Merry & Rob Shaver

The Royal Pavilion has a colorful history stretching back 200 years. Built as the seaside pleasure palace for King George IV, it has also...

In February, we spent about a week in Worthing at the FUSE Conference (Festival of Unitarians in the South East, 21-23 February 2020). We...

We visited the city of Brighton, UK in mid-February 2020. After arriving on the bus from Worthing, we took a long stroll on the famous Br...

Each evening at 8 PM we hear people all over our Paris neighborhood take to their windows and balconies to show their respect for the cou...

No, it isn't to announce the Corona virus pandemic. The alert system which is tested every month is part of the SAIP (Système d’Alerte et...

Historical film production company Yestervid have released their latest video, 'The Oldest Footage of Paris'. It features a stunning coll...

On our last three days in Kenya we traveled to Maasai Mara and spent many hours bouncing through the boonies gazing at majestic vistas fi...

We took our first trip to Africa (and perhaps the only). The weather was warmer since it is in the southern hemisphere.  They were having...

Santas on Bicycles and Heavy Weather Because the weather caused high seas, we returned to the port in Rome a day early. We mostly stayed ...

In 79 AD the city of Pompeii was distorted when Mt. Vesuvius when it erupted. After archaeological excavations revealed much about the li...

We spent the day wandering around Messina, At Sicily’s northeast tip, Messina is the first city being kicked by mainland Italy’s boot, ju...

Just before Christmas we took a 8-day cruse from Rome, visiting Dubrovnik, Kotor, Messina and Pisa. This video covers the first 3 days of...

We took the train from Paris to Nice for the warm weather by the Mediterranean Sea ... and we did see a lot.

While Donna and Jon were visiting us in Paris, we took the train to the the Chartres Cathedral in Chartres, France. The weather was a bit...

We use the Paris metro often, whenever we need to go somewhere that's too far to walk. The system works well and isn't very expensive. Now...

It is raining this week in Paris so we are not going out as much as we have in the last few weeks. It's giving me time to get some new bl...

We went to visit The Centre Pompidou, which contains a large public library and the largest collection of modern art in Europe, the Musée...

We found the Canal Saint-Martin which is a 4.6 km (2.86 mi) long canal in Paris.

Today, August 22, we are going to Geneva, Switzerland to attend the International Center For Spiritual Living 2019 Summer Retreat. We'll ...

On the 18th of August Merry and I celebrated the 35th anniversary of our nuptials. Only three short years ago while visiting my mother we...