FROM CONNECTICUT TO EUROPE

On the way from Wisconsin to Connecticut, we stopped in Hershey, PA to visit the “largest RV show in the US”. Our main purpose was not to see the RVs (we’re very happy with what we have) but to visit the RVing Women booth there run by some of our members. So we didn’t even peek into any of the 1200 RVs but did spend over two hours visiting at the booth with old and new friends.

We did take time to look at the vendors for anything new. We got a wonderful folding scooter that will fit in a duffle bag but has an electric motor that will go up to 7 miles an hour for up to 8 hours. We rode it back to the parking lot but haven’t had a chance to use it further.

We arrived at a great RV park near New London, Conn. and my brother and his wife. We have had a wonderful visit with them and they have shown us great parts of this area. We were especially intrigued by the visit to the Nuclear Submarine Museum. My brother served on the Navy base here and then worked for 38 years at General Dynamics working on building the submarines.

We were able to catch Amtrak at New London to go to Boston to visit Zoe’s grandson who is in graduate school at the New England Conservatory of Music. It worked out so well with Jameson and his girl friend meeting us at the train station. We had a delicious lunch in John Hancock’s former counting house and then walked across the street to a fabulous aquarium.

It was so easy to use the train that we decided to leave our RV in the Conn. park (instead of going to PA as originally planned) and take the train directly from New London to Newark airport. It is so handy and my brother will drive us to the train and pick us up. What a deal!

We are excited as we leave for our trip to Eastern Europe. We will fly to Berlin for two days and then take a boat down the Elbe River to Prague. Five days in Prague and then a train to Vienna where we catch another boat on the Danube River to Bucharest. Two days in Bucharest and then a flight to Amsterdam and on back to Newark. I am especially happy that my daughter, Peggy, will be joining us on the Danube cruise.