There has been a new wave of ads for booking online travel. The latest actually says “Do not call your travel agent book directly online”. This is very depressing…More and […]

New year!

Over the years I have decorated several Christmas trees…there was the blue and green tree, the pink and silver one, the gold and blue, the many multi colored ones. This […]

Christmas is approaching and the decorations are up. Every year there seems to be a new “IN” colour or theme. This year it is the new Dell bulbs that are […]

This weekend I am dog sitting a Bernese mountain dog puppy…like Bacchus. It is amusing to notice the differences in temperament…. this one is very laid back…he is big for […]

Caravanserais were along the silk road what truck stops are along our highways: a safe place to rest. They were set up about 30 km apart to allow caravans to […]