When Shirley Lundeby passed away in January 2022 at age 92 she left behind many good memories, but some of the favorites where the many meals she prepared over the years. Not willing to let her recipes slip away her… Read more: Mom’s Recipe Box

Our annual visit to our good friends Tom and Mary in Henderson, Nevada, took a somewhat unusual turn this year when it became the “Atomic Tour 2024.” It all started after another fantastic dinner served by Mary when we retired… Read more: Atomic Tour 2024

The BMW USA Grand Tour 2022 was the brainchild of Austin Lundeby who thought it would be a fitting gift for his dad’s 70th birthday (Surprise!) to invite him to the two day BMW High Performance Driving School in Thermal,… Read more: BMW USA Grand Tour 2022

In May of 2022, 11 Geezrs flew to Ireland, rented three cars, and in 10 days covered more than 1,400 miles, discovering the complex history, the great food, and the wonderful hospitality of the people of Ireland. During our whirlwind… Read more: A tour of Ireland by a bunch of Geezrs in 2022

Roccamorice lies in the mountains of the Abruzzo region of Italy, 550 meters above sea level (about 1,700 feet). The derivation of the name Roccamorice is unknown. Some say it came from connecting two words:  rocca and moricci.  Immigrants to the US… Read more: Roccamorice 2019

We spent the afternoon with a walk in the park near the Novodevichy Convent. Followed by a drive through the city which surprised us both with bustle of activity and the number of modern structures. Then we were treated to a fabulous anniversary dinner prepared by Aleksey’s wife Vika.  

The State Tretyakov Gallery is considered the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world. The gallery’s history starts in 1856 when the Muscovite merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating… Read more: Tretyakov Museum

The tour of the ICBM bunker, now turned museum, was beyond belief. As a child of the Cold War I never in my wildest dreams thought I would very have such an experience. Hidden below residential buildings and 13 stories… Read more: ICBM Bunker Museum

Aleksey arranged for an English speaking tour guide and we spent the day with her, in the rain, touring the many buildings of the Kremlin ( a fortress or citadel housing the offices of the Russian government. There are about… Read more: A Tour of the Kremlin

Refreshed after a good night’s sleep in our comfortable bed, we were ready for our first full day in Moscow. Alexey, who’d already been up for hours which is his way, gave us a tutorial on using the new, high-tech… Read more: Moscow Market Day

One final spectacular breakfast at the equally spectacular Kempinski Hotel, and we were off to the train station. Alexey had kindly made all arrangements, and in no time, we were happily seated in our luxurious car. Moscow is about a three and… Read more: To Moscow by train and our next adventure

With only one more day in St. Petersburg, we decided to stroll and eat and take a more leisurely pace. The weather was a bit chilly and overcast but nothing good Minnesotans and Muscovites couldn’t handle. With pizza and a… Read more: Goose Goose and Goodbye to St. Petersburg

If a person wanted to sample more than 400,000 works of art covering all of the historical periods, forms, genres, styles, movements and schools embracing nearly a thousand years of Russian history, a person would be standing in The Russian… Read more: On to the Russian Museum and the Mikhailovsky Palace

It’s Hermitage Museum day! This has definitely been on Liz’s bucket list forever, so excitement ran high. Palace Square and the Hermitage were just a stone’s throw from our hotel, but once we arrived, we had to do a certain… Read more: A day at the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg

This is a middle-of-the-night post as that’s the only time to experience the once-in-a-lifetime wonder of the lift bridges opening during White Nights in St. Petersburg. The practical fact is that the bridges open in the middle of the night… Read more: Lift bridges open during White Nights in St. Petersburg