Our day trip to Souju started at 8:45am when our guide Annie, of Sunny’s Tours met us at our hotel, the Grand Hyatt Shanghai. Unlike the previous two days of touring with Lily and a driver, today we would use…
Touring the BUND area and Evening cruise in Shanghai
Note: We are in Hong Kong now and I’m writing this up with limited photos due to upload speeds. I am posting most of the photos as a gallery at the end of the post. On this our third day…
Day tour of Shanghai – day one
After a wonderful night’s sleep (of catching up on jet-lag) we had breakfast at 9am in the Grand Hyatt Shanghai’s 83th floor Club lounge. We checked into the Grand Hyatt yesterday and had a leisurely day on our own, trying…
Travel to Shanghai!
After a fun overnight stay in Toronto, we had a leisurely day in the city, as our flight to London was not until 6:30pm. We walked around the same area where we had dinner last night, and as there was…
Dinner with a view in Toronto
After starting out on our holiday Friday night at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport, Steve (DOS) and I flew to Toronto on Saturday as the first stop in our China vacation. We love staying at the Orlando Airport Hyatt Regency,…
Mother’s Day Weekend in Roanoke
Steve (DOS) and I spent Mother’s Day weekend in my hometown of Roanoke, Virginia, visiting my family and especially my Mom. I had been on business in Maryland late that week, and with my Southwest Airlines companion pass, DOS could…
Disney World weekend with Jane and Jess from Australia.
Steve (DOS) and I spent an enjoyable Cinco de Mayo Weekend at Disney World with our friends Jane and Jess visiting from Australia. I had met Jane (the mother) on a cruise in Australia nearly 20 years ago, and more…
Happy April 2019 and Easter!
I’ve gotten way behind with blogging lately, but not from the lack of things to blog about. The month of April literally flew by, and I’m trying to catch up now for an even busier May. Hope everyone had a…
Milwaukee brewery hopping by land
Steve (DOS) and I spend a nice Spring weekend afternoon in Milwaukee taking a brewery tour, and yes as the title says, it was by land this time, as opposed to a boat tour. We took a boat brewery river…
Dinner at Mo’s in Milwaukee
We had a wonderful dinner at Mo’s Steakhouse in downtown Milwaukee during our recent weekend visit there. Mo’s is typical of the Wisconsin Supper Clubs in that it is family owned, has been established for years, and has a lounge…