We added a weekend in Monaco to Brian's recent European work trip - our first time visiting this small country along the Mediterranean Sea. To be perfectly honest, I didn't know much about Monaco prior to our visit. My associations were limited to Princess Grace, Formula 1 racing, and wealth. None of which really inspired …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
Finding direction and purpose on the road, in the outdoors, and on the page
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