Europe

For our first BIG vacation together as a couple Red and I picked something a little different.  We headed out on smallest ship for adventures in the arctic!  The Polar Pioneer served as our home base for these adventures.  The trip was designed and run by Aurora Expeditions out of Australia.  We were the only … Read more

Every year SAS airlines runs a special in December where they send an email each day and for that day you can buy tickets to the named city at a very special rate.  The trick is you have to travel in winter! So we considered of all the places SAS flies what would be unique … Read more

In July of 2004 I traveled with some dear friends and one other person no-longer-to-be-named to Athens, Greece for a night and then to the islands of Kos, Leros, Lipski, Patmos and a few others aboard the 53′ sailboat Vassilis operated by Diane of Seascape Sailing.  Then three days in Santorini, Greece with a final … Read more