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We got up in time for breakfast at the Blue Shutters Inn. It’s served from 8:30-9:45 in the main Inn. They serve one, two course meal each morning, and it’s written on the blackboard in the dining room the day before. Today was butterscotch yogurt with fruit and granola followed by blueberry pancakes. The new owner and his wife and the woman who works at the front desk were taking orders and serving. The food was delicious and they did their best to accommodate special reques

Today we are taking our annual trip to the New England area to visit Cody for his birthday. We usually choose a place where we can stay and do some outdoor activities and just spent a nice casual weekend with Cody and Kasey. We don’t see them often so it’s nice to just have some time with them. This year we chose the Blue Shutters Inn and Studios which is in Ogunquit, steps from Marginal Way, a beautiful sea side walking path that stretches along the coast. We are also walkin

This morning we leave Olympic National Park and head back towards Seattle. Wedrove in the other direction than how we entered the park,...

We started our day as usual with a good breakfast at the Creekside and then headed to Rialto beach, about an hour from our lodge. We then...

We had a great breakfast at the Creekside restaurant to start our day and then packed up and headed out towards the farthest northwest...

We left the little seaside town of Langley early this morning, after visiting the excellent breakfast at the inn first. We thoroughly...

We woke up as the sun was rising over the Saratoga Passage and the Puget sound in the distance. The little sailboat that was anchored...

We got an early start today, taking an Uber to the rental car facility at SeaTac to pick up our car. We enjoyed not needing to drive and...

We got up early adn took advantage of the free buffet breakfast in the club lounge in our hotel. It had everything we needed, eggs,...

We started our Seattle and Olympic National Park trip today. We flew out of Philadelphia direct to Seattle on American Airlines. We...

We moved from our ship to the Intercontinental where we will spend out final night before heading to the hotel tomorrow. We left our...

As we sailed down the Danube towards Budapest we were treated to several castles, churches and bridges before reaching Budapest. Sights...

Today we took a walking tour of Vienna. We got a bus into the old city center and walked around with a guide to see the sights. Rose...

This morning we decided to skip our originally planned power walk in Melk for a visit to the Melk Abbey, which we're so glad we did. The...

This morning they took our luggage and we departed the Avalon Expression ship as it can't go any further than Regensburg due to low water...

Today we woke up docked in Regensburg. We had a walking tour of the town which was nearby and just down the waterfront. Our quide was...

Today we took a bus ride about 40 minutes from our docking location in the city of Roth to Nuremburg. We had a very good guide who took...

We took a bus ride into the city of Bamberg and took a walking tour around the old part of the city. We walked through the streets of...

We took a tour of Rothenburg in the morning that was included in the cruise. our guide Karl was very good and gave us the highlights of...

We took a tour of The Residence in Wurzburg which was built by Prince-Bishop Johann Philipp Franz. It looked a lot like Versaille inside....