Posts in Europe
Europe is Open and Ready for Business

As you know we just returned from our first ever Signature Event, our private river cruise sailing featuring Tulip Time in The Netherlands and Belgium.

For weeks (months, in fact) prior to our departure, entry and “in” country requirements were changing. First we needed negative covid tests upon entry, as well as vaccination cards in all venues, mandatory masks in all public places, and an official health certification from The Netherlands government.

By the time we left we needed only. . .

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Normandy

In the grainy old film clip a reporter was asking a fresh faced young soldier what he was thinking about just before he jumped from the aircraft during the Normandy invasion. He replied as I expected, “I was praying”. It was the words of his prayer that were unexpected.

What would you pray? I know I would . . .

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Ephesus

I remember exactly where I was the day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Ditto for the day our hostages in Iran came home. And now, forever etched in my mind, is my first view of the ancient library of Ephesus on October 13, 2009.

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Knossos

There was once a wise lawgiver and a fair judge who ruled over the kingdom of Knossos. Homer called him “a companion of mighty Zeus”, and Thucydides says he was the first man to hold sway over the Aegean with his powerful fleet.

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