The three and a half hour flight left nearly an hour late and we had a ferry to catch over an hour and a half from the airport. Oh yeah....

Our River Cruise had been a new experience for us and gave us some beautiful looks at the Netherlands and much they had to offer. Our...

The morning had gone well. Surprisingly well. Our trip to see windmills at Kinderdijk had produced history, art, culture, and some...

The day was about to arrive. The reason that I had put this trip together six months before to celebrate my retirement. The tulips come...

As we entered the port of Antwerp there was a large building with a modern geometric shimmering silver structure perched on top of it. ...

After breakfast we turned in our keys and got our passes to join the bus for the tour of the city of Ghent with a focus on Gravenstein...

Breakfast on board the Cara was satisfactory, but had yet to provide the high quality baked goods that they had promised in their...

I awoke to find the Dutch countryside sliding past our balcony. A train was crossing over a bridge that we had just passed under. The...

After waking several times overnight with my internal clock readjusting to European time I finally realized it was 7:30 and time to get...

It is finally here. We are off to The Netherlands for the Tulip Festival at Keukenhoff Gardens and our cruise on the Cara with Amadeus...

Arriving back in the city around noon on Sunday Juan Carlos saw that the church he wanted us to see was still in service and the adjacent...

Juan Carlos picked us up in the morning and we drove to Chinchero mostly to see how the local weaving was done. The drive took us back...

We were scheduled to have high tea at the Belmond before being taken to the Hiram Bingham train for our return to Cusco. Fortunately we...

We slept in. Until 6:00. Dusty could barely move the night before, but was now able to get out of bed without help. Coffee made getting...

Once more into… In the morning Dusty and I agreed that we should not waste this opportunity in this special place. Special for me was...

Traveling is not for sissies. I spent most of the night waking and wondering if we had what we needed for two nights at Machu Picchu. The...

We woke early and went up to the restaurant to get some coffee for a walk around the grounds. The flowers and caterpillars were...

Sacsayhuaman was the next stop and it was huge. As we got out of the car we grabbed the sunscreen and hats to try to not be stupider than...

My first posting was about our first blogable trip. This is our last major trip. I hope you enjoy it half as much as I did. We learn...

I guess that I did tease about my upcoming trip. This leads to two of my personal philosophy truisms: You always need something to look...