by J. Morris | Jan 30, 2017 | Blog
DAY 5 MONDAY JANUARY 30 The Deccan rolled into Udaipur in the morning. Set on the shores of the placid Lake Pichola, Udaipur, known as the City of Lakes, is easily one of the most romantic cities in India or that we have seen on other travels. We disembarked the...
by J. Morris | Jan 29, 2017 | Blog
4 DAY SUNDAY JANUARY 29 After a satisfying dinner and rocky overnight onboard the train (We pretended we were on a ship and “going with the flow”) we arose, surprisingly fresh and good to go. Sandi didn’t get to sleep until 3 and she said I was snoring throughout...
by J. Morris | Jan 28, 2017 | Blog
DAY 3 SATURDAY January 28 Note: Day 2 was a free day at the hotel. We rested, hooked up with Jackie Bone, our friend from New Zealand and spent the day visiting and enjoying good food and drinks at the hotel. After breakfast, we took a morning heritage walking tour...
by J. Morris | Jan 27, 2017 | Blog
DAY 1-2, WEDNESDAY/THURSDAY JANUARY 25-26 Our adopted chauffeur, Jeff Galloway, drove us from Myrtle, MS to the Memphis Airport. We departed on time at noon . Arrived Atlanta 2:00 p.m. and departed there for Charles DeGaulle Airport in Paris, arrived Charles De...
by J. Morris | Jun 3, 2016 | Blog
Silver Anniversary Voyage Blog June 11, Day 10: Roma After breakfast in the hotel, we crossed the plaza to the Pantheon and saw its interior for the 3rd time in our lives and each time saw something different and were lifted to a higher level. The structure, the...
by J. Morris | May 16, 2016 | Blog
I just watched, with great sadness, a report on CNN about the occupation of Maloula, the Christian community I have visiting and wrote about in The Last Page. ISIS took over Maloula in late, 2013, something I did not know, (though I had been monitoring that...
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