Category Archives: United States

2025 – Travel in the New Year

Posted on January 23, 2025 by herktrav

The new year has arrived and we’ve started to think about this year’s travels. With so much going on in the world, we’re thinking carefully. There are a few travel related items that I thought I’d share with everyone. I’m … Continue reading →

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Portugal 2024 – Flights, Cameras, Action!

Posted on September 2, 2024 by herktrav

All the planning is done and all the reservations have been made and confirmed, so it’s Go Time! Now we are watching the weather reports to try and figure out what to bring along. It looks like we’ll see temperatures … Continue reading →

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NYC 2024 – Brooklyn, the Bronx, the Yankees and Good Friends

Posted on August 26, 2024 by herktrav

The summer whirlwind continues. We’re home from NYC and we had a great time. We had a lot of fun with our friends – Donna and George. We saw a couple of baseball games, we did a little touring, and … Continue reading →

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NYC 2024 – Friends and Baseball

Posted on July 7, 2024 by herktrav

Since the summer isn’t going fast enough, we’re planning to visit our friends in Brooklyn and take in a couple of Yankees games. Just a little something to squeeze in before heading to Portugal. It’s been a while since we’ve … Continue reading →

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2024 – A New Year of Travels

Posted on February 8, 2024 by herktrav

We ooh’ed and ah’ed as the fireworks lit up the skies. We heard the music, saw the crowds of people and watched the balls drop. Another new year has arrived and that means a new year of travels. We’re looking forward to … Continue reading →

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Renewing our US Passports

Posted on December 2, 2023 by herktrav

I thought I would share a recent experience related to renewing our US Passports. Since we are planning to travel to Europe in 2024 and our passports expire in July 2024, we thought we should start the process to renew … Continue reading →

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Fall 2022 – Heading home from Italy

Posted on October 27, 2022 by herktrav

After forty-six days of meandering our way around Italy, it was time to head home. It wasn’t a direct route to home though. We flew from Rome to Washington DC, but due to the schedules, we decided to stay overnight … Continue reading →

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Summer 2021 – Took me out to the ball games!

Posted on August 9, 2021 by herktrav

The plan was simple – enjoy ourselves, see a few baseball games and relax this summer. While the summer isn’t over yet, we have so far attained those goals. For phase one, we started with some home town games. We … Continue reading →

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Summer 2021 – Take me out to the ball game!

Posted on June 14, 2021 by herktrav

While we’re not traveling abroad this year, we decided to dip our toes in the travel pool by catching a couple of baseball games. It should be simple, easy travel without many frills, but still fun. We’ll start by cheating … Continue reading →

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China 2020 – Staycation Pt 5 – Shanghai

Posted on November 2, 2020 by herktrav

It’s hard to believe how quickly three weeks passed by. It seems like we were just talking about Beijing and here we are finishing up in Shanghai. To get to Shanghai, we would have once again navigated an airport and … Continue reading →

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