We left Adelaide On January 5th in the evening, and had a full day at sea the next day. We attended a couple of lectures and port presentations, and did little else. That evening we had a reservation at the … Continue reading →
We boarded the Grand Princess on January 5th in Adelaide, Australia for a 19 day cruise to 4 Australian ports and about 9, maybe, I can’t exactly remember, ports around New Zealand. The embarkation process was the smoothest we have … Continue reading →
It has been since 2018 that we have blogged a trip. Health reasons and then the Covid pandemic have been the reasons for no trips. During this past summer we did go to Alaska but did not blog. Now we … Continue reading →
Alajos picked us up right on time. Since the elevator was still broken, we were able to go through the adjoining apartment and use its elevator to get the luggage down six stories. We got to the airport way ahead … Continue reading →
After getting our coffee and pastry for the morning, we packed. That took about an hour or two and we had some free time to just laze around the apartment. After eating our leftovers from Poroszló for lunch, we walked … Continue reading →
As promised, I (Alan) slept in. I got up at 10 after 9. We split a piece of Esterhazy Cake for breakfast and finally got out at about 12. It was drizzling on and off, but the haze that had … Continue reading →
After breakfast, we met John downstairs and got picked up by his driver to go to the flea market in the Southeast outskirts of Pest. There are an amazing variety of goods for sale, ranging from coffee grinders to violins … Continue reading →
As far as we can tell, my (Alan) grandmother was born in Poroszló, Hungary, so we arranged for a guide (Gabriella Gonusz) to pick us up and take us to Poroszlów, about 140 kilometers from Budapest. We drove through rolling … Continue reading →
We got up and had breakfast and coffee and set out for our cooking lesson. We walked past the swank Kempinski-Corvinus Hotel with its Nobu Restaurant, passing through Elizabeth Park with some hard court soccer and a Ferris Wheel, and … Continue reading →
We slept in until 8:30 and then had coffee and some puff pastry our landlord had left for us and that turned out to be savory not sweet. We finished the last of the laundry and then headed out to … Continue reading →
