Cruise embarkation day finally arrived and, after a lovely stay in Venice, we were anxious to board the Silver Spirit for our 10-day...

Beset by any number of mishaps on our journey to Italy, we were looking forward to a trouble-free and enjoyable few days in Venice prior...

With over a year’s worth of planning behind us, we set out for Europe at the very beginning of May along with three other couples. The...

I took another weekend trip to Colorado recently to visit with family. Fortunately, I was able to secure United Mileage Plus Award...

A multi-stop business trip through Southeast Asia once landed me somewhere I never thought I’d have occasion to visit - Manila. It’s been...

I’ve always enjoyed visiting Saint Louis, the wonderful Missouri locale strategically located near the confluence of the Mississippi and...

Just about everyone is aware that our neighbor to the north has no shortage of natural beauty, including mountains and frozen tundra, as...

One of my most unforgettable trips occurred a while back and it took place during the first of my annual January journeys to India. It...

As followers of this blog are aware, in addition to being an AvGeek, I’m also a history buff and have been traveling to the US...

My post of July 15 last year titled On The Mountaintop, discussed a trip we made in May to Young Harris, Georgia, where we reconnected...

Before I tell you about how I spent my free time while visiting Jakarta, I thought it best to give you a little background information....

I fondly recall how excited I was when I had to make a business trip to Indonesia and its capital city of Jakarta a while back. While I’d...

Istanbul, the far-off city in Turkey, has always held a fascination for me as it’s steeped in history. It was the capital of the...

I had an opportunity to visit Mexico City on business and can report it to be a most worthwhile locale with excellent food, great...

It was yet another business trip that brought me to Amsterdam, the Northern European metropolis of over one million residents. I flew in...

A number of years ago, my wife and I had front row seats to an incredible aviation experience. We were invited to attend an aerobatic...

Not seeing our Colorado contingent as often as I’d like, I made plans for a long-weekend visit which brought me to the Raleigh-Durham...

When it was time to depart China’s capital city, I was pleased to have selected Air China as the carrier that would fly me to Shanghai....

For most os us, China’s been a land of mystery for decades. Western cultures are based on individualism rather than collectivism. In our...

I had the good fortune to visit the Japanese capital city of Tokyo on an annual basis for a number of years. My usual route was aboard...