Posts by Jill Morris

I traveled by train from Italy back to Berlin. For this section of our Berlin stay I decided we would stay in a residence hotel instead of an Airbnb. A one bedroom with a living room and a kitchenette. The price included clean sheets, clean towels, and a housekeeper weekly. I could get used to…

After the bouncy flight to Croatia, I planned to take the train back to Berlin from Split, Croatia. I decided to take a night ferry from Split to Ancona, Italy and travel on the ICE fast trains from Milan through northern Italy and Switzerland to Berlin during the day and enjoy the scenery. Peter was…

We rented a car for a few days and decided to travel from Split, Croatia to Plitvice Lake National Park. I needed to hike; we were not exercising enough. The Plitvice Lake National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage consisting of a chain of 16 terraced lakes joined by waterfalls. Peter drove and I searched…

I am frightened of flying, but I still fly. To address my fear of flying I took a one-day fear of flying course offered by Virgin Airways at Gatwick Airport when I was living in London ten years ago. I was pleased to find that when I arrived at the course the room was full.…

Berlin at the end of March showed minimal signs of shaking off winter. The air remained cold as the winds from Siberia blew. I am a warm weather person and my constant default button, to find a warmer climate kept playing, but I persevered with the frigid realities. For a change of scenery Peter and…

When I speak German I take control of the conversation as fast as possible to slow the pace down. My German is basic; I function, I communicate. I agree with Mark Twain who lived in Germany and attempted to learn the language that: ‘Life is not long enough to learn German.’ Therefore, I have developed…

I had plans of traveling indefinitely with my husband when he retired two weeks before Covid broke out. Instead of traveling we stayed in our small downsized apartment and waited for the world to open up again. Don’t get me wrong, we did not just sit there, we entertained ourselves with hiking, pickleball and more…

I wanted to travel for a year, maybe two. But sadly, Covid had halted my plans and instead, I nurtured my wanderlust by taking cooking classes around the world online. I decided to use a platform called Traveling Spoon that offered an authentic cooking experience, connecting you with local people in foreign locations for a…