2025 is a good year for us with a lot of travel and spending time with family. We have routinely doing workout at least 3 times a week. We also do a lot more dancing than last year. The goal is to keep moving to maintain our mobility. At the same time, we still have grandparents' duty to babysit our youngest granddaughter Maisie, however, we are really enjoying it.
We had 2 European and one domestic trips together. Fei had one river cruise in Europe and another trip to Palm Desert with her girlfriends.
- Fei had a AMA River cruise with her girlfriends in April
- Fei and Tony had a trip to Colorado Springs in June
- Fei and Tony had a Azamara Croatia ocean cruise in July
- Fei and Tony had a Viking river cruise and self-guided Dolomites, Italy trip in August/September
- Fei had a Palm Desert trip with her girlfriends in December
Fei’s AMA cruise was along Rhine & Moselle Rivers. Primarily, they visited Germany and France to see numerous castles and wine villages. She also had a chance to visit the famous Keukenhof Garden in Netherland for enjoying the wonderful tulips.
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| Alsatian Village of Riquewihr |
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| The wonderful Tulips in Keukenhof Garden in Netherland |
In June, we made a trip to visit attractions near Colorado Springs. We visited Pikes Peak, Garden of the Gods, Seven Falls, Manitou Incline, Royal Gorge and Red Rocs Amphitheater. It was a short but full of surprises trip.
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| Garden of the Gods |
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| Red Rock Canyon Open Space |
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At Summit with Pikes Peak with Cog Railway
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| Manitou Incline |
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| Red Rocks Amphitheater Near Denver |
In July, we did a Croatia cruise with Azamara which is a smaller ocean cruise company. We were surprised with their services, foods and itineraries. The main attraction for Tony was to revisit Korčula, Croatia. It is a Croatia Island that Tony wanted to revisit it for quite a while. Finally we made it.
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| View of Dubrovnik City Walls from Fort Lawrence Fortress |
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| View of Old Town from Top of Dubrovnik City Walls |
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| View of Kotor Bay from the Top of Kotor City Walls |
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| View of Adriatic Sea from Korčula Town |
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| Skradinski Buk Waterfall in Krka NP |
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| Inside of the Pula Amphitheate |
In August, we tried our first Viking river cruise to visit Eastern European Capitals. This was the first time we tried river cruise together. Some of the countries we visited were still in transition from the communist regime. However, Budapest and Vienna were 2 well developed capitals which offered a lot more impressive attractions.
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| The Palace of Parliament in Bucharest |
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| First Time Step into Black Sea in Constanta |
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| Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade |
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| The Night Scene of the House of Parliament in Budapest |
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| The Schonbrunn Gardent in Vienna |
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| Mozart Memorial Statue in Vienna |
After our river cruise, we did a self-guided tour of the Dolomites in the northeast part of Italy. We were totally impressed by its beauty, and we enjoyed each attraction we visited. It included several UNISECO sites such as:
- Seceda
- Tre Cime di Lavaredo
- Lago di Braies
- Cima Tofana
- Madmolada
- Cortina d’Ampezzo
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| Sunset in Cortina d'Ampezzo |
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| Seceda |
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| Seceda |
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| Tre Cime di Lavaredo |
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| Lago di Braies |
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| On Top of the Cima Tofana |
Our grandkids are growing up fast. Benjy is 16, Talia is 14, Lucy is 12 and Maisie is 5 years old now. Jeff’s family made several ski trips to Tahoe, and several retreats at California's wine country. They are also made a trip to Taiwan and Japan during this holiday season. Jason’s family made a New Orlean trip and visited Disney World. Talia and Theresa made a school trip to DC, Talia and Jason made a mission trip in Mexico. In addition, Talia was Baptized on Easter (April 20, 2025) by her father Pastor Jason.
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| Jeff's Family |
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| Jason's Family |
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