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Bon Voyage

Over the past few months, I have been absent from my regular WordPress activity. I thought I would offer an explanation so followers didn’t think something was wrong with me. I’m fine, but just got very busy, and something had to give (and this was it).

First we were away for a several days. Then, I was finishing several books as technical development editor, and then I was asked to be technical proofreader for another book that was almost 600 pages. Finally, I was busy planning a trip and making final hotel, train, and other reservations.

Anyway, now I’m starting to catch up on a few posts that I had started but never published. We just returned from a 3-week trip to Germany. 

I took lots of photos on our Viking River Cruise on the Rhine from Basel to Amsterdam with stops at Breisach, Strasbourg (France), Koblenz, Heidelberg, Cologne, Kinderdijk (Netherlands). Then our trip included visits in Amsterdam, Munich, Salzburg, Rothenburg, Leipzig, and Berlin. I will begin posting those daily over the next several weeks now that I have returned. 

Writing 201: Poetry – Journey
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Writing 201: Poetry – Journey

Assignment #2 has a word prompt of Journey to be written in the form of a Limerick using the device of Alliteration. So here is mine:

Germany is a journey to enjoy that I would choose.
Flying overnight to Europe offers time for a snooze.
Oh, I am so excited …
so much fun …
now that we’re both booked aboard a Viking River Cruise!

Video

Here are some brief highlights of the 8-day cruise along the Rhine in Germany, which includes Basel (Switzerland),  Breisach (Black Forest), Strasbourg (France), Koblenz, Heidelberg & Rüdesheim, Cologne, Kinderdijk and Amsterdam (The Netherlands).

“Rhine Getaway” on Viking River Cruises – 45 sec

 

We will also be spending several days each visiting Amsterdam, Munich, Salzburg (Austria), Leipzig (wife’s grandmother birthplace), Berlin (nephew and family), as well as several other places. It will be a wonderful 3 weeks, with lots of opportunities for travel and photo blog posts. I welcome any recommendations and suggestions since we’re still finalizing our itinerary and activities.

I’m new at writing poetry. I decided to give it a try with the Writing 201: Poetry course over the last two weeks of February. Let me know what you think, and comments are appreciated.