Hi Ralph! I wonder if you’ll remember us - Cindy Boyle and Bob Nessen. We met you and Penny on the Queen Mary back in August when you were returning “home” after your long adventure and had a couple of dinners together. We really enjoyed meeting you both, and I am so glad I subscribed to your substack. I’m following along and enjoying your travels and commentary through Scotland. Keep it coming!
Since we last saw you, we moved into our new home in Bedford, MA, spent January, February, and early March at sea: 8 days crossing the Atlantic to Southampton (where I contracted pneumonia), then 50 days aboard the Silversea Muse in the cold, rainy, stormy Mediterranean! But we had a great time and managed to have a few gorgeous late February/early March weeks along the French and Spanish coasts.
In July we will cruise up and down the New England and Canadian coasts for two weeks. Then in mid-August we head to Amsterdam for a 3-week cruise, starting with a counterclockwise circuit of the British Isles. We end by sailing the west coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal.
IF IF IF your travels take you in that direction between August 16 and September 7, we’d be thrilled to see you! I’d love to hear from you and/or Penny. I wish you good times, interesting people and places, and good health as your adventures continue.
Hi Cindy! So good to hear from you! Our last voyage — LA to Southampton, 25 days — tested our patience with sailing. We got antsy to do land-based adventures. “pneumonia” — yes, cruise ships are petri dishes! That said, we’re traveling from Rome to Ft. Lauderdale in late November/early December. During your various voyages we’ll be in the Balkans, mainly exploring Slovenia. We fell in love with Ljubjana and want to see if it might be a place to live for a year.
All very interesting! I love that marmelade and in fact, my dad always had a jar of that in our home growing up. I still have one of the crock like containers around here somewhere. Desperate Dan? Very odd indeed. Tales of jute, sad and typical and sad. The museum structure is gorgeous and unusual. And of course you're familiar with Dundee, OR famous for it's vineyards - I wonder if it it was originally inhabited by the Scottish ...
Hi Ralph! I wonder if you’ll remember us - Cindy Boyle and Bob Nessen. We met you and Penny on the Queen Mary back in August when you were returning “home” after your long adventure and had a couple of dinners together. We really enjoyed meeting you both, and I am so glad I subscribed to your substack. I’m following along and enjoying your travels and commentary through Scotland. Keep it coming!
Since we last saw you, we moved into our new home in Bedford, MA, spent January, February, and early March at sea: 8 days crossing the Atlantic to Southampton (where I contracted pneumonia), then 50 days aboard the Silversea Muse in the cold, rainy, stormy Mediterranean! But we had a great time and managed to have a few gorgeous late February/early March weeks along the French and Spanish coasts.
In July we will cruise up and down the New England and Canadian coasts for two weeks. Then in mid-August we head to Amsterdam for a 3-week cruise, starting with a counterclockwise circuit of the British Isles. We end by sailing the west coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal.
IF IF IF your travels take you in that direction between August 16 and September 7, we’d be thrilled to see you! I’d love to hear from you and/or Penny. I wish you good times, interesting people and places, and good health as your adventures continue.
Hi Ralph! I wonder if you’ll remember us - Cindy Boyle and Bob Nessen. We met you and Penny on the Queen Mary back in August when you were returning “home” after your long adventure and had a couple of dinners together. We really enjoyed meeting you both, and I am so glad I subscribed to your substack. I’m following along and enjoying your travels and commentary through Scotland. Keep it coming!
Since we last saw you, we moved into our new home in Bedford, MA, spent January, February, and early March at sea: 8 days crossing the Atlantic to Southampton (where I contracted pneumonia), then 50 days aboard the Silversea Muse in the cold, rainy, stormy Mediterranean! But we had a great time and managed to have a few gorgeous late February/early March weeks along the French and Spanish coasts.
In July we will cruise up and down the New England and Canadian coasts for two weeks. Then in mid-August we head to Amsterdam for a 3-week cruise, starting with a counterclockwise circuit of the British Isles. We end by sailing the west coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal.
IF IF IF your travels take you in that direction between August 16 and September 7, we’d be thrilled to see you! I’d love to hear from you and/or Penny. I wish you good times, interesting people and places, and good health as your adventures continue.
Cindy
Hi Cindy! So good to hear from you! Our last voyage — LA to Southampton, 25 days — tested our patience with sailing. We got antsy to do land-based adventures. “pneumonia” — yes, cruise ships are petri dishes! That said, we’re traveling from Rome to Ft. Lauderdale in late November/early December. During your various voyages we’ll be in the Balkans, mainly exploring Slovenia. We fell in love with Ljubjana and want to see if it might be a place to live for a year.
All very interesting! I love that marmelade and in fact, my dad always had a jar of that in our home growing up. I still have one of the crock like containers around here somewhere. Desperate Dan? Very odd indeed. Tales of jute, sad and typical and sad. The museum structure is gorgeous and unusual. And of course you're familiar with Dundee, OR famous for it's vineyards - I wonder if it it was originally inhabited by the Scottish ...
Hi Ralph! I wonder if you’ll remember us - Cindy Boyle and Bob Nessen. We met you and Penny on the Queen Mary back in August when you were returning “home” after your long adventure and had a couple of dinners together. We really enjoyed meeting you both, and I am so glad I subscribed to your substack. I’m following along and enjoying your travels and commentary through Scotland. Keep it coming!
Since we last saw you, we moved into our new home in Bedford, MA, spent January, February, and early March at sea: 8 days crossing the Atlantic to Southampton (where I contracted pneumonia), then 50 days aboard the Silversea Muse in the cold, rainy, stormy Mediterranean! But we had a great time and managed to have a few gorgeous late February/early March weeks along the French and Spanish coasts.
In July we will cruise up and down the New England and Canadian coasts for two weeks. Then in mid-August we head to Amsterdam for a 3-week cruise, starting with a counterclockwise circuit of the British Isles. We end by sailing the west coasts of France, Spain, and Portugal.
IF IF IF your travels take you in that direction between August 16 and September 7, we’d be thrilled to see you! I’d love to hear from you and/or Penny. I wish you good times, interesting people and places, and good health as your adventures continue.
Cindy