The underdog of our honeymoon was Romania. I had been waiting forever to see Turkey and Greece, and I was excited about Croatia and the good things I'd heard about Dubrovnik; but I didn't have much background or information or really any idea what we were getting ourselves into visiting Romania. We actually threw it …
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The last port of our honeymoon cruise was along the Ionian Coast of Turkey--Izmir (formerly Smyrna). I was fascinated with Turkey and would love to return--we really only touched the surface of Istanbul, and Izmir and Ephesus were a completely different experience that really indicated the incredible vastness of what Turkey has to offer. Although …
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As I mentioned in an earlier post, I originally thought we should go to Turkey and Greece for our honeymoon. Due to a fairly involved travel schedule in order for us to do everything we wanted, we opted to set that trip aside for another time when we're on a regular vacation and planned a …
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Our honeymoon cruise took us to two ports in Italy--Venice and Bari. Venice was a very popular port for people joining and leaving the cruise--I would say the majority of passengers actually began and ended there. We had looked at doing the same but flying in and out of Italy was nearly twice the cost …
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I hate to even admit this, but I could not have pointed out Croatia on a map prior to our cruise. It was our first port after a day at sea, and the weather was gorgeous for our day-trip into the walled city of Dubrovnik. I didn't know what to expect except that others had …
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Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
Finding direction and purpose from travel and culture
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