June 25, 2019 After the splendor of Olympia, we head to Santorini, probably the most famous of the Greek Islands. As with the other areas of the Adriatic, Ionian, and Aegean seas, the history encapsulated in this part of the world is mind boggling. First, Santorini is actually made up of 3 islands. They are …
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The Greek Islands – Katakolon – Olympia
June 24, 2019 This island was high on our list of anticipated stops on the Viking Star itinerary. As you can see by the title, this island was the site of the original Greek Olympics, first held in 780 BC. The games featured running, jumping, wrestling (originally known as pankration), long jump, boxing, and equestrian …
The Greek Islands – Corfu.
June 23, 2019 We are now in Corfu in the Greek Islands, winding our way to Athens. Corfu is one of the largest of these islands and has a pretty impressive history. As with this entire area, it has been inhabited for thousands of years. It used to be a major sea power and was …
Kotor, Montenegro – it’s a lot nicer than Albania.
June 22, 2019 Now why would we have a title like this in our post? How would we know that Kotor, Montenegro is nicer than Albania, it’s neighboring country. Well, first of all, most parts of the world, in my opinion, are nicer than Albania. Remember, avid reader, we have been there before to visit …
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Dubrovnik, Croatia – the jewel of the Adriatic coast line.
June 21, 2019 So, avid reader, let’s talk about life aboard the Viking Star for a bit. You know that we were less than impressed with several of our accommodations previous to boarding this great ship. Well, finally getting here and being on board made it all worth while. The ship is extremely comfortable, staff …
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Viking Star – on the high seas to Slovenia and Croatia
We left Venice in the dead of night, heading for our first port, Koper, Slovenia. We are visiting the Balkan countries of the former Yugoslavia. You may recall the horrific civil wars they had there in the 1990’s. The wars are over, but there are still some hostilities, or bad feelings, between some of the …
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Venice, Italy. Not as bad as we remembered.
June 18, 2019 As the title indicates, we have been to Venice previously. This occurred in 2011 when our daughter, Jessica, was in the Peace Corps in Albania. We took a trip, driving, from England across Europe, and met up with her in Venice. She flew to Venice from Albania. Together, we then drove down …
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Castlefranco, Italy and further lessons on Airbnb
June 16 – 17, 2019 As mentioned in the previous post, we bailed on the walled in basement Airbnb in Monte Carlo and booked a 5 star hotel in Genova, Italy. This was a very nice hotel, well worth using some accumulated American Express points to flee Monaco, (well not Monaco, apologies to Prince Albert, …
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Bond, James Bond is the name
June 15, 2019 After the Fashion Capitol of the world, might as well go to one of the gambling capitols of the world – Monte Carlo. That’s right, Monaco. Land of flashy cars, beautiful women, and martinis, shaken not stirred. There was even a 007 martini on the menu in the casino. On our way …
Milan, Italy. The City of Fashion
June 14, 2019 Milan is not a primary tourist destination in Italy like Rome, Florence, or Venice. It is a very big bussling commercial city, but it is one of the Fashion Capitols of the world. Us world travelers are certainly not fashion divas. We put on underwear (usually), a couple of pairs of socks, …
Andrea and Randy Goodell explore Europe, Asia, United States, the Caribbean, and then move to Portugal! 