(Monday, March 10, 2025) by Ann Silverthorn with Jim DeDad This day, which was also the birthday of our middle child, was the first of our eight flights during our trip, in addition to the ones coming and going to …
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The Sydney Opera House sits on land that the indigenous Gadigal clan call Tubowgule. The British called it Bennelong Point.
After eight months of waiting, it was finally departure day for our March 5-24, 2025, AAA/Collette “Australia’s Outback to New Zealand’s South Island” tour.
Have you heard of Brockway, PA? Have you been there? Well, we were recently, there and a few things impressed me that I’d love to tell you about.
Dear Visitor: I thought you might be interested in reading a little about our recent trip to southern Germany. There were eight of us, including our guide, Derek, a German teacher at a local high school here in northwest Pennsylvania. …
From Munich to Frankfurt, Up and Down, All Around Read more »
Recently, I was honored to speak at the National Authors Day celebration hosted by the Chenango County Historical Society and SUNY Morrisville (Norwich campus). This gave me the opportunity to revisit the homeland of William E. Dimorier, whose life and …
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There’s a boulevard in Curtea de Argeș, Romania that never sleeps. The one-way traffic on Bulevardul Basarabilor is constant and oblivious to a speed limit. Pedestrians amble the sidewalks along the narrow, tree-lined thoroughfare at a steady pace. Young and …
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If only I had more time. . . I’d visit every one of the areas of interest in the Wallachia, Dobruja, Transylvania, and Banat-Crisana regions of Romania I’m highlighting in this post. I’m going to share with you from Welcome …
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Romania has a rich and complex history, which I never quite understood, until I decided to study and summarize the history section in Welcome to Bucharest and Romania, gifted to us by the concierge at EuropaRoyale Hotel Bucharest in 2019. After finishing this …
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