6 minJAPAN (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 minEAST 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 minEAST 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 minEAST 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 minCUBAWe 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 minROMARome was a bit overwhelming after the more relaxed, smaller Florence. But Rome is an amazing city to visit with so many historical...
7 minFIRENZE, 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 minSecond 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...