We awoke to mist and clouds covering the Alps. On a cold, rainy Pennsylvania day, this might have sucked. But the view here was almost ... natural. We had learned from talking to some folk in these here parts that for this time of year. It is natural. Once all awake we spent a lazy lazy Monday morning just hanging at the cottage. Around 11 we decided that we wanted to see more than just misty mountains so we headed out. On the way out we stopped at the store to ...

After a nearly flawless flight, aside from a little turbulence over the North Atlantic, we began our decent towards Munich. It was dawn as I lifted the window shade and peered down onto the United Kingdom .... just in time to see Norwich, Lowestoft, Bungay, Ipswich, and London way off in the distance. As the plane transitioned from our cruising altitude of 39,000 ft the cabin lights came on and, being the high fallutin first class travelers we know are, were serv...

The weeks leading up to a big vacation are always such chaos. By the time you hit the airport, you feel like you need a vacation, which is what your doing, yet deep in the recesses of your mind .... Cmon .... We all know how stressful vacations can be. Especially when you have to fly. Even more so when that flight is an overnight international flight. Well, this trip wasn't like that at all. My buddy Tim ... You'll meet him here in a few. He flies ... Like all th...

The Big Head Todd, Big Caribbean Cruise III is officially over today. :-( This morning, we are back in St. Maarten. 12.5 nautical miles were covered to bring us back to port last night, bringing us to a grand total of 269.9 nautical miles sailed over the past week. After breakfast, we squared up our bill, and turned our keys in. We shook hands with and give big meaningful hugs to all our new friends. We've all promised to keep in touch and with the closed Face...

I awoke a tad bit slower this morning than previous ones. Little excess last night but that's ok. We had one cruiser head first down the stairs of the piano bar last night ... 5 stitches later and he has the quintessential "Scars to prove it." Now that's a cruise warrior if I've ever seen one. Chris and I had originally signed up to go on the ATV tour, but we cancelled at the last minute. My focus today is the Gustav III airport and some footage of the planes t...