Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Europe, Getaway, Uncategorized on Jun 14th, 2017
This morning we were awakened by an announcement from the captain that our arrival in Germany was delayed (likely for many hours) due to poor weather conditions (high winds, specifically) in the channel. That means that the day has largely turned into an unscheduled “fun day at sea” or as I like to call it, […]
Posted in Denmark, Getaway, Uncategorized on Jun 12th, 2017
We awoke to partly cloudy skies and a stiff breeze. Since we had time before needing to head to the ship, we went out for breakfast and walked about the city. We strolled the Stroget from City Hall to the Nyhavn, which had Copenhagen’s most iconic city views of sailing ships moored along a colorful […]
Without a doubt, today was one of the biggest travel debacles that we’ve ever faced. The plan on disembarking from Jade was to go pick up a rental car and drive north to see some hill towns, amongst them a small principality called San Marino. However, if it always rains on us in Palermo, the […]
We docked in Naples and headed off to catch a taxi for the train station in order to visit Pompeii. I’d debated the merits of the taxi/train pairing vs. just taking a taxi, but I didn’t like the first two taxi drivers we’d met (as they had little interest in our modest custom for a […]
Today was a momentous day for Emerson. With our landing in Tunisia, she’s made it to all seven continents–a little after her fourth birthday. Of course, it’s doubtful that she’ll remember most of them at any level of detail. But, I had a goal of getting her to all seven prior to her going off […]