Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Dawn on Nov 19th, 2010
We left the house at 6:45 this morning and arrived at the port around 11:30. We actually managed to drive for 4+ hours, deposit our luggage, pass through security, check-in, and have an hour or more lunch (starter, main, pudding) without any screaming, temper tantrums, or meltdowns (and in addition to me, Emerson was perfect […]
Posted in Antigua, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dawn, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts on Nov 18th, 2010
Tomorrow morning we head down to Miami for our 9 day cruise aboard the Norwegian Dawn. Here’s a map of the planned itinerary: We’re (finally!) packed and ready to go. As regular readers will know, Libby and I pack light. Very light. Our new world traveler, Emerson: not so much on the light packing! 1 […]
Posted in Delta Airlines, Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 14th, 2010
We’re currently at the Venice Marco Polo airport, awaiting our outbound flight to Tampa. We should be boarding in about 60 minutes. Disembarkation was very smooth this morning. We took a taxi to the airport, which was both cheap (45 euro vs. HAL’s $79 per person charge) and easy (we went from our cabin on […]
Posted in Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 13th, 2010
We arrived back in Venice tonight. It’s a very warm and humid evening (getting us ready for home). As we’d been in Venice already and had to pack (etc.), I couldn’t have imagined venturing out into the sweltering, sticky heat. I plan to write my cruise review on the plane tomorrow and also organize most […]
Posted in Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 13th, 2010
Since our good friend Dick does such a great job of describing his culinary adventures when traveling, I thought I’d provide some snaps of my lunch today in the Pinnacle Grill. I had the five onion soup, antipasto platter, blue cheese crusted filet mignon, and orange-lime panna cotta (not nearly as good as Dick’s). Given […]