WELCOME TO FARNSNIENTE

An “at sea” day with no port stops. Awoke to rain and fog. What to do? Coffee from room service, hit the gym, pig out at the fabulous, extra

Leisurely morning in Oslo. Boarded the Azamara Onward ship with our bags and were able to completely unpack and get settled quickly (the

Flew to Oslo airport and then took a super-clean, super-efficient train into the city center. Our well situated hotel had our room available

We dodged, mostly successfully, rain all morning. After breakfast and picnic shopping at the covered market we did have to wait for a major

Walked in to the old town and explored the very nice covered market - many tempting things there! Stopped at an outdoor café for our morning

Took off to the west after breakfast with a first stop in Jarnac then Cognac. Had a nice (big!) sandwich lunch at an outdoor café then took

After breakfast at hotel we got a rental car and drive to La Rochoucauld where we toured the château. Back to Angoulême to explore the old

Our train out of Paris today is not until 4pm, checkout is at noon, so we sleep in.  Downstairs we have another good breakfast. Also another

Wonderful (private, by happenstance) foodie walking tour in the Saint-Germain neighborhood. Armagnac and Porto at 10:30? No problem! Great

After a lovely breakfast at our hotel we walked to the Musèe d’Orsay where they are having a special exhibit on the history of Impressionism

Happy 4th of July! I wake and the little TV screen before me says we’re 90 minutes from Paris. Out the window I see us transition from being

Up well before dawn to get to the airport two hours before our 5:58am flight to JFK. Had lunch at JFK then Lyfted to Newark. Hung out in La

Relocated from North Carolina to a national park near Tennessee. Entered a bible verse as our WiFi code and had dinner in an old abbey.

Today's feature is the Biltmore Estate. It's so amazing and massive, there's no need for anything else.

Another travel day. Onto Asheville, NC. No national park today. :-(

Driving from Savannah to Columbia. Saw an alligator and went back to college.

Gym, then a paddle wheel boat ride and finally a soggy comedy trolley tour.

SUMMARY Picked up our rental car on the south side of town and so had a late breakfast and visited the (uninspiring) Savannah Botanical...

Visited hidden gardens all over Savannah, had high tea, took a trolley tour of the city, and found some pretty rocks.

Headed to Savannah as a part of a ten day drive around the east coast. This is our first stop.