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5 Aug 2012

Florence: Shopping Day

by judywong | posted in: 2012 August 05 | 0

Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Sleeping in today.  I arose out of bed, quickly changed and dashed to gather two … Continued

4 Aug 2012

Florence: Angelo’s Florence

by judywong | posted in: 2012 August 04 | 0

Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. After breakfast in the hotel’s dining room, we walked to Caf Tours’ meeting point at … Continued

3 Aug 2012

Florence: Casing Out Florence

by judywong | posted in: 2012 August 03, Italy/Spain | 0

Your ads will be inserted here byEasy Plugin for AdSense.Please go to the plugin admin page toPaste your ad code OR Suppress this ad slot. Arrived in Frankfurt.  Boarded a bus on the tarmac to the terminal to go through … Continued

2 Aug 2012

San Francisco – Frankfurt: How Many Movies ‘Till We Get There?

by judywong | posted in: 2012 August 02, Italy/Spain | 0

Despite watching the 2012 London Olympics until midnight and then final packing, I was able to wake to my radio alarm at 6:45 am. I asked myself:  What’s today?… Thursday. What am I doing today?… Going to Italy.

3 Jun 2010

My Own Bed

by Judy Wong | posted in: 2010 June 03, India | 0

2:30 AM Stopped to sleep.  I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again:  No matter what level of travel (roughing it or in the lap of luxury, there is nothing as wonderful as coming home and sleeping in the … Continued

2 Jun 2010

Home Sweet Home

by Judy Wong | posted in: 2010 June 02, India | 0

On the way to New Jersey, I watched Avatar, Sherlock Holmes, (slept from 7:30 – 9:20) Up in the Air, Young Victoria, When in Rome and Slumdog Millionaire – missing the last 5 minutes because we landed. Immigration line:  Another … Continued

1 Jun 2010

Touring New Delhi

by Judy Wong | posted in: 2010 June 01, India | 0

The next morning, I packed my luggage and readied my day pack.  Having not heard from the front desk that my driver had arrived, I proceeded to the registration desk, leaving my luggage in my room. I asked the registration … Continued

31 May 2010

Get me to the Taj Mahal…

by Judy Wong | posted in: 2010 May 31, India | 0

5:15 AM:  Call from front desk:  “Cab here.”  5:45 AM at the railroad station with Rahul.  Rahul remembered to bring a SIM card for me.  He changed out my SIM card for his SIM card while standing at the platform.  … Continued

30 May 2010

Farewell to Nepal; Welcome to India

by Judy Wong | posted in: 2010 May 30, Nepal | 0

7:45 AM:  Phone alarm rings.  No more Sherpas knocking on my door with Sherpa tea and hot wash water…  Lily called to say she’s going down for breakfast. 8:15 – 9:00 AM:  Breakfast with Lily, Sharon and Tim:  tea, strawberry … Continued

29 May 2010

City Tours

by Judy Wong | posted in: 2010 May 29, Nepal | 0

7:00 AM:  Woke up on my own.  That usually happens, when I’m anticipating a wake up call. 8:00 AM:  Wake up call. 8:30 AM:  Joined Lily, Sharon and Tim for the breakfast buffet at the hotel’s restaurant:  eggs, bacon, 2 … Continued