Category Archives: Travel
Autonomous Cars VS Autonomous Drivers
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 22nd November 2023The problem with human intelligence is that its normal range is too broad. The difference between the lower limit of normal compared to the upper point of the normal range is so wide that the average comes in at such a low number that the ordinary performance of typical human functions is beyond the capacity…
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Kamikaze Cruise Ships
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 3rd April 2022The cruise ship industry is self destructing. Given the realities of the recent pandemic which has virtually destroyed the industry, the ship operators are desperate to get their customers back on board. They are requiring that all their crews and customers be vaccinated. This requirement is not unreasonable. But their next effort at reassuring their…
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The 23 Psalm
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 10th October 2017I kept repeating the 4th verse of the 23rd Psalm as I made my 28 hour journey from Montreal to Lubbock. I’ve complained about the airlines before, so this brief post will just list the lowlights of my trip. We were supposed to return from vacation on a chartered flight. It never showed. We took…
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Harvey House – Slaton Texas
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 13th July 2015Fred Harvey (1835-1901) was a London born American entrepreneur who is best known for the Harvey Houses he established alongside of railroads in the American southwest. Beginning with the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe Railway, he established a chain of restaurants that continued for more than half a century after his death. The chain was famous…
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Dutch Tulips
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 1st June 2014In April we went to the Netherlands in search of the country’s fabled tulips. Luck was with us and we got there at the precise peak of the tulip season. We stayed in Amsterdam at the Conservatorium Hotel. The hotel is only a few years old and was built inside the walls of the city’s…
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Clelia II in Trouble
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 12th December 2010I recently wrote a four part article about the Clelia II. It was an account of it’s trip to Greenland. It’s in the Antarctic now where it got into trouble earlier this year. Well, it did it again. Fortunately it escaped it’s newest predicament without serious harm to its passengers.
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Greenland to Toronto – The Clelia II
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 11th September 2010Below are a few additional thoughts about the Greenland to Toronto trip described in earlier posts. The Ship The 4000 ton Clelia II was built in 1990. It was one of Renaissance Cruises small ships. After the demise of that line it was a private yacht and was often chartered. It currently is one of…
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Greenland to Toronto – Part 3
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 7th September 2010On Friday August 20 the Clelia II anchored at Hebron, Labrador. It is the site of an abandoned Moravian mission. The history of the settlement is not a happy one. Founded in 1831 the mission disbanded in 1959. The health and living conditions of the native occupants were not good. In a lose lose situation…
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Greenland to Toronto – Part 2
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 4th September 2010On Monday, August 16, the Clelia II was in the ice fjord near Ilulissat – aka Disko Bay. Fog is very common here at this time of year; but we were lucky. The sky was clear, the wind calm, and the temperature around 50. In other words, the weather was as good as it ever…
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Greenland to Toronto Aboard the Clelia II
Written by Neil Kurtzman | 31st August 2010[All photos in this and subsequent posts about this trip were taken by me unless otherwise indicated.] For some reason that has fled like vigor I decided to go to Greenland. I stumbled across a listing for the small ship, the Clelia II, that offered at trip from Toronto to Greenland and one in the…
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