2017 - Italy With Family
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 –...
2017 - Kobe, Japan to Victoria, B.C., Canada - Seabourn Sojourn
May 9, 2017 - SFO to KIX = San Francisco International Airport to Osaka International Airport (Japan). This last month while thinking...
2015 - (Part II) Antarctica, Falkland Islands, South America, Amazon and Caribbean
Armacao dos Buzios and Vitoria, Brazil Harbor at Buzios Another hot and steamy day . . . anchored off the resort town of Buzios, a...
2015 - (Part I) Antarctica, Falkland Islands, South America, Amazon and Caribbean
February 1 - Valpariso, Chile - No Phone! View from Palacio Astoreca, Valparaiso I begin this journal high above the desert – don’t know...
2012 - (Part III) Mediterranean Cruise - Seabourn Quest
June 6, 2012 – Hvar, Croatia Hvar is a Croatian island in the Adriatic Sea, located off the Dalmatian coast, lying between the islands of...
2012 - (Part II) Mediterranean Cruise - Seabourn Quest
May 10, 2012 – Haifa, Israel Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third largest city in the country, with a population...
2012 - (Part I) Mediterranean Cruise - Seabourn Quest
April 20, 2012 San Rafael – SFO - to Venice via Frankfurt. As usual, I timed it to the wire! Well, almost to the wire, giving myself at least one hour for a quick manicure prior to our transport arriving to whisk us away – due at 11:30 a.m. However, at 10:30 a.m., Adolfo announced that there was a black town car parked outside our house. Then the phone rang announcing that he had arrived. My confirmation email said 11:30, to which he responded not to worry, take our
2012 - (Part III) Venice, Italy to Barcelona, Spain
May 26, 2012 –  Myrina, Limnos (or Lemnos), Greece  Myrina is a former municipality on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece, and is the capital of Lemnos, as well as the seat of the Metropolitan Green Orthodox Bishop of Lemnos.  The Venetian Castle, illuminated at night, dominates the city and the archaeological museum presents an impressive collection from excavations carried out over the years at all the archaeological sites of the island. The remarkable mansions,
2012 - Part (II) Venice, Italy to Barcelona, Spain.
May 7, 2012 – Antalya, Turkey  Antalya is a city on the Mediterranean coast of southwestern Turkey. It was the world’s third most visited city by number of international arrivals in 2011, displacing New York, and had a population of over one million. Antalya is the eighth most populous city in Turkey and the country’s biggest international sea resort.  The Taurus mountain range o southern Anatolia runs parallel to the Mediterranean in an east-west direction, resulting in
2012 - Venice, Italy to Barcelona, Spain. (Part I)
April 20, 2012   San Rafael – SFO International and then on to Frankfurt and Venice.  As usual, I timed it to the wire! Well, almost to the wire, giving myself at least one hour for a quick manicure prior to our transport arriving to whisk us away – due at 11:30 a.m.   However, at 10:30 a.m., Adolfo announced that there was a black town car parked outside out house.   Then the phone rang announcing that he had arrived.  My confirmation email said 11:30, to which he resp
January 2010 - Los Angeles to Hong Kong on Seabourn Odyssey (Part II)
Saturday, February 20, 2010 – At Sea in the Tasman Sea  The bumpy ride continued all of yesterday.  Don’t know how the waiters deliver...
January 2010 - Los Angeles to Hong Kong on Seabourn Odyssey (Part I)
Thursday, January 21, 2010 - Departure  We left San Rafael at 6:30 a.m., in the dark, with the skies still leaking but not too...
July 2008 - Alaska - Silver Shadow
Tuesday, July 1 – San Francisco.  We boarded the Silver Shadow down at Pier 35 in San Francisco.   Stephen took us down to the ship...
January 2004 - Australia, New Zealand and Fiji - Seabourn Spirit
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - Auckland, New Zealand – Airport We have just arrived from Los Angeles – twelve hours flying time. We have a...
2003 South America Part II
Friday, February 14, 2003 - Cruising the Atlantic Ocean Adolfo didn’t feel well this morning.  Had what I had earlier in the week – a...
2003 - South America on the Seabourn Pride
Wednesday, January 22, 2003 - Valparaiso, Chile  We are aboard the Seabourn Pride.  I begin writing this journal through a haze of...










