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Mac Lacy
Mac Lacy is president and publisher of The Group Travel Leader Inc. Mac has been traveling and writing professionally ever since a two-month backpacking trip through Europe upon his graduation with a journalism degree from the University of Evansville in 1978.
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We traveled on to Rudesheim, a beautiful village that climbs up the banks of the Rhine and is framed in vineyards. Siegfied’s Mechanical Music Musical Instrument Museum is a world-class collection of music boxes and mechanical music machines. Rudesheim coffee is a local hot drink made with brandy, whipped cream and spices and makes a […]
In Strasbourg, we walked through the old town and entered the Notre Dame cathedral that dates to the 12th century. Inside, a mechanical clock dating to the 1500s still operates daily, wound each day by a clock keeper. This meticulously-designed timepiece includes angels and apostles, an old man facing death and a young boy just […]
We’ve landed in Zurich and are awaiting transfers to our Avalon vessel, the Creativity, in Basel. We’ll be cruising the Rhine River through parts of France and Germany. We took the opportunity to walk a bit in Zurich, the Swiss capital, and although most of the commercial enteprises and shopping stops were closed on this […]
It’s morning –about 5:30– and I’m one of a few passengers and crew who are up. We’re moored on Sanford Cove off Endicott Arm, several hours of cruise time outside Juneau, Alaska. The sky is cloudless, the water is still. We’re surrounded by mountains. Literally. In every direction you look there are mountains, most […]
Ford’s Terror in southeast Alaska doesn’t terrify many people. Maybe a few small boaters and kayakers. But not many others–and certainly not many cruise passengers. Dawes Glacier and the several miles of ice-strewn depths it leaves in its wake also doesn’t scare many folks up here, either. Maybe a few scientists or geologists. Both give […]
The Alaska Raptor Center in Sitka treats various types of raptors that exist–eagles, ospreys, hawks, owls, falcons, kites, etc. But it seems it’s the eagles that most people are drawn to. Magnificent birds, their white heads, piercing eyes and stern personna give them a star quality few other animals can match. Of course, It […]
Tenakee Springs is a remote village on the Tenakee Inlet off the Chatham Strait that dates to the late 1800s and is inaccessible except by boat or plane. During the summer months, about 100 people reside there, many who live the rest of the year in Juneau. There is a small marina where a […]
No one in Seattle stands still for long. In less than two days here, we’ve seen two parades and a marathon. Not to mention hundreds of weekend boaters and dozens of incoming and outgoing seaplanes. I’m writing this from the dockside bar at Duke’s Chowder House, a maritime institution of sorts here on Seattle’s Lake […]
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