2023 Gerardin Family Gathering
As every year since we moved north (except during the pandemic), we have 8 family members with birthdays between August 15 and September 23rd and Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 11/11
July 13-14 ~ Drifting miles off E. GreenlandJuly 15 ~ at sea returning to Reykjavik The next two days were entitled “East Greenland Experience” in Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 10/11
July 12 ~ Aappilattoq & Kangerluck Fjord, Greenland Wednesday morning we made a short stop at the village of Aappilattoq (population 53) in Prince Christian Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 9/11
July 11 ~ Hvalsey & Uunartoq, Greenland Hvalsey is in the south western part of Greenland and is home to the well-preserved ruins of one Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 8/11
July 10 ~ Prince Christian Sound Exploration, Greenland Monday morning we were off the southern coast of Greenland making our way through the sea ice Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 7/11
July 8 ~ Heimaey Island Saturday we maneuvered in to the narrow port opening of Haimey Island. This was actually pretty cool. We woke up Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 6/11
July 7 ~ Djupivogur & Papey Island Friday morning found ourselves in Djupivogur (say that fast 3 times🙄). This would be the first time we’d Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 5/11
July 6 ~ Seydisfordur / Skalanes Nature Reserve Thursday we arrived in Seydisfordur at the eastern-most edge of Iceland. There were waterfalls on both sides Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 4/11
July 5 ~ Husavik (in lieu of Akureyri), Iceland Today we celebrated our 42nd wedding anniversary and unbeknownst to us our cabin stewards (Raylene far Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 3/11
July 3, Grundarfjordur – July 4, Vigur Island Our first stop was in Grundarfjordur where our included “experience” was a 7 hour tour included the Read More …
The Expedition trip… that wasn’t! 2/11
Part 2 – July 2, Boarding day at last Here’s a map of our itinerary we were supposed to have travelled. …that ended up massively Read More …
The Expedition Trip… That Wasn’t! 1/11
Part 1 – Reykjavik June 29, 2023 We’re off again for our long anticipated adventure on Seabourn’s new expedition polar class ship. An expedition cruise Read More …
Vermeer via Paris ~ Part 5
Wednesday, May 10 -11, 2023Rijksmuseum, House of Bols & Heading home We spent about 4 hours in the Vermeer Special Exhibition. (see previous post for Read More …
Vermeer via Paris ~ Part 4
Wednesday, May 10, 2023 ~ Part 4In depth coverage of Special Exhibition If you are not interested in this in-depth coverage of the Vermeer Special Read More …
Vermeer via Paris ~ Part 3
Sunday, May 7, 2023 Sunday morning we had an extremely early departure on Thalys from the Gare du Nord to Amsterdam.When we booked at the Read More …
Vermeer via Paris ~ Part 2 Paris
Wednesday, May 3, 2023 – Paris On Wednesday morning we made our way to Musée Maillol, where we hadn’t been in ages for our #1 Read More …
Vermer via Paris ~ Part 1
We’re off again. But only for a very short one planned for 9 months to see the once in a lifetime Vermeer special exhibition at Read More …
Suzanne’s surprise 80th birthday
Ten days after our Thanksgiving gathering at Stephen and Ariane’s house in Half Moon Bay, we were back again for a surprise 80th birthday party Read More …
Thanksgiving Family Gathering 2022
The 2022 Thanksgiving family gathering was at a new venue as Gerry and I passed the baton to the younger Gerardin generations. Ariane and Stephen Read More …
Thomas Keller’s Bouchon Bistro
We had friends from out of town that were supposed to come visit their family in California. When they come, we usually make a point Read More …