After Lucy and I left Venice we took a flight to Geneva, Switzerland and then a train to Lausanne, Switzerland. Lucy's friend Cara Nunley and her family lived here for many years so we couldn't wait to explore this beautiful city. Lausanne sits on the banks of Lake Geneva. It is a stunning location with the Lake, the mountains, and vineyards along the hills. Lausanne has a very efficient metro system. In fact, Lausanne is the smallest city in the world to have a ...

After leaving Croatia we had just a 30 minute plane ride over to Venice. We were only here for one night so it was fast and furious. Lots of walking so that Lucy could get a feel for this beautiful city. There is no place on earth like Venice. For those of you that have been here you know what I'm talking about. It is so unique with the bridges, canals, narrow walkways, gondolas, and pasta! This was my third visit to Venice but Lucy's first. We had just enough ti...

Croatia is beautiful! There are two official languages here, both croatian and italian, and all street signs are written in both languages. This area is known for its olive oil, wine, truffles, and tobacco factory. Rovinj is a romantic, venetian-style coastal town with an atmospheric town and true fisherman. Rovinj was part of the Republic of Venice from the 13th-18th centuries so its architecture, culture and language are strongly Venetian. It is a real town wit...

Here is a link to the RC44 sailing video. It's a few minutes long and will give you a feeling of what we got to watch. Copy and paste if you need. Unbelievable! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W76XzQA8e4Y

Lucy and I are in Rovinj, Croatia and it is beautiful! We are here with my first cousin Cynthia, who many of you have heard me talk about, and her family. Cynthia's husband Chris is a sailor on the RC-44 sailing boats. This weekend is the world championships for this class of boats, and it is being held here in Rovinj. Let me just tell all the single ladies out there that this is where you want to be. There are boats from Russia, Denmark, Sweden, USA, Great Brita...