Romania to Germany 2011

We are busy planning our trip from Bucharest, Romania to Dresden, Germany staring later this month. It has taken more advanced planning this trip to replace the passports I lost on the last trip. We will be joined again by our traveling companions Jack and Mary Jane. The first section of the journey is a river boat cruise up the Danube from Bucharest to Budapest, the capital of Hungary . On this cruise we will sail past the natural wonders of the Iron Gate region; visit the Serbian capital of Belgrade and the Croatian city of Osijek; discover historical treasures of Bulgaria; and admire the graceful charms of the Romanian capital of Bucharest. Before leaving Bucharest we hope to visit Dracula’s Transylvania and a quick run over to the resort-lined beaches of the Black Sea.
After reaching Budapest our companions head for other adventures and we head for Vienna, “City of Waltzes.” I want to see the Hofburg Palace and, of course, My Sweetheart wants to go shopping along the Ringstrasse. This is tentative since we will be renting a car in Budapest and she says Vienna, Prague and Dresden but I have the keys and all I can guarantee is that I will get on the plane home from Dresden.
I hear today it’s snowing and thirty degrees in Bucharest and I’m wondering what nut planned this trip. Anyway, I packing my camera and warm clothes and praying for an early spring.
It’s time to go Syfogin!

There comes a time in life, when you walk away from all the drama and people who create it. You surround yourself with people who make you laugh, forget the bad, and focus on the good. So, love the people who treat you right. Pray for the ones who don't. Life is too short to be anything but happy. Falling down is part of LIFE. Getting back up is LIVING

No, this first picture is not our crossing the North Atlantic. It was taken by a friend on Holland America’s Veendam off the Falkland Islands a few weeks ago. It is what I imagined the crossing would be like, but no it was smooth all the way across. The second picture is of my sweethearth on the deck of the Queen Mary 2. She has always wanted to do the romantic picture on an ocean liner with the sea in the background. We had not counted on the fact that the ship travels at 30 mph and the wind blows from the opposite direction at about the same speed. That makes a gale force wind out on the deck. Not good for romantic picture taking. The trip was quiet and we enjoyed a lot of down time. We will be arriving in Southampton in a few days and then do some syfoging around Merry Ole England.
Back in Texas the Christmas Season is coming on and work has been quite hectic. Hectic in my business is good. I wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I’ll see you next year as we continue this journey through England and France.