Category Archives: links to my past

Floating hotel – ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Diane Scheurell

August 2019. So what’s the best way to get from Stockholm to Helsinki? Cruise there! Yes, the Viking Cruise Line has an overnight ferry that connects the two cities. So we get our transportation and our hotel all in one … Continue reading →

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Copenhagen in one day

Posted on August 1, 2019 by Diane Scheurell

July 2019. Ideally one would spend more than a day in such an important world capital. But when you miss your flight from London and lose two days out of a carefully planned itinerary, you make the best of it. … Continue reading →

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Living a lifetime in one place: Morgarraz, Spain

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Diane Scheurell

When traveling through Europe, I marvel at the span of history I can see after studying these civilizations and cultures from my reading chair at home. Sometimes in one location there is documented evidence of pre-historic peoples, the Romans, and … Continue reading →

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The magic of touching whales: Baja Gray Whale Eco-tour and Wellness Retreat

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Diane Scheurell

My friend Jeanne Teleia is in love with whales, so much so that she researched and recently offered a Baja Gray Whale Wellness and Inspiration Retreat in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of Baja Mexico. I like whale … Continue reading →

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I found a new tribe – Packer Bar in Kona, Quinn’s Almost by the Sea.

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Diane Scheurell

Did you ever walk into a crowd of strangers, and just know that you had a deep connection with them? It happened to me last week at Quinn’s Almost by the Sea. I discovered it in 2013, and love the … Continue reading →

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Dating after 65

Posted on August 25, 2018 by Diane Scheurell

I’m tiptoeing back into the dating game after 30 years on the sidelines. It’s a very different world out there. In 1988, there was no such thing as dating apps. We used singles magazines and newspaper personals. After my divorce … Continue reading →

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Making new family traditions in Boulder Junction, WI

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Diane Scheurell

This year is the 64th year my extended family has been going to the same lake for vacation. (See Family Traditions – 63 years at the lake near Boulder Junction WI.) We’ve been enjoying the same family activities every year through … Continue reading →

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Chartres Cathedral – feeling like a pilgrim

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Diane Scheurell

Chartres France is synonymous with its great Gothic cathedral built in 1194-1220. I was astonished to learn that this magnificent building is the new church, built upon the ruins of four other churches, the oldest from the 4th century. It … Continue reading →

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Omaha Beach – reflections on sacred ground

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Diane Scheurell

Normandy. When I hear that word, I immediately think of the beaches where so many soldiers lost their lives, trying to take a toehold on the continent that had been all but engulfed by Hitler during WWII. Between our visits … Continue reading →

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Family Traditions – 63 years at the lake near Boulder Junction WI

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Diane Scheurell

This year is the 63rd family reunion we’ve had at Fishtrap Lake. Not much changes over time up here. We still sit on the dock with our morning coffee, ride around the lake on my brother-in-law’s pontoon, and play Scrabble … Continue reading →

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