Notes from Cornwall: Food and Random Thoughts By Ethel DeMarr WAVEJourney contributor, Ethel DeMarr, and her husband, Terry, share their notes on food and random thoughts from their 2012 summer-time stay in Cornwall, England. With only days left in Cornwall, I am pondering what I will remember most of the weeks spent here. Certainly, the […]
Notes from Cornwall – National Trails and National Trust By Ethel DeMarr WAVEJourney contributor, Ethel DeMarr and her husband, Terry, share a few notes from their 2012 summer-time spent in England. In addition to Cornish pasties, scones, clotted cream, sticky toffee pudding, great ales, scotch, an amazingly sane election system, there are two other things […]
Discover The Isles of Scilly By Ethel DeMarr It all started with puffins. I became acquainted with these comical little sea birds several years ago when we were living in Scotland. They are stumpy, little black and white birds, with bright orange feet and large multicolored beaks. Flying looks difficult with their short little wings […]
Chamonix, France | WAVEJourney Travel Tip We would rather be gazing in awe at Mont-Blanc from Chamonix in the Rhone-Alpes region of France! Bordering Switzerland and Italy, this town in the Alps is a delight to visit at anytime of year. Site of the first winter games in 1924, Chamonix offers access to a multitude […]
WJ Tested: Review of Planet Zen City Spa in Prague By Jill Hoelting During a visit to Prague, WAVEJourney’s Jill Hoelting had the opportunity to visit the Planet Zen City Spa and experience the “Bali Blossom” treatment and the Floatarium. Tucked away in Prague’s marvelous Hotel Maximilian, you’ll discover true Zen Asian Wellness at Planet […]
Dusseldorf, Germany – WAVEJourney Travel Tips We would rather be sampling the local libations in Dusseldorf, Germany! Dusseldorf is famous for a few liquids, two of WJ’s favorites being: ~ Altbier – also known as “old beer” is a dark beer only made in the Dusseldorf region from top-fermenting yeast; ~ Killepitsch – a liquor […]
Shopping for Handicrafts and Souvenirs in Szentendre, Hungary Take a 30-minute (19 km) drive north from Budapest and find the artist’s colony of Szentendre (Saint Andrew), a small riverside town along the Danube. A day of shopping at great prices can be found, without the hustle and bustle of being in the large and sprawling […]
Viv & Jill’s Holland America Line Nieuw Amsterdam Cruise: Day 10 Rome, Italy 12-Night Mediterranean Romance Cruise June 3-15, 2011 Day 10 – June 12: Rome, Italy Docking in the port of Civitavecchia before 7 am, we made a quick exit from the ship and took one of the first free shuttle buses to the […]
March 2019 Travel Tips and Tales Newsletter By WAVEJourney Greetings! Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere and WJ has big travel plans! How about you? Chat with us and let us know where you’re going, what you’re doing, and ask for the advice and travel tips you need to enhance your adventures. After a […]