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Join us at Holiday Cruises & Tours on Saturday, February 11 for our annual travel expo. We will have over 15 vendors here including major cruise lines like Royal Caribbean, Princess, Holland America and Carnival. There will also be representatives from tour companies such as Brendan and Trafalgar and resort companies including Vacation Express, Sandals and Palace Resorts. Come out, meet the representatives... Read More
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Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011 with phil & Carol Swartz September 28, 2011 Today we docked at Catania, an Italian city on the east coast of Sicily. This city was destroyed in a catastrophic earthquake in 1169 and again in 1693. Neighboring Mount Etna has had volcanic eruptions, the most violent in 1669. Founded in the 8th century B.C., Catania is a flourishing cultur... Read More
Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011 with phil & Carol Swartz High on a Hill - Santorini, Greece September 26, 2011 The weather is warm this morning when we arrived at the island of Santorini. We tendered in from the ship and then needed to ascend up the mountainside about 1000 feet to the welcoming town of Fira. There are three ways to get up there. One, ride the cable car, two, take a donkey up or thr... Read More
Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011: Argostoli on the Greek island of Kefalonia September 25, 2011 Today was a clear, sunny day with the temperature in the low 80's. Early in the morning, we arrived in the small town of Argostoli on the Greek Island of Kefalonia. Kefalonia is off the western shore of mainland Greece about halfway down its coast. It's a popular destination as much for its sunny days as... Read More
Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011 with phil & Carol Swartz September 24, 2011 Another beautiful day! We have arrived at our first Greek destination - the island of Corfu. We dock just outside the town of Corfu. That's right. The name of the island is Corfu and then just to confuse the tourists, they named the capital city Corfu. ... Read More
Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011 with phil & Carol Swartz September 23, 2011 It's easy to see why this would be an easy place to defend. When you spend some time in with people of Croatia, you realize that you can only partially appreciate what these people went through during their war of independence in the early 1990's. Today, 20 years later, they have recovered from the destruction a... Read More
Venice, Italy September 21 - 22, 2011 A gondola on the Grand Canal We started Wednesday by driving from Lake Como to Venice. The first hour was slow, getting out of the mountains around Lake Como. But then we hit the "autostrata" or "turnpike" across the northern part of Italy. Here the traffic moves right along. Most of the time, we were going about 140 kilometers per hour (about 90 miles per... Read More
Phil & Carol Swartz in Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011: From Cinque Terre to Lake Como Monday & Tuesday, Sept. 19-20 Today we drove through tunnels, tunnels and more tunnels traveling from Cinque Terre north to beautiful Lake Como on the border between Italy and Switzerland. After checking into our hotel (which sits on the water's edge halfway up the lake), we walked along the water checking out... Read More
Phil & Carol Swartz: Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011 Sunday, Sept. 18, 2011 We had a great day today with our friends, Nat & Francis Toulon traveling in the Cinque Terre region of Italy. The day could have been a challenge, as sometimes things don't go exactly as planned. This is one of the great lessons of travel - when things don't go as planned, you simply smile and adjust. Thankfully, Nat & Fran... Read More
Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011 - Portofino, Italy Flying into Genoa was breath taking as we flew over the beautiful little towns of the Tuscan regions of Italy. After landing, we rented a car from the airport and phil was the designated driver. With the help of our trusty GPS, we arrived in Santa Margherita Ligure where we checked into our hotel and immediately went outside to see the beautiful view of the ocean, the landscaping and then had lunch overlooking... Read More
Northern Italy by Land & Med Cruise 2011 On this trip we (Phil & Carol) are hosting a group of 78 passengers on the cruise from Venice to Barcelona, but before the cruise, we are sneaking away with some very special friends, Nat and Sassy, to explore the Northern part of Italy including Cinque Terre and Lake Como. After four or five days on land, we will board Holland Amiercia's Nieuw Amsterdam in Venice, cruise down the Adriatic... Read More
Phil & Carol Swartz's Alaska Land & Sea 2011: Alaska's Glaciers Margerie Glacier Along with mountains and wildlife, glaciers are one of the main reasons so many people want to visit Alaska. On this trip to Alaska, we spend two days concentrating on glaciers. The first of the two days was in Yakutat Bay, home of Hubbard Glacier. The second day was spent in Glacier Bay. ... Read More
Phil & Carol Swartz Alaska Land & Sea 2011: Whales, Sea Lions & Otters phil & Carol ready to board the Alaska Railroad One of the best ways to see the vastness of Alaska is to travel by train. The Alaska Railroad runs from Fairbanks in the North through Denali National Park, down to Anchorage and finally to Seward in the South - in all the travel time... Read More
Alaska Land & Sea 2011 Dall Sheep against the blue sky Of all the National Parks in the USA, Alaska has the five largest including Denali National Park - one that is somewhat larger than the state of Massachusetts. This morning we divided into two groups - those that wanted high adventure and those wanting a more sedate morning. One of those wanting hi... Read More
Alaska Land & Sea 2011 with phil & Carol Swartz White water rafting on the Nenana River The road from Fairbanks to Denali leads you from the interior of Alaska into the mountains of the Alaska range, from an arid climate (Fairbanks gets less rain per year than Phoenix) to an area that gets massive snowfall each year, from a city complete with red lights and everything to an area that completely shuts do... Read More
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