It Takes a Village
Tuesday July 23, 2024 Animals are part of every village, and seem to have freedom to roam around. Today we saw these cute little kittens...
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Our Travel Experiences
Kindness Matters
Sunday and Monday July 21 and 22, 2024 Sunday we took a trip to Castelo Rodrigo in the hills above the Douro river in Portugal. And...
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Rosé-colored Glasses
Saturday July 20, 2024 Quick note - If you were interested in the story of the bats in the library that was in yesterday's blog, I posted...
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Sex in the City
Friday, July 19, 2024 To start today's blog, here is a beautiful picture Karen took yesterday evening in Lisbon. One of the charming...
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Picture-esque Day
Thursday July 18, 2024 Our hotel and Breakfast Buffet. The Corinthian Hotel in Lisbon is a beautiful hotel with nice outdoor areas and...
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Lisbon, Portugal - Do's and Don'ts
Wednesday July 17, 2024 We arrived in Lisbon around 9:00 a.m. this morning, tired and a little jet lagged. Fortunately going through...
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Ka kite (Good bye) New Zealand
Monday, February 12, 2024 Today is our last day to enjoy the sights in New Zealand. We are docked in Auckland, and tomorrow morning we...
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Kiwi Quickies!
Sunday, February 11, 2024 Today we are in Rotoroa, Tauranga. It is another beautiful, windy day. Rotoroa seems to be a larger city than...
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What do art deco, wine, and earthquakes have in common?
Saturday, February 10, 2024 (Australian time) Today was a beautiful day here in Napier, New Zealand. Beautiful blue sky with a few puffy...
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Journey Through Time
Friday February 9, 2024 (New Zealand time) Kia ora (hello in Maori)! Imagine yourself in the area of land that will one day be called New...
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We had a Paws-itive Day
Thursday February 8, 2024 This morning we woke up in Lyttelton, New Zealand, which is the closest port city to Christchurch. ...
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Haunted Dunedin
February 7, 2024 After two days relaxing at sea it was hard to get up and get going this morning. And the time change didn't help! ...
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Sea-ing on the Viking Orion
February 5th and 6th, 2024 (New Zealand time) Sea Days are days when the ship is traveling to a new location. So, in this blog we will...
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Taz!!!
February 4, 2024 Hobart, Tasmania Let's start with the Tasmanian Devil! Actually, we didn't see a real one, but we learned a lot about...
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Melbourne - Something for Everyone
February 2, 2004 (on Australian time) After a relaxing day at sea we arrived in Melbourne. Melbourne is the second most populous city in...
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G'day Mate!
January 31, 2024 Woohoo! We made it to Australia, and are onboard the Viking Orion in the Sydney Harbor! The Sydney Harbor is not only...
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From Down Under to Up Yonder
January 28/29, 2024 Where Are We? Do you recognize the scenes above? Sooo... we weren't planning on writing a blog about our travel day....
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Normandy
November 3, 2023 We extended our time in Paris at the end of our cruise by one day so that we could go to Normandy. Nicolle has a friend...
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Blown Away
November 2, 2023 Today started with the breakfast buffet at the hotel. The buffet presentation was nicely done, with a large variety of...
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On the Road to Paris
November 1, 2023 Leaving the ship is always a challenge - there is the challenge in packing up everything up the night before, then you...
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