Day Six - Bratislava, Slovakia
We awoke today at 8:45 a.m. just as the boat had finished entering a lock. This was just one of eleven locks that we will pass through...
Day Five - Budapest, Hungary
Today’s activities were scheduled to start later in the morning so we were able to take our time getting ready and having breakfast. I...
Day Four - Budapest, Hungary
We were up early enough this morning to have breakfast before boarding the motor coach at 8:30 a.m. for a trip to the Hungarian State...
Day Three - Budapest, Hungary
Catching up on our sleep meant we didn’t make it down in time for the free breakfast, so we purchased our breakfast in the hotel...
Day One - Part Two
We arrived in Budapest around 11:30 a.m. (August 29) – about two hours later than scheduled (so we made up a little time overnight!) ...
Day One - Part One
The car service was scheduled to arrive at 8:00 a.m. to take us to the airport in St. Louis, but arrived 45 minutes early. I was still...
Ready to go
Day Minus One We both were able to get home today by 3:00 p.m. and went into vacation mode. With no food in the house, we went out for...
Getting packed
Day Minus Two We have the luggage packed except for the last minute items. Now we sit around and wait for Tuesday morning to arrive. Of...
The End
We awoke to a rainy day in Manhattan. Before we even had time to get ourselves ready for the day, we had received an email letting us...
Memorial
Well I am down to the second to last day of my sabbatical which is more than a bit sad. It has been a great time with many wonderful...