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As we approach the final leg of our journey we will have several stops in Italy. The first stop, which we just had, was in Erice, Sicily. It is a small town (pop 27,000) located on the top of...
Read MoreKotor is a small city in a small country. The population of the entire country is only about 625,000; the population of Kotor only amounts to about 13,000 people. Nonetheless Kotor has one of...
Read MoreOn Tuesday we headed to Zadar, Croatia to a vineyard named Kraljevski Vinogradi, which translates to Royal Vineyards. Needless to say we went there for a lunch and wine tasting. We thus...
Read MoreGondolas, Piazza San Marco, Fine Stores, Cafes and Restaurants. What’s not to like about Venice? Gondolas Tied Up on the Grand Canal We docked in Fusina on Sunday largely because cruise...
Read MoreWe are back in Greece now, where we had a nice walking tour of Thessaloniki, Greece’s second largest city (after Athens). Fishermen in Thessaloniki Again, tons of history in this...
Read MoreAfter leaving Portimão, we sailed to Lisbon (AKA Lisbao) and we docked there for 2 days. Upon arriving we headed out for Sintra, reputed to be a charming medieval town. I can...
Read MoreWe finished sailing through the Canaries and, after a sea day, we docked in Morocco. While in Morocco we visited Casablanca, and then a day later we made our way to Tangiers. And yes, this was...
Read MoreOn March 22 we docked in Europe by way of Gran Canaria, one of the Canary Islands. The Canary Islands are part of Spain even though they are only a few hundred miles from the coast of West...
Read MoreWe are about to leave Rio de Janeiro—the home of Carnaval. Before we went to the Carnaval festivities though…we visited both Sugar Loaf mountain and Corcovado mountain. We got to Sugar Loaf...
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