This trip was supposed to be on Explora Journeys' new ship, Explora II - her maiden voyage from Barcelona to Barcelona. However, once...

In 2015, our daughter, Christina, learned that she had a recurrence of her glioblastoma (malignant brain tumor). We'd all lived on the...

This is an adventure for me without a ship! The whole point of this trip is to see my granddaughter graduate from University of...

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...

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...

Saturday, July 8 - Received word two days ago that the expected cruise departure on July 17, from Southampton, England, is cancelled due...

Thursday, SFO to JFK and JFK to Santiago de Chile Our long anticipated trip to Antarctica (my third!) is finally here. I begin this...

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...

Granted, that although my journey will take place on a somewhat newer sailing vessel, thought this image taken from Google images would...

Tuesday, January 10 - Home One week prior to departure . . . . maybe . . . . "Maybe", because traveling right now is fraught with...

Greece - August and September 2021 August 1, Sunday, At Home It's one week (and one day) until I leave for Greece amidst increasing...

October 28 - Panama Canal Following the failure of a French construction team in the 1880s, the United States commenced building a canal...

October 8 - San Rafael to Vancouver, B.C. Am running away again! This time will be on the Seabourn Sojourn from Vancouver to Miami,...

Prior to travel, January 9, 2019 It's just two days prior to our leaving for Antarctica (John, Sandi and me!). Packing is underway,...

Pre-Cruise From Barcelona to Athens, cruising the Mediterranean while feasting on tidbits of the different regions, tasting wonderful...

I bought this beautiful Italian Ceramica at Sbigoli in Florence on this trip, and it now sits on the island in my kitchen! DAY ONE –...

May 9, 2017 - SFO to KIX = San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport (Japan). This last month while thinking...

Armacao dos Buzios and Vitoria, Brazil Harbor at Buzios Another hot and steamy day . . . anchored off the resort town of Buzios, a...

February 1 - Valpariso, Chile - No Phone! View from Palacio Astoreca, Valparaiso I begin this journal high above the desert – don’t know...

June 6, 2012 – Hvar, Croatia Hvar is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of...