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Travel Stories, Cruise Reviews, and Cultural Adventures


Vancouver: bustling, busy city has splendid museum with Canada's finest artists
Vancouver: bustling, busy city has splendid museum with Canada's finest artists
Keller Keller
Sep 252 min read


Australian Museum features engaging displays, artful cultural history
The venerable Australian Museum is centrally located in Sydney, Australia, a treasure trove of art, nature inspired history, intriguing...

Christene Meyers
Aug 63 min read


Grand Hotel in Big Timber, Montana, undergoes facelift to glory days
Grand Hotel. Big Timber

Christene Meyers
Jul 235 min read


Shakespeare in the Parks tours the west in ambitious 53rd season
Shakespeare in the Park

Christene Meyers
Jul 174 min read


Cool off, enjoy at Borrego's Palms at Indian Head, a boutique treasure
The Palms at Indian Head offers a tranquil, beautiful escape from city life, with its open airy feel. DESERT HIDEAWAY DESERVES YOUR VISIT...

Christene Meyers
May 146 min read


Museum of Latin American Art offers stunning Long Beach diversion
Bruce Keller and Christene "Cookie" Meyers enjoy an afternoon at the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach, where Latin American...

Christene Meyers
May 74 min read


MoMA's magic mesmerizes as we visit a fabulous New York museum
Expect the unusual at New York's spectacular Museum of Modern Art. Here is Salvador Dali's "Retrospective Bust of a Woman," created in...

Christene Meyers
Apr 94 min read


Gaudi's Guell Park invites visitors into his world of wonder and magic
With a rooftop view of Barcelona, our road trippers visit Park Guell, on Carmel Hill in the Gracia district of Barcelona. It was designed...

Christene Meyers
Apr 24 min read


Dabbling with Dali: 3 days of dizzying delight with the art of a genius
The Dali Theatre-Museum is a magnificent, over-the-top creation designed by Salvador Dali himself. He supervised construction upon the...

Christene Meyers
Mar 265 min read


Getty Center reopens after devastating fires; Getty Villa remains closed
The Getty Center Museum is large -- like its benefactor's appetite for art and beauty. The multi-building complex is the legacy of...

Christene Meyers
Jan 305 min read


Meet Cesar Manrique: the artist who changed the face of an island
Meet Cesar Manrique

Christene Meyers
Dec 12, 20243 min read


Lisbon - Book a terrific time on a fun, educational tuk tuk tour
Enjoying a tuk tuk ride in Lisbon, from left, Bruce Keller, Jane Milder, driver Tomas Neves, Christene "Cookie" Meyers, Rick Cosgriffe. ...

Christene Meyers
Nov 7, 20244 min read


'Jewel of the South': Ponce's pleasures delight all year through
A stately mansion in Ponce, Puerto Rico, is said to have ghosts. Castillo Serrallés (Spanish for Serrallés Castle) was built by a rum...

Christene Meyers
Oct 30, 20244 min read


The Bard's "the bomb" as Shakespeare in the Schools charms hundreds of kids across Montana and Wyoming
Montana's talented Shakespeare in the Schools actors play multiple roles. Here are two of the cast in a scene from the delightful...

Christene Meyers
Oct 23, 20244 min read


Celebrity Cruising 15 ships offer splendid itineraries, stylish traveling
We boarded Celebrity's Eclipse for an exciting 15-day cruise from Buenos Aires to the Antarctic. Here, we joined fellow cruisers to board our bus for a shore excursion and spectacular wildlife. CELEBRITY'S FLEET SPANS THE WORLD, WITH CLASSY STATE OF THE ART VESSELS Celebrity ships are easily recognized by the trademark "X," here on the line's Edge. STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS PHOTOS By BRUCE KELLER Celebrity's shore excursions include a wide range of activity, including biking

Christene Meyers
Oct 16, 20243 min read


Pride, patriotism, awe as Mount Rushmore is cloaked in fall splendor
Autumn is a perfect time to visit Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota's Black Hills. Fine fall weather is predicted for the...

Christene Meyers
Oct 9, 20245 min read


Venice: Let its magnificence captivate you with timeless wonders
Venice charms: sights and sounds to savor abound. Venice has imposed tourist taxes and banned large ships from its precarious canals --...

Christene Meyers
Sep 25, 20244 min read


Tourists, go home! Demonstrators protest crowds in southern Europe
Crowds on our recent crossing of the Ponte Vecchio in Florence illustrate the overcrowding which is taxing the patience and pocketbooks...

Christene Meyers
Sep 11, 20243 min read


Porcelain potter retires from studio, parts with treasured collection
Rick Cosgriffe's decades long fascination with Oriental brush stroke painting shows in his graceful and detailed work. These jars are...

Christene Meyers
Sep 4, 20244 min read


Europe's charms are enhanced by seeing it through brother's eyes
TRAVELING WITH A FAVORITE LOVED ONE ENHANCES A TRIP THROUGH HIGHLIGHTS OF SOUTHERN EUROPE'S FAMOUS CITIES STORY By CHRISTENE MEYERS...

Christene Meyers
Aug 28, 20244 min read
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