We Take Ourselves With Us

So, after our lovely, adventure-filled, and truly wonderful but also very long day touring Maui, we considered our activity planned for the next day.  It also seemed truly wonderful: snorkling at Molokini.  However, when we thought about getting up at 6 am the next morning to grab breakfast and get off the boat by 7 am, our enthusiasm waned.  Hmm ... should we push ourselves to the cranky Kress-Davis family peak?  Or should we remember that vacations can also be about not going, going, and going; they can also be about relaxing, too?  Four votes for the latter, and we abandoned the 6am snorkling wake-up call and turned in for a longer night's sleep. Ned and I were still up early enough to wander the POA and watch the sunrise.  I had mentioned the industrial ports.  Here's a good pic of what I meant.  This is the cruise ship port for Maui (in Kahului).  Inviting, isn't it. Because the sun rose opposite the hills a...

Our second stop on the Danube was Regensburg, a UNESCO world heritage site  with buildings dating back to the Holy Roman Empire.  Our boat was docked right in the city, as my misty morning view suggests.  The mist also suggested something else:  it was hella cold out!  The river was warmer than the air, hence the foggy view. We're upstaters, so fill us with a big breakfast and we're ready for any temps. The view behind the kids is from the opposite side of the ship from our rooms; it's right against the dock, and you can see the sun making a big difference already away from the water.  (But, it was still about 25 degrees that morning, with a predicted high in the low thirties.) It was interesting to see how many passengers were from sunbelt states like Florida, Texas, Arizona, and California.  As the week went on, the temperatures kept dropping, and some of the sunbirds started dropping with them--opting out of the walking tours.  It begs ...