Table or No Table?
Saturday August 3, 2024 Olympic Trivia On its journey from Greece to the host country, the torch has flown in planes, traveled under...
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Serving, Setting, Spiking, and Cheering!
Thursday August 1, 2024 Olympic Trivia The Olympic Motto is Faster, Higher, Stronger - Together. Six athletes have medaled in both the...
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Winning Isn't Everything
Wednesday July 31, 2024 Update on Azja Czajkowski - Remember Azja? We told you about how we went to watch her in the Women's Pairs...
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USA Women Earn First-Ever Rugby 7s Olympic Medal!!!
Tuesday July 30, 2024 The winning "Try" by Alex Sedrick. Olympic Trivia Tarzan competed in the Olympics! Johnny Weissmuller, the actor...
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Things Are Going Swimmingly
Monday July 29, 2024 Olympic Trivia The first Olympic games were held in 776 BC and took 6 months to complete The original sports were...
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Paris Olympics! Let the Games Begin!
Sunday July 28, 2024 We finally made it to Paris on Saturday after an unexpected delay getting there from Porto, Portugal. Our first...
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Porto: Pictures and Prose
Thursday July 25, 2024 Images from Porto We walked across the Ponte de Dom Luis I bridge to the city of Porto and visited some landmarks...
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It Takes a Village
Tuesday July 23, 2024 Animals are part of every village, and seem to have freedom to roam around. Today we saw these cute little kittens...
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Kindness Matters
Sunday and Monday July 21 and 22, 2024 Sunday we took a trip to Castelo Rodrigo in the hills above the Douro river in Portugal. And...
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Rosé-colored Glasses
Saturday July 20, 2024 Quick note - If you were interested in the story of the bats in the library that was in yesterday's blog, I posted...
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Sex in the City
Friday, July 19, 2024 To start today's blog, here is a beautiful picture Karen took yesterday evening in Lisbon. One of the charming...
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Picture-esque Day
Thursday July 18, 2024 Our hotel and Breakfast Buffet. The Corinthian Hotel in Lisbon is a beautiful hotel with nice outdoor areas and...
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Lisbon, Portugal - Do's and Don'ts
Wednesday July 17, 2024 We arrived in Lisbon around 9:00 a.m. this morning, tired and a little jet lagged. Fortunately going through...
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Ka kite (Good bye) New Zealand
Monday, February 12, 2024 Today is our last day to enjoy the sights in New Zealand. We are docked in Auckland, and tomorrow morning we...
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Kiwi Quickies!
Sunday, February 11, 2024 Today we are in Rotoroa, Tauranga. It is another beautiful, windy day. Rotoroa seems to be a larger city than...
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What do art deco, wine, and earthquakes have in common?
Saturday, February 10, 2024 (Australian time) Today was a beautiful day here in Napier, New Zealand. Beautiful blue sky with a few puffy...
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Journey Through Time
Friday February 9, 2024 (New Zealand time) Kia ora (hello in Maori)! Imagine yourself in the area of land that will one day be called New...
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We had a Paws-itive Day
Thursday February 8, 2024 This morning we woke up in Lyttelton, New Zealand, which is the closest port city to Christchurch. ...
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Haunted Dunedin
February 7, 2024 After two days relaxing at sea it was hard to get up and get going this morning. And the time change didn't help! ...
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Sea-ing on the Viking Orion
February 5th and 6th, 2024 (New Zealand time) Sea Days are days when the ship is traveling to a new location. So, in this blog we will...
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