Winter Solstice

Family

This year we are celebrating Winter Solstice traveling north. We climbed aboard The Crescent in darkness at 5:30AM and had breakfast in the Dining Car as dawn broke over the landscape. Twelve hours later we are underground at Washington DC’s Union Station as darkness is descending. We’ve learned from our delightful porter, Tina, that not only is Amtrak adding special holiday trains between NYC and Boston so we should definitely be able to make a connection tonight but our train will be serving dinner tonight! We could be fretting over what’s going wrong but with the care we’re getting from Amtrak, we’re just going with the flow, trusting that soon enough we’ll be with family. Tomorrow as the days begin to grow longer we’ll be playing with grandsons as they continue to grow bigger!

Categories

Archives

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

OUR VERY

LATEST

Underground at Charing Cross

Underground at Charing Cross

, ,

Our last day in London this trip we ventured underground on the Hidden London Charing Cross: Access All Areas Tour for a peek into the workings of The Underground a bit of its history and the uses of the Jubilee Line Charing Cross Station that no longer serves passengers but still has usefulness including as a filming location for movies including Skyfall and Paddington.

Simply Stonehenge 

Simply Stonehenge 

, ,

A half-day bus tour from London to Stonehenge gave us enough of an opportunity to gaze in awe at this ancient sacred monument, learn a little more about its history and construction and make us want to return for perhaps a more intimate experience.