VENICE, ITALY  — NEXT STOP, CROATIA What do you think of when someone mentions “Croatia”?  Although Croatia is an increasingly popular international travel destination, that is a recent phenomenon.  I suspect that many of you, like me, really have no idea at all about what Croatia is like.  So I thought it might be of interest to […]

NEXT STOP – CROATIA   What do you think of when someone mentions “Croatia”?  Although Croatia is an increasingly popular international travel destination, that is a recent phenomenon and I suspect that many of you are like me – and really have no idea at all about what Croatia is like.  So I thought it […]

It has been just over one year since we moved to Bend, Oregon.  It seems as though we have barely been able to scratch the surface in our efforts to visit the beautiful Northwest.  But, upon reflection at the end of the year, we were fortunate enough to visit some pretty amazing places in just […]

I am back on land.  The sensation of feeling like I am still on a boat has faded away, and I am back in the world of the internet, instant (and mainly, bad) news.  I no longer in a “remote” part of the world. And one of the lessons for me of this trip was […]

After leaving the spectacular iceberg graveyard at Ciero Cove, the ship moved down Gerlache Strait to Cuverville in the spectacularly picturesque Gerlache Strait. Cuverville is the site of a huge Gentoo penguin colony. We couldn’t get on land because there was too much snow but the view of the gentoos from the zodiacs was probably […]

                      [This is the first of several entries about stops along the Antarctic Peninsula. Other entries will be posted soon.) Our visit to the Antarctic Sound was the silver lining of having to leave South Georgia Island one day early because of the storm that […]

As I noted in the previous entry, we had to leave South Georgia Island a day early to avoid a big and dangerous storm that might have made it impossible to sail to Antarctica. As we headed south, we started seeing more and more icebergs. This was especially true as we crossed through the current […]

Before this trip, we were told by a number of people that South Georgia Island would be the highpoint of our trip. It has not disappointed. The island has one of the most spectacular wildlife displays in the world. And to top it off, we had absolutely perfect weather. The pictures I am attaching should […]

November 4, 2015 Before describing our last few days, I want you all to know that I have no idea what you think about the blogs so far. The internet is very spotty and I usually have to try several times to get these blogs posted. I have had to make the image sizes very […]

Today is November 2, and it is the first day that we have set foot on land since we left Puerto Madryn on the afternoon of October 30. We are in the Falkland Islands. The Falkland Islands are really quite amazing – 700 islands sitting in the middle of the south Atlantic Ocean – unprotected […]