Past Trips

Mexico (Yucatan Peninsula), 2009

Beautiful beaches, yes ... but loads of culture and history. It was a great 10 days including Mayan ruins, Our Virgin of Guadalupe celebrations, colorful towns, folk dancing in Merida and a few days at the beach.

Southern France / Northern Italy, 2009
(garden tour)

What an easy place to lead a tour: Great gardens, colorful markets, delicious food, tasty wine and fun companions. The hitches of the trip happened early: After a delayed flight and a stalled bus, we rolled into our evening buffet at the hotel at 1 a.m. A good time was had by all and the rest ofo the journey went flawlessly!

India, 2008

This was a trip that only Mary and I went on but it was memorable and wonderful. Give yourself a month to get immersed in the culture and you will want to go back. We landed in Delhi, spent 12 days in Rajasthan, then flew to the very South and worked our way up to Bangalore spending time in Kerala. We traveled on trains, buses, auto rickshaws and even rode clunky old bicycles through a National Park. The people were friendly, the women were colorful, and the food was wonderful.

South Africa, 2007
(garden tour)

We began in Johannesburg and visited many great gardens including Little Brenthurst. Reg (our guide) also showed us around his garden in Pretoria - Oh La La - what a garden! Then we spent 5 days in Cape Town, saw more great gardens; plus went to the Cape of Good Hope. From there, we spent 3 days tasting wines in the Stellenbosch region (it's a tough life). Finally we went on Safari at Pilansberg National Park where we saw hippos, lions, elephants and more.

Southern Italy, 2006
(garden tour)

After visiting gardens in Rome and the Amalfi Coast, we ate some pizza in Naples; then jumped on an overnight ferry for Sicily. After a morning cappucino, we toured Palermo as it was waking up on a Sunday morning. After garden touring and market grazing, we visited the botanical garden. Then we made our way into the interior of Sicily stopping at great Greek Temples on the way. We ended up in the beautiful seaside resort town of Taormina where we said good-bye to Italy.

New York and Boston, 2005
(garden tour)

Have you ever heard of a baseball / garden tour? I have because I led one. We landed in New York, took a harbor tour, and saw great gardens. Among the highlights was a game at Yankee Stadium where we were polite and did not boo. We traveled up through the Berkshires with more gardens on the way; plus a stop at Cooperstown (very Oh La La) to visit the baseball hall of fame. We ended the tour in Boston with a great baseball evening at Fenway Park.

and there's more! But they are not on the web yet. Keep watching if you are a traveler.