Barbara Keer

Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel Review – A Wonderful Visit after Sixty Years

May 31, 2016 Barbara Keer 7

Sixty years ago, I could never have imagined that my husband and I would find ourselves in the same hotel where we began our marriage. At the time we were married, both of us lived […]

Four Seasons Hotel Firenze Review – Magnificent

September 28, 2013 Barbara Keer 0

Imagine with me a beautiful, large garden, the largest private garden in Florence, Italy bounded on one side by a castle where the Medici family once lived and on the other side by a convent dating from […]

M.S. Yangtze 2 Review – The Cruise on the Yangtze River was a Dream Come True

August 13, 2013 Barbara Keer 0

I have had a long-standing wish to take a Yangtze River cruise and to go through the Three Gorges. When the opportunity to accompany my husband to Chongqing, China presented itself, I was thrilled. He was invited to […]

China National Tea Museum Review – Everything You Want to Know About Tea

September 22, 2012 Barbara Keer 0

An extended visit to Hangzhou, China where my husband was working with professors at Zhejiang University provided me with the time to visit the China National Tea Museum, which opened in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province in 1991. It is located in a beautiful setting […]

Leon Keer, Artist, Utrecht, Netherlands – A Tale of Two People with the Same Name

July 24, 2011 Barbara Keer 0

This is a surprising tale, an Internet story that could not have happened without “Google”. About a year ago my husband, Leon Keer, a professor at Northwestern University, received an email from Leon Keer, an artist in Utrecht, […]

Symi Greece Review – Rugged and Beautiful

August 31, 2010 Barbara Keer 0

Having opened the door to Greece in Athens and walked through the door in Rhodes, we were on our way to our next stop, Symi, 18 miles away. And the only way to get there was by sea. Of […]