Quality Inn And Sts Kingston

... to the Christmas experience and especially the markets. We are very excited to spend Christmas Eve in Rothenberg. I am bringing small gifts for everyone but am stuck on what to get 3 boys ages 17, 15 and 11. Any ideas from anyone?

... experience. I can see travelling to Italy every October with stays in the hills of Tuscany, a short stopover in Florence to visit with friends, and then a few days lakeside. Hopefully that will be our annual goal. I cannot imagine a better trip for us than that.

Thank you for reading the blogs, and now signing off......

Love from both of us,

Alan

Can anyone suggest an all inclusive resort off the east coast of the US for myself and family (wife and 2 sons 11 and 13), would like if possible to get there by a short cruise from NY or NJ. Would like to spend 1-2 days on ship and 4-5 days at resort, and maybe fly back to US. Can go anytime from March thru July2010. The family has never been to an island resort or on a cruise, thanx for any info

... to Padua to see Giotto's masterpiece in the Scrovegni Chapel, and spend a day with my friend Luca and his partner, Mary who will travel up from their home south of Florence in Figline, Valdarno. This will be our second trip through the Dolomites; the first we traveled east along the Great Dolomite Road through the Sella and Pordoi passes. This time we travel west on a more southern route. The first part involves travelling actually through ...

Never having traveled in New York state outside of Manhattan, I was dazzled by the natural beauty of rural New York. (Of course, my encounter with a roadside frozen coffee drink hut right over the state line didn't hurt my first impression either.) I had registered for a 3-day zen meditation retreat in the Catskills months ago, and was looking forward to it, but also hoping that I would be up to the challenge. John found a beautiful camping ...

121.6 Miles From Brooklyn

Fraleigh's Rose Hill Farm is located in Red Hook, New York, in beautiful Upstate New York. The day was abundant with sunshine, the trees full of peaches ...

... We eventually found one at a fuel station, which Mel went to use while Neil filled up, but that didn’t work! The young lad at the fuel station asked the usual “How are you doing?” and completely hacked off at this point, we replied “****, don’t ask”, much to his amusement. We guess everyone usually replies “good, thanks”, robot-like, with no thought to how bad a day they were really having! When we explained our frustration at not being ...

... that included electric. It’s a little further north than we ideally want to go, but it’s always an option.

Because we didn’t want to get embroiled in the sprawling Metropolis of New York which basically begins right over the State line from Connecticut, we took Highway 1 as far as New Haven, where we drove past parts of Yale University and then began to head inland on the 34 towards Danbury. Although there was a Wal-Mart ...

... write. At that time, the title of this entry was going to be "Terror and Delight." But that would mean that I'd have to explain how, a few times, I acutely aware of my mortality. That's a fancy way of saying that I thought I was about to splat. I'm not going to get into that, though, because my choice of hobbies already worries my mom enough as it is. And really, the number of ...

... some rooms with multiple bunk beds. I think I got one of the better rooms, a private, corner room with private bath and a nice balcony. Michelle got to ride today, as she does not have to cook tonight. The lodge is providing a turkey dinner, complete with all the trimmings. We are all looking forward to relaxing and enjoying the pool table and common area downstairs. I am out of touch tonight, as there is no cell phone coverage here.