Our quest to visit 7 continents, 100 countries, and all 50 states…
Posted in Albania, Croatia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam, Slovenia on May 27th, 2011
Yet. More. Photos!!! I’m starting to get caught up. I’ve managed to post the photos from last summer’s trip to Italy, Greece, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, and Slovenia! Here’s the link to the photo album: Europe (2010), HAL Nieuw Amsterdam (Venice Roundtrip)
Posted in Croatia, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jul 12th, 2010
This morning we dropped anchor offshore of Split, Croatia. Tendering operations began around 8am, and Libby and I were ashore by 9:00. On the tender, we met a couple of nice people from Texas… one of whom was also disappointed about missing San Marino (she’s also interested in hitting 100 countries, current count = 68). […]
Posted in Albania, Croatia, Italy, Montenegro, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 28th, 2010
I’m writing this aboard a Delta Airline’s flight. This is my final business trip before our vacation next week. I have to say: this vacation has been a long time in coming. It will be our first time back to Europe in about 15 months. That’s probably not long by most standards, but it’s an […]
Posted in Croatia, Holland America, Italy, Nieuw Amsterdam on Jun 21st, 2010
We’re off to Venice in two weeks from today! And then we’ll be on the brand new Nieuw Amsterdam (actually the 4th Nieuw Amsterdam in HAL’s history) for her (semi-)inaugural sailing. I say “semi” because she starts a 10-day cruise three days ahead of us. We’re embarking later on the shorter 7-day sailing in order […]