Author: KarenKratz

7/13Yesterday, when we got into London Heathrow, we found our way to the Underground and to Victoria Station. Getting out of Victoria Station however, turned us upside down and sideways on which lifts to use since we had our large suitcases the lifts were the only way out of the station. It was almost comical….

Strike One! Tuesday, 6/27After attending a ribbon cutting at Raven Rock State Park, we headed to the airport to begin our journey to Finland and a wildlife photo shoot with Hector Astorga. Our flight was 20 minutes late leaving the airport, but we had enough of a layover at Dulles that we’d be okay. When…

May 8 We arrived in the city of Košice (koh-shits-ka) in the afternoon and were picked up by my cousin MerriAnn and her husband Ken. They drove us to our hotel, Villa Angel, in Rožňava. The hotel owner and her daughter, who spoke English, met us at the entrance and showed us to our room,…

11/8 Punta Arenas We arrived in Punta Arenas, Chile a day early, having learned our lesson from the crazy switcharoos that happened to us on the last trip abroad. We met up with some of our photography workshop group at the Apart Hotel Endurance for our first night. We walked about town, down to the…

8/31 We got to sleep in until 5:30am, have breakfast, then board the little boats along with our luggage, to take a trip up river to get to the location where we originally put in to head to the flotel. I was encouraged to take a potty break, but after looking at the loos, I…

We took a little trip to the Pantanal region of Brazil… We lost count of the wildlife we saw – until we got home and counted them in all of our 28,000 (between the two of us) photos. At the end of this diary entry I will post information about how we got here, and…