tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26477601842502263952024-03-08T16:59:55.647-08:00Prytz Family"Family is not an important thing. It's everything." Michael J. FoxJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13716690020687995783noreply@blogger.comBlogger1102125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2647760184250226395.post-39585200021293423322023-02-22T08:44:00.004-08:002023-02-28T08:30:01.059-08:00....not my sister<p>Backstory:</p><p>Last week one of my many cousins passed away, I have about 50. Tom was a great guy. When we were young, we were very close. Tom and I were born a month apart, so he was 78; he led a full life that included multiple wives, one at a time, and children. We went to the same Middle School, and he was my protector; no one messed with this geeky glasses-wearing nerd. Plus, all the girls wanted to be my friend, once they found out handsome Tom was my cousin. Tom survived polio as a child and was an athlete in his teens, a baseball player. He was scouted by MLB, but it didn't work out. As we aged we drifted apart, but both of us knew we'd always have each other. His parents weren't the best, so he made sure his younger brother and sister got their college educations. His brother is a "rocket scientist" and his sister is an educator. A direct quote from his brother, "He hung the moon for us".</p><p>Last Night:</p><p>I got a phone call from my sister, who lives in Oregon. She wanted to know Tom's cause of death! When I told her that I didn't know, she was incredulous. She kept going on about how close Tom and I were and that I should know this information. I assured her that I didn't. I told her that I'm sure his wife, brother, and sister probably know, but I don't. She went on and on until she finally gave up!</p><p>There was a recent meme on FB reposted by one of my friends "Sometimes talking to your Sister is all the Therapy you need". I replied "....not my sister!" Now, you know why.</p><blockquote>Thanks for stopping by and sharing my life with me, </blockquote>
<img class="nopin" src="http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx78/sweetfaerie/signature_2012_zps0549c90f.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" />Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13716690020687995783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2647760184250226395.post-35250674233103648792021-09-09T10:17:00.004-07:002021-09-09T10:17:48.816-07:00No blogging!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ugAXE8OwRno/YTpBiYEtZ7I/AAAAAAAEO6E/GpMq2orPm0YfP4_IFmGunMu3x8LRvvajwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/1-24175571_1152671151531017_7542123495610646528_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="640" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ugAXE8OwRno/YTpBiYEtZ7I/AAAAAAAEO6E/GpMq2orPm0YfP4_IFmGunMu3x8LRvvajwCLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h400/1-24175571_1152671151531017_7542123495610646528_n.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p>I haven't been posting at all. If you're still curious about my life you can follow along via IG, @janprytz.</p><p><br /></p><blockquote>Thanks for stopping by and sharing my life with me, </blockquote>
<img class="nopin" src="http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx78/sweetfaerie/signature_2012_zps0549c90f.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" />Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13716690020687995783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2647760184250226395.post-51650444532284614092020-07-28T09:18:00.000-07:002020-07-28T09:18:49.404-07:002020 Pandemic<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nIwKnRNM5_o/XyBOjXvAD4I/AAAAAAAD2ys/1lwpdZC5niMaqWuBCtUhXHkjvq2VH4SBACPcBGAsYHg/s1200/1-IMG_0059.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="500" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nIwKnRNM5_o/XyBOjXvAD4I/AAAAAAAD2ys/1lwpdZC5niMaqWuBCtUhXHkjvq2VH4SBACPcBGAsYHg/w500-h500/1-IMG_0059.JPG" width="500" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>During the COVID-19 pandemic, my life hasn't changed much. I'm a widow who quilts and reads, so it's really easy to stay home. My only forays are to the grocery store and CVS. Oh, and I still walk my dogs twice a day.</div><div><br /></div><div>Right before the "Stay-At-Home" order was issued in March, I'd just stocked up on TP and paper towels. I thought I was set for the duration. I had no idea that this was going to last so long. One day on errands I searched for toilet paper, and there was none in any of the stores. When I got home, I went on-line and ordered some from Home-Goods, this was in April. Two months later the order arrived! I honestly thought I'd been scammed.</div><div><br /></div><div>The toilet paper came from China! I will say that while it's not Charmin, it's much better that the store brands I found while waiting. Of course, I had to come up with a solution on how to "hang" the rolls, since there's no hollow core.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><blockquote>Thanks for stopping by and sharing my life with me, </blockquote>
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The email let me know that due to the pandemic, they have suspended operations and have canceled my end of May reservation. I was planning on going to <a href="https://www.bookexpoamerica.com/">Book Expo America</a>, then onto London for a quilting tour of England and Wales.<br />
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I looked at the BEA website, and sure enough, they changed the date of the convention to July, when I can't go. Anyway, who wants to go the NYC in July, if they can help it! BUT BEA didn't deem it necessary to email the registered participants and advise them of the change!<br />
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I just talked to Fiona of <a href="https://isleinntours.com/itinerary-for-stonehenge-10/">Isle Inn Tours about the Quilting Tour. It's called Stonehenge 10, Anniversary Tour.</a> She let me know that the company won't make a decision until at least April 7th. The decision will be to continue with the 2020 tour or roll the entire tour to 2021. I assured her the I'll be happy either way. She also advised me to wait to change my Delta airline reservations until April.<br />
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annual trek to Quiltcon. We all live in California, but I don't live near
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great time. For our final meal together on Saturday, someone choose a
Russian restaurant. I looked over the menu and decided to pass, there
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told the group that I was heading off to find something to eat, I really didn’t
want to eat at the Russian place. There
was panic! They didn’t want to eat there
if I didn’t want to eat there. They were
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Yes, I did! I went to NYC to see Eric Clapton in concert. The concert was fabulous! I went <a href="http://www.prytzfamily.com/search/label/Clapton">early last year</a> and again this year. One of my friends said, "But you went last year!" I didn't understand her concern.</div>
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There's always something going on in the city, early on Saturday morning there was a Korean Day parade; then in the afternoon an informal "parade" of these trike/bikes showing support for Breast Cancer Awareness.</div>
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I spent a lot of time walking. NYC is a walkers paradise. Above the Empire State Building and below the Flatiron Building. I never tire of these two great buildings.<br />
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On Sunday I went on a half-day food tour of Brooklyn. It was the best food tour I've ever been on and highly recommend the company, <a href="http://newyorkfuntours.com/brooklyn.html">New York Fun Tours</a>.<br />
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These tours are a unique way to see America. They are about baseball but also the cities we visit. Here are some photos from Trips #24 and #26.<br />
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Trip 24 ~ Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St Louis, then back to Chicago. It was like driving a very big rectangle.<br />
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When we were ready to leave St. Louis, we found out that MLB had changed the start time of the Cubs game in Chicago from afternoon to night time. With the extra time, we made a stop in Springfield, IL, and visited Lincolns Tomb. It was a wonderful surprise.<br />
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Trip 26 was the annual Ultimate Game Day Weekend, this time in Seattle. This is my 4th Ultimate game day weekend and I'm sure it won't be my last. This is a baseball and football weekend.<br />
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This was my 2nd trip with Sights and Soul Travel. I was, again, very happy with the experience and I've already booked a tour to Greece with them, next year. Above is the <a href="https://www.phcompany.com/principal/edinburgh-george-street/">Principal Hotel in Edinburgh</a> where we stayed for 3 nights</div>
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The hotel and staff were great, they even had a box of free treats in the room!</div>
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These two photos were taken at Calton Hill, Edinburgh's first public park, situated high on a hill.</div>
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I was in Scotland for 12 days, I'm going to share some of my favorite photos, instead of going day-by-day. I hope my photos make you want to visit Scotland!<br />
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I had a “rough” birthday this year. This is the 4th birthday since Bob died. I got 3 birthday cards, one from my financial advisor and two from wonderful friends, none from my children or grandchildren, who are all adults.<br />
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What saved me from crying was that another wonderful friend contacted me, and said, “Let’s go out to dinner and celebrate your birthday.” So I went to a great place with my friend Ruth. We always have a wonderful time and July 8<sup>th</sup> was no exception.</div>
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Last year when I started traveling so much, I stopped posting a Happy Birthday Cake photo on everyone’s FB page. I thought that I’d miss someone when I was gone from home, that was my reasoning and believe it or not I missed doing it! So after my own birthday this year, I said to myself, “What the heck, just do it.” So last week I resumed my Happy Birthday Cake photos on my FB friends’ timelines.</div>
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I read this book, <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-day-the-world-came-to-town-jim-defede/1100616498?ean=9780060559717#/">The Day THe World Came to Town</a>, in 2003 when it was first published.<br />
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The play <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Come_from_Away">Come From Away</a> is based on the book and was developed in 2012 and had huge success in San Diego, Seattle, Washington DC and Toronto before moving to NYC. I missed it in San Diego but I was lucky and got a ticket for a performance at the Schoenfeld Theater on W. 45th. Of course, no photos were allowed during the show, but I snapped these during the curtain-call.</div>
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The show had no intermission. The 12 performers had multiple roles that included acting, singing, and dancing. They were marvelous. There were 7 musicians, below, that were on stage the entire time and they were outstanding.</div>
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I'm 56% Scandinavian and most of that is Norweigian. I was very excited when I found a tour called Stitching in Norway! You know I'm a quilter, right? I gambled on a tour company that I didn't know anything about. For the most part, the Norway segment of my trip was a success. Below is the review I sent to the company, <a href="https://www.arenatravel.com/">Arena Travel</a>.<br />
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<i>"I was a first-time traveler with your organization, so I didn't know what to expect. I was very satisfied with the trip, hotels, and food. The Arena office staff were top notch, as was Hilary, our tour manager. My only negative was with Karin, she constantly bashed America and Americans, (I'm American), one to ten times a day, every day. She asked me how to attract more Americans to her tours and immediately negated each suggestion. She did tell me that she was famous in America, several times, but I'd never heard of her prior to this trip."</i><br />
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I won't be traveling with this company again, the CEO responded that I must have misunderstood Karin Hellaby's comments, daily comments.<br />
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This is a negative review because there is no excuse for this type of prejudice in the world; especially if they want my dollars. The CEO offered no apology but did offer to take more of my money on any future travel with them. Not happening. It reminded me of the type of prejudice that existed in the early part of the 20th century.<br />
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We were lucky to be in Olso for Norwegian Constitution Day 2018 in Norway, on May 17th. What a treat to see the parade and witness the celebration. So many citizens were in national costumes, an added bonus.</div>
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<img class="nopin" src="http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx78/sweetfaerie/signature_2012_zps0549c90f.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" />Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13716690020687995783noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2647760184250226395.post-74034125907796313612018-05-02T09:39:00.000-07:002018-06-07T13:00:01.052-07:00CroatiaIn April, I traveled to Croatia with <a href="https://www.roadscholar.org/">Road Scholar</a>. When I want to travel abroad, <a href="https://www.roadscholar.org/">Road Scholar</a> is my first choice. How I first heard about them is kinda funny. About 10 or 12 years ago, I was having breakfast at my <a href="https://www.ticktockdinerny.com/">favorite NYC diner</a>, when a group of travelers came in. They were all excitedly chattering about what had happened the day before. So I asked, "What's going on?" They proceeded to tell me about the great tour of NYC they were doing with this wonderful company called Road Scholar. Now, I'd never thought of going on a tour of NYC, but I made a note of the company name and years later when I decided to go to <a href="http://www.prytzfamily.com/2016/10/road-scholar-tours.html">France in 2016</a>, they were the company I used. Croatia is my fourth trip with them and all the trips have been very successful. How's that for a recommendation!<br />
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Our first stop was in the capital, Zagreb. Here are just a couple of photos.<br />
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Notice the 4th listing on this directory, The Museum of Broken Relationships! Yes, that's a thing in Zagreb. The photo below fits right in.</div>
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Zagreb was beautiful but I was hard-pressed to find healthy food. That quickly changed when we headed for the coast.<br />
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I love this dog, "just hanging out". He paid no attention to the tourist, he was just doing his job!</div>
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Some photos from our walks exploring the Istrian Peninsula and the town of Porec.</div>
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The next morning we had a wonderful hike in the rain to the Plitvice Lakes National Park. It's a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I'm pretty sure the last photo shows the entrance to a Hobbit house.<br />
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Before leaving for our next adventure, I spotted Santa wandering in the hotel lobby. He was cranky and wouldn't pose. I think he was lost.<br />
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In Split, there were lots to do. We visited Diocletian's Palace and in the afternoon had some free time, I used that time to visit Split's Archeological Museum. When I was in Madrid last year, I thoroughly enjoyed their Museo Arqueológico Nacional (Archaeological Museum), it was fantastic. Split's version wasn't fantastic, but it was pretty great. I really enjoyed my visit. Below are some photos of my day.<br />
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This was a 13-day tour and I loved everything about it. I feel as if this post has photo overload and we're just on day 8! Here's a few more, and if you've read this far, be sure to put Croatia on you must-travel-to list. Croatians love Americans, plus their main industry is tourism, so go see them.</div>
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Croatian pest control!</div>
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The Croatian climate is very similar to mine in Southern California. Their soil isn't the best, but they work with what they have and they do make great wine!</div>
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The last photo shows the wonderful group I traveled with.</div>
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I have two great daughters, they're very different and very good friends. These are the things I gave them for V-Day. As you might guess, one had a rabbit as a teenager, and one is enamored with foxes; so an appropriate mug and handmade mug-rug. Also, some socks, a zippered pouch, and a heart-shaped rock.<br />
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Another post that's not about travel, I may be stuck in a rut! Not really.<br />
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This blog has become a travel blog instead of a family blog. I've been a widow for three years and I've been traveling a lot, recently, so that's become the focus of my posts. Today I was going through some photos and I thought I'd share one of my favorites, <span style="background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; white-space: pre-wrap;">This photo was taken 54 years ago, a few months before I was married, at Boy Scout Winter Camp in the nearby San Bernardino Mountains. It features my two favorite men, my dad Rex, and my husband Bob. My Dad passed away 16 years ago, in January, and Bob passed away 3 years ago today. I'm lucky to have had a great Dad and husband, not perfect, but great.</span><br />
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This is the only trip I've taken without my camera. The cellphone cameras are so good now, that I wanted to see if I'd be happy with just the phone.<br />
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Day 1 was travel and day 2 was a visit to West Point.<br />
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The next day we visited NYC and the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, then travel to Philadelphia.<br />
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This was all very sad for me. I go to NYC annually and walked or rode by the hole in the ground many times. I've avoided going to the Memorial until now. I'm glad I went. One thing that made this Memorial/Museum so good was the art. Here's a couple of examples.<br />
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Day 4 was Game Day, and we had a <b>SNOW STORM</b>! First, we visited Independence National Historical Park before heading to the game at Lincoln Financial Field. (It ranks very low on my list of good football stadiums.)<br />
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But first, we had breakfast with Ben Franklin. He talked about his many adventures and some of his inventions, including the $7 bill! Who knew?</div>
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The Army March On, above and the Navy March On, below, took place more than two hours before the game. As you can see it was snowing in earnest and the snow continued throughout the day.</div>
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I had on three layers, top, and bottom, plus my down coat and I was still cold. I spent most of the pre-game and game walking, trying to stay as warm as possible; outside in a snowstorm. We were at the stadium over 6 hours. Army won!<br />
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The 6th day was spent exploring Washington DC.<br />
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The Korean War Memorial is my favorite in Washington DC. It's so dynamic and moving.</div>
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The Wall, the Viet Nam War Memorial</div>
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And Last the World War Two Memorial. This is one that I didn't know existed and it was wonderful and moving.</div>
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Our final day in Granada we visited the Cathedral and Royal Chapel. There were some wonderful street art and street performers, too.</div>
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<img class="nopin" src="http://i743.photobucket.com/albums/xx78/sweetfaerie/signature_2012_zps0549c90f.png" style="background: transparent; border: none;" />Janhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13716690020687995783noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2647760184250226395.post-69350625240142291632017-10-06T14:26:00.000-07:002017-12-29T08:43:10.856-08:00Southern Spain Yesterday and Today, Madrid1. I feel as if this "Family" blog has become my travel blog. I'll need to think about renaming it, or not!<br />
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2. As I mentioned in my <a href="http://www.prytzfamily.com/2017/10/the-ultimate-game-day-weekend.html">last post</a>, I did back-to-back trips, a first for me. This Spain trip was booked far in advance and the Ultimate Game Day Weekend butted right against it. This was a successful venture and I'll do it again if it comes up.<br />
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Now, about the trip.<br />
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Traveling with <a href="https://www.roadscholar.org/">Road Scholar</a> is a dream. They are established, organized, educational, and thoughtful. This tour visited 3 cities, Madrid, Granada, and Seville. I'm going to just post some photos for you to enjoy and say consider <a href="https://www.roadscholar.org/">Road Scholar</a> when you travel.<br />
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Madrid<br />
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Photos from the first day.<br />
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The 2nd morning in Madrid I had a free day to explore on my own. I went to the <a href="http://www.man.es/man/en/home">Museo Arqueológico Nacional</a> (Archaeological Museum) and it was fantastic!<br />
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The next day we bussed to Toledo Cathedral, Synagogue, and Santo Tome' Church.<br />
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This tour started in Chicago, then we bussed to Green Bay for a Packers game. This was the Thursday Night Football game that had the lightning storm and we had to evacuate the stadium.<br />
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Next, we went back to Chicago for a Cubs game. It's always great to be at Wrigley Field.<br />
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Then on to Minneapolis, where we saw a Twins game and a Vikings game. The people in the above photos are fellow travelers who I've gone on other tours with. Amazing!<br />
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See those stripey overalls? They were for sale at both the Packers and the Vikings team stores. I saw lots of people wearing them, too.<br />
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After this tour, I flew home to LAX but didn't go home to Murrieta. I spent the night at the Hampton Inn and left the next day for a tour of Spain! That will be my next post.<br />
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Here's a bit of the San Diego Zoo.<br />
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One of my favorite local things is to go to the San Diego Zoo. It's close, a little more than an hour away, and I love the animals. Usually, the first thing I do is have lunch with the flamingos. Then I'm off to see as many of the other animals as possible.<br />
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The zoo is huge and all day isn't long enough to see everything!<br />
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I went to Iceland last month with a great tour company, <a href="http://sightsandsoul.com/home">Sights and Soul Travel</a>. They specialize in small group tours for women only. I hadn't heard of them and gambled by booking, and I won. It was a great trip with a great company.<br />
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I love Iceland! And Icelanders love Americans, it was a win-win situation.<br />
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Things I learned and love about Iceland:<br />
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<li>They bake their delicious bread overnight in holes in the lava fields!</li>
<li>They grow their fruit and vegetables, and coffee, in huge greenhouses. The green houses are kept warm year round using the natural geothermal energy.</li>
<li>They speak and read English. English is taught as a 2nd language in their schools starting in 3rd grade.</li>
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<li>When the Vikings discovered Iceland in the 9th century, there were no native people or animals. The Vikings raided Scotland and Ireland for slaves and women and brought them back to establish settlements in Iceland. Icelandic male DNA is 90% Norse, and Icelandic female DNA is 50% Norse and 50% Scot/Irish!</li>
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<li>Icelandic horses are called horses, never ponies!</li>
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There was only one thing I didn't love about Iceland, in the restaurants, there may be horse, whale, and puffin listed on the menu. This is in traditional Icelandic cafes.<br />
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I traveled with my sister, and there was another set of sisters on the tour, too. We all had a great time.<br />
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This is the 3rd walking food tour I've done, this one is called <a href="http://www.foodtoursatlanta.com/food-tours/">Atlanta's Inman Park Food Tour</a>. I honestly didn't realize that I didn't take photos of the food we tasted! What a dork. I will tell you that we had 6 tastings during our 3.5-hour walk, and they were delicious and LARGE!<br />
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What I did take photos of were the scenery and architecture. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inman_Park">Inman Park</a> was Atlanta's first suburb, and our guide covered the start, rise, decline and renewal of the area. I really recommend this tour, if you have some time during your next visit to Atlanta.<br />
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These are two examples of the "tiny doors" that populate Inman park.</div>
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This piece of art is on the Atlanta Beltline. It's made from found items and it was wonderful. Below is a different perspective.</div>
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The reason I came uptown was to seek out this "vest-pocket" park that I read about in the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/22/nyregion/greenacre-park-sunlight-skyscrapers-new-york.html?_r=0">NYTimes</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://www.sasaki.com/project/111/greenacre-park/">Greenacre Park,</a> seek it out next time you're in NYC.<br />
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I still had some time and I hadn't visited Alexander Hamilton's grave. I usually visit his grave on every trip to NYC. So back on the subway to downtown, to Trinity Church.<br />
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His wife's grave is next to his. I don't know the meaning of the coins left on her marker, but I guess it's a sign of respect. I know that leaving coins on veteran's headstones is a military tradition.<br />
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After visiting Hamilton I wondered around the Little Italy and SoHo neighborhoods and stumbled upon another wonderful small park the <a href="https://livinglotsnyc.org/lot/1004930030/">Elizabeth Street Garden</a>. What a wonderful jumble of "stuff"!<br />
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For the next two and a half days, I was busy at the Javitz Convention Center for Book Expo. On Saturday, my last day in town, I had a relaxing morning and in the afternoon I went to another B'way show, Cats!<br />
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The musical was wonderful and fast paced. The darnest thing happened at intermission, the audience wandered onto the stage! This is the first time I've ever see that happen.<br />
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New York is a wonderful town, there is so much to see, it's remarkable.<br />
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Thanks for stopping by and sharing my life with me, </blockquote>
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