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We were on our own today, so after sleeping in and enjoying a late, large breakfast we walked to the Metro to ride to Heroes Square at the entrance to City Park. This area includes three museums (that I know of), a castle, baths, ice skating rink( not ice yet), botanical gardens, and the zoo. I am sure there is more. We visited the zoo after walking a bit in the SUNSHINE! Our fi...

Every skipper learns the sound-signal rules for the licence test, and most of us forget half of them by the following season. This post is a practical refresher on the horn signals you actually use under the Collision Regulations (COLREGs) and the US Inland Rules, what kind of horn a small boat needs, and a few lessons from fog, crowded anchorages and narrow channels.

I don’t follow football enough to know much about him, but lately, it’s hard to ignore the name Jude Bellingham popping up everywhere. He’s a player—young, English, playing for Real Madrid now—and the way people talk about him makes it sound like he’s some kind of modern wonder kid, the next big thing. I don’t know if that’s true, but I do know how it feels when someone younger ...

Once again we both slept quite well - even in our new hotel. Breakfast was another huge buffet, and afterward we gathered with our group for the "Panoramic Budapest" tour. Budapest is composed of three cities that were combined in 1873 - Buda, Pest, and Obuda. Parts of Buda were settled by the Celts in the 4th century BC, Romans arrived in 1st century AD and settled Obuda, and t...

I’ve never been a big fan of banks. The ones I’ve dealt with in the past have all felt like places where you’re expected to jump through hoops just to get a simple thing done. So when I heard about Metro Bank, I assumed it was just another one of those places—maybe a bit flashier, but still the same old routine. Turns out, it’s a bit different. Not in a way that makes it perfect...