Anticipating Flight Complications

If you have been watching the news over the past few weeks, you’ve seen what a nightmare air travel has become.

Tens of thousands of customers have been stranded and/or delayed at major hubs around the world. Last weekend over five thousand passengers were stranded in London Heathrow due to flight cancelations. Did you see that mountain of luggage?

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Europe is Open and Ready for Business

As you know we just returned from our first ever Signature Event, our private river cruise sailing featuring Tulip Time in The Netherlands and Belgium.

For weeks (months, in fact) prior to our departure, entry and “in” country requirements were changing. First we needed negative covid tests upon entry, as well as vaccination cards in all venues, mandatory masks in all public places, and an official health certification from The Netherlands government.

By the time we left we needed only. . .

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Normandy

In the grainy old film clip a reporter was asking a fresh faced young soldier what he was thinking about just before he jumped from the aircraft during the Normandy invasion. He replied as I expected, “I was praying”. It was the words of his prayer that were unexpected.

What would you pray? I know I would . . .

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Ephesus

I remember exactly where I was the day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Ditto for the day our hostages in Iran came home. And now, forever etched in my mind, is my first view of the ancient library of Ephesus on October 13, 2009.

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Knossos

There was once a wise lawgiver and a fair judge who ruled over the kingdom of Knossos. Homer called him “a companion of mighty Zeus”, and Thucydides says he was the first man to hold sway over the Aegean with his powerful fleet.

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Failure VS Regret

Have you ever considered the difference between “failure” and “regret”?

I looked it up, and the definition of failure is “lack of success”.

The definition for regret is “Feel sad, repentant, or disappointed over something that has happened or been done, (especially a missed opportunity).

Regret seems to have a negative impact on a deeper level, doesn’t it?

The world is opening back up, and . . .

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