2025 Africa - Land Safari in Botswana and Culinary & Cultural Cruise on SilverSea, Silver Wind, Cape Town, South Africa to Accra, Ghana - Part I
All descriptions in italics at the start of some days, are taken from the internet, either Wikipedia, Britannica, or somewhere! - so that...
2025 Singapore to Singapore - Seabourn Encore - PART II
We have just left Hong Kong, on our way to Taiwan. Monday, January 20 - At Sea A trivia anecdote. In defense of Pete, he has had a...
2025 Singapore to Singapore - Seabourn Encore - PART I
Yes, that thing on top of the triple towers is supposed to be a ship!! Wednesday, January 1 - SFO to Singapore Had a special driver this...
October 2024 - Nice, France to Barcelona, Spain on Sea Cloud Spirit
Several months ago my friend and travel agent, Eric of Goldring Travel, posted that he’d been invited to come aboard the Sea Cloud Spirit...
August 2024 - Venice to Istanbul - Explora I - Culinary and Cultural Cruise
This trip was supposed to be on Explora Journeys' new ship, Explora II - her maiden voyage from Barcelona to Barcelona. However, once...
June 2024 - Christina Cup X
In 2015, our daughter, Christina, learned that she had a recurrence of her glioblastoma (malignant brain tumor). We'd all lived on the...
April 2024 - Nashville, Bourbon Trail, Graduation, etc. (no ship this time!)
This is an adventure for me without a ship! The whole point of this trip is to see my granddaughter graduate from University of...
January 2024 - Australia and New Zealand on Silver Muse
Saturday, January 13 - Leaving Home In all of the trips I’ve done over the many years, this one will be remembered for the worst weather...
August 2023 - Barcelona and Cruising the Mediterranean on Seabourn Sojourn
Flights from Hamburg and Munich were slightly delayed, but as luck would have it, so were John and Sandi's flights from San Francisco and...
August 2023. - Copenhagen, Iceland, Hamburg - Explora I - Maiden Voyage
Saturday, July 8 - Received word two days ago that the expected cruise departure on July 17, from Southampton, England, is cancelled due...
2023 - Antarctica - SilverSea Silver Cloud
Thursday, SFO to JFK and JFK to Santiago de Chile Our long anticipated trip to Antarctica (my third!) is finally here. I begin this...
2022 - Istanbul to Haifa - Culinary / Cultural Cruise - Windstar Star Legend
The "fun" of travel in these days has begun prior to my departure tomorrow morning. Have been dealing with Luggage Free who picked up a...
2022 - Path of the Vikings (Dover to Montreal) - Seabourn Quest
Granted, that although my journey will take place on a somewhat newer sailing vessel, thought this image taken from Google images would...
2022 - French Polynesia - Windstar - Star Breeze
Tuesday, January 10 - Home One week prior to departure . . . . maybe . . . . "Maybe", because traveling right now is fraught with...
2021 - Greece - Seabourn Ovation
Greece - August and September 2021 August 1, Sunday, At Home It's one week (and one day) until I leave for Greece amidst increasing...
2019 - (Part II) Vancouver British Columbia to Miami - Seabourn Sojourn
October 28 - Panama Canal Following the failure of a French construction team in the 1880s, the United States commenced building a canal...
2019 - (Part I) Vancouver British Columbia to Miami - Seabourn Sojourn
October 8 - San Rafael to Vancouver, B.C. Am running away again! This time will be on the Seabourn Sojourn from Vancouver to Miami,...
2019 - Antarctica - Seabourn Quest
Prior to travel, January 9, 2019 It's just two days prior to our leaving for Antarctica (John, Sandi and me!). Packing is underway,...
2018 - Culinary & Cultural Cruise from Barcelona to Athens - Seabourn Ovation
Pre-Cruise From Barcelona to Athens, cruising the Mediterranean while feasting on tidbits of the different regions, tasting wonderful...
