
The “Winged Victory of Samothrace,” the statue that normally stands at the top of the main staircase in Paris’ Louvre Museum, has been removed from view for support reinforcement and a cleaning. Its return is expected in June 2014.
My wife and I took a quick trip from London to Paris, staying two nights in the delightful, one-bedroom Parisian Studio Apartment (contact Marie Lefebvre, 4 Weymouth Ct., Newport Beach, CA 92660; 949/433-5110), located
I traveled through the Czech Republic in August ’13 and had the chance to stay in a lovely, new hotel in Prague, the Residence Agnes (Haštalská 19, 110 00 Prague 1, Czech Republic; phone +42 222 312417, fax +420 222 312840).
My daughter, Gina, and I were in Heidelberg, Germany, on April 24, 2011 (Easter Sunday). It was a glorious day and we decided to take a cruise upriver to Neckarsteinach.
In Leicester, a Richard III Walking Trail features eight sites around the city center that had importance in the king’s last days. Richard (1452-1485) was the last king of the House of York.
