Hi Everyone! It has been a while since I have posted a blog... I apologize! It has been crazy busy here in Rome. Since the last blog, Genny and I have taken our first train! We took first class eurostar railway from Venice to Roma Termini station. We are staying at the Best Western Hotel President here in Rome, which is affiliated with Rioscoli Hotels. We have the BEST concierge ever, 2 internet cafes within a block and an amazing restaurante called Aisha ju...

Hi All! Just a quicky here for today. We spent 2 hours travelling the channels (not the canals) of Venice by boat today. It seems like a lovely city and Genny and I are looking forward to exploring it on our own tomorrow. We disembark tomorrow morning at 0745 local time and will be enjoying a full day and night on our own in Venice before hopping on a train to Rome. We'll be trying to find internet cafe's with good rates along the way, but if things are ...

Hi All! Well, yesterday we visited Athens, Greece. Our day began with an hour and a half coastal drive from the port of Athens to the temple of Posiedon. It began as a beautiful day, but reached the 27-29 degree range by noon. Following our visit to the temple of Posiedon, we went to the acropolis, which is a bit of an interesting walk since, like all places here in Europe it seems, is a marble pathway on a slight slant, sometimes with steps. Because of th...

Hi All! Two days to explain here: two days in the hot country of Turkey. First off, I'd like to say that since part of Turkey is in the Asian continent, we've now been to three continents. WOOHOO! Yesterday, Istanbul, was an experience. We started off the day with the Blue Mosque (which is actually only called that by tourists- it's name is Sultan Ahmed Mosque or Sultanahmet Camii). It was very interesting, and only one of many mosques around the world that ar...

I know, I know. There have been no blogs for a few days now! I'm sorry. I wish I could say that Princess Cruises is some super, reputable cruise line, but I wouldn't recommend them to anyone who doesn't wish to be bled dry by people who lure them in with this concept of 'value'. Unless your concept of value is paying internet charges to type in microsoft word… you don't belong here. Obviously I don't belong here. I'm as cheap as they come. Regardless, ...