Lunch on the Amtrak Silver Star to Ft. Lauderdale |
Decent Greek salad |
Not a lot of room in our sleeping room |
Through Jacksonville |
In Ft. Lauderdale on the Regal Princess |
Much better lunch |
After 6 days crossing, we arrived in the port city of Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel in the Azores Islands |
We took a car tour around the ..... |
Island in the mist, fog and rain |
We don’t know what these mounds are |
The steam is from the many hot ... |
springs on the island |
These are fields of tea plants |
Older buildings on the island used white and black volcanic ash on exteriors |
And on street crossings |
And old churches |
The US Coast Guard was also in port |
Maggie and our guide |
The Regal is in Brest France |
A bus ride through town, but could not get off |
Seems the lift only worked in the port |
The Regal is in Rotterdam, Netherlands |
We enjoyed a driving tour of the city |
Rotterdam train station |
We visited the Hague with the International Court of Justice |
And a visit to Amsterdam |
Royal Palace, we think |
And a drive by rainy tulip fields |
A visit to Stonehenge was our favorite tour |
Maggie and our guide leave the visitor’s center |
Allegedly the stones were moved like this |
And the ancient builders lived in huts like this |
Birds eye view |
Almost at the viewing area |
It is amazing |
Taken by Dan, our guide |
Canola oil flowers |
On a commuter train from the port of Cobh to get to Cork, Ireland |
The River Lee in the center of Cork |
Main shopping area in Cork |
Made it up that hill with the Smart Drive |
Houses above the rail station in Cobh |
We enjoyed a driving tour of Glasgow but only have this one acceptable image because of rain |
Loch Lomond North of the city |
Leaving Glasgow |
Along the water way |
A long water way |
This is Holyhead, Whales, a tendered port so we spent the day on the ship |
Watched a ferry |
Close to sunset on the Irish Sea |
More clouds |
Decorations on the Regal for the coronation of King Charles |
And we are close to our ride home |
We are in London |
We went up in the London Eye |
Nice view of the river and parts of London |
Westminster bridge, Big Ben and the Parliament buildings |
From under Westminster Bridge |
And on the Bridge |
Say hi to Winston |
From Parliament Square Garden |
Tea time in our hotel room |
No calories |
Tea time with Phyllis in the hotel restaurant |
In the lobby of the JW Marriott Grosvenor House |
Entrance to Mount Street Gardens |
And in the gardens |
Different view |
Some color |
The village of Beaconsfield Northwest of London |
Spent time in the Bekonscot Model Village |
More of the little town |
And more |
On the Eurostar train heading to Paris |
That is a glass door to the bathroom in our hotel room in Paris (it had curtains) |
We started with a rainy driving tour around the city |
The Panthéon in Paris |
This is why pushing a wheelchair in Paris is hard |
Close as we could get to Notre Dame |
A rainy view |
We retreated to an excellent sea food restaurant |
Saw the high points in the Louvre the next day |
Had a great guide |
Spent time in the Musée d'Orsay the next day |
Cross the Seine first |
And looked at the French flags |
And the sculptures inside |
Impressive |
Lunch at the hotel |
Met our in-laws Rhoda and David |
In our hotel lobby |
I liked the angles |
Part of the Louvre |
Busy Seine |
Maggie and our guide return from the Tuileries Garden |
French steak dinner and Maggie had French onion soup |
Last day was clear and warm we walked along the Champs Elysees |
to the Arc de Triomphe |
We are now on the Queen Mary 2 for the trip home |
Our cabin is very nice |
So is the balcony |
And the food service |
Interesting lecture on the Titanic |
In the middle of the ocean |
Manhattan at dawn |
Manhattan and Jersey City |
Later in the morning |
We are off the ship at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal |