A New Year – 2020

Hello 2020! We should all see this year more clearly…I hope! What’s in store for us for 2020, you ask? Well…

Viking River cruise – A much anticipated (for over a year!) Viking river cruise from Paris, France to the Swiss Alps in Zurich, Switzerland is planned for late March into April. Lots of great cities to visit. Our cruise pulls in to a port in Germany that I can trace my many great grandfather from according to information I’ve gained from My Heritage. We are definitely looking forward to seeing the Alps and sampling local Swiss chocolate and cheese on our own devised Food Challenge Travel Crawl. We are hoping the rivers are kind and we can pass with a minimum of busing on this river cruise.

Road trips – These are fun and last minute trips that we take depending on weather and Karen’s work schedule. We would like to head to a couple more small towns near us and also travel to the Jersey Shore in search of lighthouses.

Moving – On a recent cruise, we received an email that our lease was up for renewal. Lots to talk about. At this point, we’ve decided to sign on for another year, and stay put even though there are drawbacks to doing so. This may be the longest we’ve lived anywhere since Karen and I became roommates!

Health – My health is generally pretty good. Seems they are always trying new medicines and you know what that means…adjustment time and return doctor appointments. I have a sleep study scheduled and am interested in those test results. Other than that, I’m hoping for no repeats of last year’s excitement. Would be nice to be able to do something about my hip pain, but I still get by…20 steps at a time!

Karen’s birthday trip – We have a couple ideas in mind, but nothing has been booked at this time.

Australia/New Zealand – Just trying to save enough money for the 17+ hour’s flights so we can book in business class. I have enough trouble on a 6 hour domestic flight, so almost 3 times that is going to be tough in a cramped middle seat. But we hope we can swing this trip. It’s on the books, but we are not yet fully committed to taking it. We did meet a couple from New Zealand on our last cruise and they are excited to meet us and show us around, which could be a fun way to see more of the area, rather than take a bus excursion.

And, for now, that pretty much wraps up our plans for 2020. But stay tuned as this blog continues to develop with stories and pictures of our travels, near and far!