Category Archives: May

Colombo, Sri Lanka

Posted on May 7, 2023 by patmathews

May 5 and 6, 2023 I have a post from May 4 in Cochin, India but for some reason it is frozen on my iPad and will not load.  I am in contact with the “happiness engineers” at Word Press … Continue reading →

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Cochin, India

Posted on May 5, 2023 by patmathews

May 4, 2023 Before I write about Cochin, I remembered a story we heard from our guide in Mumbai. Hindus believe in reincarnation and also in the prophesies that they are given when they have their “fortunes” told. It can … Continue reading →

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Mangalore, India

Posted on May 4, 2023 by patmathews

May 3, 2023 This is our third visit to Mangalore. It is the home of our butler, Vishant, who ends his time with us and goes home on vacation. He introduced us to our new butler, Reice, before he left. … Continue reading →

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Goa, India

Posted on May 3, 2023 by patmathews

May 2, 2023 Goa is a state on the southwestern coast of India.It is India’s smallest state and has the highest GDP per capita among all the Indian states, two and a half times has high as the country as … Continue reading →

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Mumbai, Day 2

Posted on May 3, 2023 by patmathews

May 1, 2023 Mumbai is also known as Bombay which was its official name until 1995. It is in the center of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region, the sixth most populous metropolitan area in the world. It is actually made up … Continue reading →

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Piraeus, Greece

Posted on June 1, 2019 by patmathews

May 31, 2019 Well, it is hard to believe that 5 weeks from today we will be home.  It always seems to go too fast, but we will savor these last weeks. Today we docked at the port of Piraeus, … Continue reading →

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Santorini, Greece

Posted on May 30, 2019 by patmathews

May 30, 2019 This was our first visit to Santorini and wow, did we love it. Here is our approach this morning. The buses going up the hills look like little caterpillars! We have enjoyed every port in Greece on … Continue reading →

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Rhodes, Greece

Posted on May 30, 2019 by patmathews

May 29, 2019 Today our tour was initially scheduled for the morning, but due to a few cruise ships scheduled to arrive the same time as ours, the tour was rescheduled for the afternoon. Here is the view of city … Continue reading →

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Limassol, Cyprus

Posted on May 29, 2019 by patmathews

May 28, 2019 This is our third time in Cyprus – so today we took a tour to the center of the island – to Nicosia – which has been the capital of Cyprus for over 1000 years. The port … Continue reading →

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Tel Aviv, Israel

Posted on May 28, 2019 by patmathews

May 26 and 27 We were so excited and couldn’t wait until these 2 days.  Why?  We were meeting our son, Mark and our soon to be daughter-in-law, Ramsay, in Tel Aviv. They were there on a trip called Honeymoon … Continue reading →

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