Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Albania, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 28th, 2010
I’m writing this aboard a Delta Airline’s flight. This is my final business trip before our vacation next week. I have to say: this vacation has been a long time in coming. It will be our first time back to Europe in about 15 months. That’s probably not long by most standards, but it’s an […]
Posted in Croatia, Holland America, Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 21st, 2010
We’re off to Venice in two weeks from today! And then we’ll be on the brand new Nieuw Amsterdam (actually the 4th Nieuw Amsterdam in HAL’s history) for her (semi-)inaugural sailing. I say “semi” because she starts a 10-day cruise three days ahead of us. We’re embarking later on the shorter 7-day sailing in order […]
Posted in Europe, Holland America on Jan 31st, 2010
This past week, Holland America posted their Summer 2011 itineraries for Europe. Here’s a link to the press release. Of particular note, they’re offering two Black Sea cruises in October (including a very tempting 12-day journey aboard ms Rotterdam). HAL also has a few itineraries that could work out of the UK w/ Emerson. We’ll […]
Posted in Alaska, British Columbia, Delta Airlines, Train, Veendam on Jan 3rd, 2010
I’ve finally managed to post the pictures from our Alaskan cruise in August 2009. The album is available under ‘Photos’ or by clicking here. Enjoy!
Posted in Albania, Blogosphere, Greece, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam, Travel Trifecta on Dec 31st, 2009
I’ll admit it. I might be the world’s worst blogger. According to this corner of cyberspace, we seem to still be en route to Minnesota… That’s a very long trip (since early October)! Actually, I started writing this post in mid-December on another plane flying across the country from Minneapolis to California for a business […]