6 min readJAPAN (Osaka & Tokyo)In October 2018, we read a posting from a member of the Victoria Natural History Society (VNHS) that a Norwegian Cruise Line ship would...
6 min readEAST AFRICA 3 - Zanzibar & the trip homeMaggie and Steve (our traveling companions) had visited Zanzibar during their last trip to Africa so we opted to spend a week relaxing...
7 min readEAST AFRICA 2 - TanzaniaKaribu (Welcome in Swahili) This has been the most difficult blog to write so far, and for great reasons. We have thousands of photos to...
6 min readEAST AFRICA 1 - Amsterdam and KenyaAs the snowdrops and crocuses showed their faces in Victoria (February 2019), we jetted off to the BIG adventure in Africa. Steve and...
5 min readCUBAWe had only been back in Canada, from the Mediterranean for a couple of weeks when we met with some friends who told us they were going...
6 min readROMARome was a bit overwhelming after the more relaxed, smaller Florence. But Rome is an amazing city to visit with so many historical...
7 min readFIRENZE, ITALY (Florence)After the cruise, we traveled to Roma, then made our way to our next train which was a non-stop, high speed train to Firenze. We saw...
4 min readSecond Half of Mediterranean CruiseThe second portion of our cruise took us from Venice to Rome with many great stops along the way. The photo below shows our ports of...