Monte Carlo yesterday and France today it is Spain and finally Canada. It has been quite an oddessy and in some ways my mind is still reeling from a all we have seen and done the cruise was all but relaxing an the pace has been a busy one. However we have had the opportunity to see a lot in the last two weeks and it will take a while to actually catalog all we have seen and done. It has been a fantastic way to celebrate 25 years of marriage with my lovely wife a...

Rome, the cradle of civilization. The eternal city itself, today since we have been to St. Peters in Rome on a previous tour we elected to explore the countryside around Rome, with all the history in the area it should be a very interesting day - more later. We left the Latzio region of Italy and headed into the "Green Heart of Italy" the Umbria region where we found a All town on a hilltop with an incredible Gothic Basilica - the town was a medical town and we...

Today we go to see Florence, Pisa, and Livorno. We will see works by the renaissance masters da Vinci, Michelangelo and Botticelli just for starters. Both Pam and I have been looking forward to this tour for a couple of days now. We have seen so much on this trip and yet we both expect that today will be a high point for us. As I wait at 7:49 AM we are just waiting for our tour to begin, I will add to this entry tonight and hope to post it then. Back on board an...

We just spent a full day in Sorento Italy and Capri and the ancient city of Pompeii - from current eye piping beauty to historical life of great significance and luxury - what a day !

Istanbul was really really too much to take in in one short day. The Hagi Sofia , the blue mosque and many other sights simply overwhelmed me