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All Aboard The California Zephyr!
All Aboard The California Zephyr!

All Aboard The California Zephyr!

Friday Feb 3, 2020 Steve (DOS) and I are currently on the California Zephyr, Amtrak’s cross-country train which travels from Chicago to Emeryville, California.  We left yesterday from Union Station in Chicago, and are currently going thru the beautiful Colorado…

Day tour of Monticello
Day tour of Monticello

Day tour of Monticello

Our Charlottesville mini-getaway continues with a visit to the mountainside estate of Monticello, home of the third U.S. President, Thomas Jefferson (link to Monticello’s official site). While DOS and I have both been to Monticello previously and separately, it was…

Safari bound! Welcome to Makanyi Private Game Lodge!
Safari bound!  Welcome to Makanyi Private Game Lodge!

Safari bound! Welcome to Makanyi Private Game Lodge!

After a two night’s stay at the Hyatt Regency in Johannesburg, Steve (DOS) and I flew from Johannesburg to Hoedspruit, South Africa.  The flight was less than an hour aboard an Embraer 140 jet, and as the flight wasn’t full…

Winery Touring around Mendoza May 2018 (Day 1)
Winery Touring around Mendoza May 2018 (Day 1)

Winery Touring around Mendoza May 2018 (Day 1)

This is our third trip to Mendoza, and as we did on the last two trips, we took wine tours for a couple days with Vendimia Wine Tours.  Leo is the owner of Vendimia, and we used him the last…

Dinner under a big tree!
Dinner under a big tree!

Dinner under a big tree!

After a fun-filled day of sightseeing in Saõ Paulo with Doris (in my previous post) we headed back to the hotel to drop off our souvenir purchases we had bought at the Market.   The weather was gorgeous so we…

Working the vineyard fields at Neyen Winery
Working the vineyard fields at Neyen Winery

Working the vineyard fields at Neyen Winery

On our third and final day of wine touring thru the Chilean vineyards with Jose, owner of Uncorked Wine Tours, we visited two upscale wineries and had lunch at the last and best one (next post), before heading back to…