Barbara Thompson

Monday, August 25, 2025 We went back to the airport after a good night’s sleep. We walked in and immediately saw my favorite clock in the world. We watched 4 movies on the plane – Deep Cover (funny!), The Amateur (I liked it), Black Bag (slow and thinky), and Freaky Friday (classic) and then we

Sunday, August 24, 2025 Last day in Budapest. I would say this is my second (to London) favorite city I have visited.  We had nothing planned. After we checked out, we took an Uber to the Central Market. We’d seen the beautiful building and thought we could spend time looking through the shops on the

Sarurday, August 23, 2025 Today is our friend Jack’s birthday, so we found the appropriate place to celebrate him. Next year, we will have a double birthday because Erick and Lindsay’s baby arrived early. Three year old Mac had suggested he should be named Paper, so we have been calling him Paper. His parents are

Friday, August 22, 2025 Our cruise officially finished this morning. Everyone else checked out and went home or on to extension trips to Vienna or Prague. We ran into friends Toni and Eric just as they were going, so we had more hugs good-bye before breakfast. We gave our bags to the front desk and

Thursday, August 21, 2025 It has been HOT the entire trip. We have been able to stay pretty comfortable with American levels of AC on the boat and in the hotels, but outside has been icky. Today, it cooled off!! Huzzah! It said it was going to be drizzly and 73. I immediately thought, “I

Wednesday, August 20. 2025 We arrived in Budapest in the early morning. When I peeked out to see it, there was just another ship parked next to us – quite dark. We went up for our last breakfast (I asked Keith if he had gotten breakfast down – if he had the “Perfect Plate” –

Tuesday, August 19, 2025 We arrived in our final country this morning, Hungary. We played the second game of the trip – a movie/music quiz. The first 10 questions featured a movie poster with the title removed at the same time as a tune from a different movie played. I don’t know if it was

Monday, August 18, 2025 We were parked when we got to breakfast, but I noticed we were on the move shortly thereafter. The view was lovely out the window, but mostly I was eating a bagel and chatting with Keith and Mark from Kentucky. I noticed we passed a house near the shore. Quite a

Sunday, August 17, 2025 We are in Belgrade, Serbia today. We walked around the original town fortress (extra old). Belgrade is at the corner of Danube and Sava rivers – a very important location. The city has fallen about 20 times through the ages, because someone always wants it. We went to Saint Sava’s temple.

Saturday, August 16, 2025 Yes, I am in Serbia, but I am still super excited about the Brewers 13 game winning streak. The brothers and sisters got together to watch the game last night. Text chat today thought Donna might be on her way to Cincinnati for tonight’s game 🙂 Today was primarily a sailing