Nolan requested that we go on a houseboat and go through the locks for his birthday, so we did and these are some of our sights. In the locks. That’s ours – note the slide. Getting ready for bed. Playing with Lego Various hikes and exploratory stops along the way. Canoe making and repair. Quite […]
St Petersburg, briefly known as Leningrad, was founded by Peter the Great in 1703. It is associated with the birth of the Russian Empire and is considered the Northern capital. We were fortunate to have a Saturday free in this city, and doubly fortunate that work hired a driver and guide for us for the […]
We landed in Bucharest around noon on Jul 12, were picked up by work at the airport and given a brief tour of the local landmarks. And that was our few hours tour of Bucharest! The rest of the time was spent working. We departed Bucharest for St Petersburg on Jul 15.
In July 2015, Neil and I were provided with the opportunity to visit the folks we worked with in Bucharest, Romania and St Petersburg, Russia. Grandpa and Tita Christine took care of the kids for 10 days (the kids are 5, 6, and 7 at this point). Of course, there’s always some sort of wrench […]
In 2015, we were in Barbados from Feb 20-27th with Grandpa. With covid, we’re travelling through our memories now 🙂 This is departure day – getting the kids up and to the airport for 6AM. The excitement of the trip had everyone cooperating.