Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Malta, Virtual Travel, Wine on Sep 6th, 2009
Last weekend, I got to enjoy a little of Malta right here in Tampa. As a bit of a lark during our visit last March, I picked up a bottle of Maltese wine (Marsovin’s Verdala Rose @ 6 Euro) at a touristy gift shop in the city of Mdina (photo below — the gift shop […]
Posted in Places, Travel Trifecta on Aug 26th, 2009
In my last update you may have wondered: why “plus two” countries when Paul and Libby just went to Alaska (USA) and Canada? For our Travel Trifecta rules, we’re using the country list defined by the Traveler’s Century Club (here’s a link to their country list and rules). So what? Well, the TCC actually counts […]
Posted in British Columbia, Veendam on Aug 9th, 2009
After setting our clocks forward an hour last night, we awoke a little later this morning. We enjoyed another breakfast in our cabin, followed by some conversation over coffee. We also learned this morning that we’d successfully beaten back the dreaded “dam shits” and were safely off of “code red” conditions. Bonus! Our first event […]
We awoke this morning to the sight of a foggy and slightly choppy sea. I find that after a few days on a particular cruise you eventually settle into a certain pattern of life. And, so we’ve done on this journey. We started the day with our usual room service breakfast. We followed this up […]
Saturday (tomorrow) will be our second and final day at sea. Like always, I’ll entertain any questions that you might have that I’m able to answer. So, feel free to post away. All questions received before midnight (Eastern time) on Friday will be answered in my response on Saturday. So, once again, make my day […]