I’ve been keeping a
list of all my travels since 1990.
* Italy (1990): Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Rome,
Florence, Pisa, Venice.
*
Caribbean Cruise (1992 on the Norwegian Starward): San Juan, Aruba,
Curacao, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, St. Thomas
*
Greece and Turkey (1993): Athens, One-Day 3-island Cruise; Delphi; Istanbul
*
Spain (1994): Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo, Segovia, San Lorenzo El Escorial,
Seville, Arcos and Jerez de la Frontera, Cordoba, Granada (with my Mom).
*
Caribbean Cruise (RCCL's Monarch of the Seas 1995): San Juan, Martinique,
Barbados, Antigua, St. Martin, St. Thomas
*
Spain (1996): Barcelona, Zaragoza, Madrid, Avila, Salamanca, Seville, Jerez and
Arcos de a Frontera, Ronda (with my Mom).
*
Western Caribbean Cruise (RCCL's Majesty of the Seas 1997): Miami,
Cozumel, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman
*
France (1997): Paris, Versailles, Giverny, Chartres, Loire Valley: Tours and
various Chateaux (with my Mom).
*
Italy (1998): Rome, Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Venice, Milan
*
France (1999): Paris, Fontainbleau, Dijon, Reims, Normandy: Bayeux, D-Day
beaches, Mont St Michel (with my Mom).
*
Germany (2000): Rhine and Moselle Rivers/area, Heidelberg, Rothenburg and
the Romantic Road, Hohenfurch, Ludwig's Castles, Fussen, Garmish, Oberammergau,
Mittenwald, Munich, Dachau, Bertchesgaden
*
France (2000): Paris, Chateaux Chantilly, and Provins (with my friend Judy)
*
Greece (2001): Santorini, Naxos, Paros, Athens
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Italy (2001): Venice, Verona, Assisi, Deruta, Orvieto, Siena, San
Gimignano, Chianti towns
*
France (2002): Paris, Versailles; Saint Remy de Provence, L'Isle sur la
Sorgue, Lacoste, Ménerbes, Bonnieux, Fontaine de Vaucluse, Oppède Le Vieux,
Gordes, Roussillon, Nimes, Pont du Gard, Les Baux, Avignon, Arles, Orange,
Châteauneuf-du-Pape; Paris, Rouen, Chateau Vaux Le Vicomte.
*
Hawaii (October 2002): Oahu and Kauai land-based trip.
*
Mediterranean Cruise (Celebrity Millineum May 2003): Barcelona; 12-night
cruise to Villefranche and Monaco; San Gimignano, Florence, and Pisa; Rome; the
Amalfi coast: Sorrento, Positano, Amalfi, and Ravello; Santorini; Athens;
Dubrovnik, Croatia; Venice; 5 extra nights in Venice with a day trip to Padua.
*
Southern Caribbean Cruise (Princess Dawn November 2003): San Juan, St.
Thomas, St Kitts, Grenada, Isla Margarita, Aruba.
*
Tuscany (May 2004): Lucca, Pisa, Montepulciano, Abby Di Mont Oliveto
Maggiore, Asciano, Serre di Rapolano, Trequanda, Montalcino, S. Angelo in
Colle, Cortona, Lucignano, S. Anna in Camprena, Montefollonico, Pienza, Bagno
Vignoni, S. Quirico d'Orcia, Abby di S. Antimo, Chuisi, Siena, Volterra,
Florence
*
Montreal, Canada (July 2004): I had the opportunity to visit this lovely
city for four days while Tony was in training.
*
The Baltics, Celebrity Constellation Cruise (May 2005): London; Oslo;
Stockholm; Helsinki; Saint Petersburg; Tallinn; Rostock; Copenhagen. Solo trip with new friends.
*
Hawaii (October 2005): Oahu and the Big Island land-based trip.
*
San Diego, CA (April 2006) – a short visit while working.
*
Italy (May 2006): Florence, Greve in Chianti, Arezzo, Bologna, Ravenna,
Parma, Venice; and a Veneto hill town day trip to Maristoca, Bassano del
Grappa, Asolo, Villa Maser, and the prosecco vineyards. Solo trip. Met up with Beth A. in Venice.
*
Bermuda (October 2006): Celebrity Zenith 1-week cruise to Hamilton and St.
George.
*
France (May 2007): Paris, Dijon, Amiens, and St. Germain-en-laye.
*
Mediterranean and Black Sea Cruise, Celebrity Galaxy (October 2007):
Rome, Mykonos, Santorini, Rhodes, Istanbul (with an overnight stay), Yalta and
Odessa Ukraine, Kusadasi/Ephesus, Athens, and Naples.
*
Venice, Italy (April 2008): I had the opportunity to fly with Tony to Venice
for 2 nights! It was a short, but fun!
*
New York City (May 2008): Three nights in NYC. Saw Spamalot,
enjoyed some delicious foods and had a good time with friends that joined us.
*
China (October 2008): Beijing, Shanghai, Xitang, Hangzhou, Xian, Chengdu,
Huanglongxi, Yangshuo, and Hong Kong. Traveled with my Mom's cousin Reenie.
*
Paris and Provence France (May 2009): Paris, Giverny, St. Remy, Uzes, Pont du
Gard, Tarascon, St. Saturnin les Apt, Apt, Aix-en-Provence, Lourmarin,
Menerbes, Bonneiux, Oppede, Lacoste, Gordes, Sault.
*
Transatlantic Cruise, Celebrity Equinox - Inaugural Transatlantic cruise
(November 2009): Rome three nights; Marseille, Barcelona, Palma de
Mallorca, Cartagena, Lanzarote, Tenerife (Canary islands), six sea days; Ft.
Lauderdale.
*
Venice, Italy (June 2010): Seven nights in my favorite city with day trips to
Ferrara and Verona. Burano too! Solo trip.
*
Transatlantic Cruise, Celebrity Equinox (Oct/Nov 2010): Rome to Ft.
Lauderdale
*
Hawaii (May 2011): Oahu and Maui
*
Transatlantic Cruise, Celebrity Eclipse (Oct/Nov 2011): Southampton England to
Miami
*
Repositioning Cruise on the Celebrity Summit (Apr/May 2012): San Juan to Cape
Liberty NJ
*
Transatlantic Cruise (Dec 2012): Celebrity Silhouette: Rome to Ft. Lauderdale
(with Florence, Genoa, Toulon, Barcelona, and Tenerife).
* Costa
Rica (March 2013): 8-Night visit to Uvita with my friend Carol.
*
Adriatic Cruise (Oct/Nov 2013): Celebrity Silhouette: Venice to Rome, stopping
in Koper, Ravenna, Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Bari, Corfu, Valletta, Catania, and
Naples. A very port-intensive cruise with just one day at sea.
*
Eastbound Transatlantic Cruise (April 2014): Celebrity Silhouette, Ft.
Lauderdale to Rome (with Funchal, Gibraltar, Cagliari, Messina, and Naples).
* Westbound Transatlantic Cruise (1 November 2014), Rome to
Ft. Lauderdale (with Florence, Toulon, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, and
Tenerife).
* Bermuda, Celebrity Summit (10 May 2015)
* Westbound Transatlantic Cruise on the Silhouette (31
October 2015), Rome to Ft. Lauderdale (with Florence, Toulon, Barcelona, Palma
de Mallorca, and Tenerife).
* RCL Serenade of the Seas (29 April 2016), Fort Lauderdale
to Copenhagen (with Ponta Delgada Azores (short visit due to weather), Cork, Le
Havre, Bruges, and Amsterdam).
* October 2016: Anniversary land-based trip to Connecticut,
Maine, and Massachusetts.
* Viking River Cruise, 2017 - We loved our first Viking
cruise; seven night cruise from Budapest to Passau; followed by a week in
Prague with friends. The ports included Bratislava, Vienna, Melk, and
Linz.
* Westbound Transatlantic Cruise on the Celebrity Reflection
2017 (20 October 2017), Rome to Ft. Lauderdale. I spent four nights in Pitigliano
(visited Tereme di Saturnia, Montemerano, Porto Ecole, Capalbio, Savona,
Sorano, Vitozza, Orvieto, and Civita di Bagno), and three nights in
Civitavecchia before boarding the ship with friends. The ports included
Barcelona, Cartagena, Malaga, and Tenerife.
*Celebrity Solstice 2018, Australia and New Zealand with
Tony. We also spent five nights in Dubai before flying to Perth (spent three
nights); and four nights in Sydney post-cruise. The ports included Adelaide,
Melbourne, Dunedin, Akaroa, Wellington, and Picton. We missed the Sounds in NZ
due to a death on the ship.
*Celebrity Eclipse 2019, South America to San Diego with Tony
and friends. Three nights pre-cruise in Santiago Chile. 15-nights on the
Eclipse stopping in Coquimbo Chile, Lima Peru, Manta Ecuador, Caldera Costa
Rica, Huatulco Mexico, Puerto Vallarta Mexico, Cabo San Lucas Mexico and
finally docking in San Diego.
*Celebrity Constellation in the Mediterranean 2019 (B2B).
Tony and I (and friends) spent three nights in Barcelona before going on the
Constellation. We visited Monte Carlo, Villefrance, Civitavecchia (great
cooking class in town), Messina, Corfu, Kotor, and Zadar. Our second cruise:
Venice, Split, Dubrovnik, Catania, Valletta, Palma de Mallorca, Ibiza, and
Valencia. We spent one last night in Barcelona before flying home. This was our
first B2B cruise and we loved it despite it being a port-intensive cruise.
*Celebrity Reflection 13-night Transatlantic Cruise, November
2019. Solo cruise with friends. Barcelona, Catania, Ibiza, Gibraltar, Tenerife,
and Nassau to Fort Lauderdale.
*October 2021 trip to Asheville with Candy and Andy for a few
nights.
*October 2022 trip to New Bern, NC for our anniversary.
*October 30th to 5 November 2022 RCL Brilliance of the Seas, Ravenna to Rome 6
night cruise; back-to-back with:
* RCL - Brilliance of the Seas, Rome to Tampa, 15 night
transatlantic cruise. Tony and I traveled with
friends. Our ports: Ravenna, Split, Bari, Corfu, Messina, Naples, and Rome. The
transatlantic portion: Civitavecchia Cartagena, Lanzarote, Las Palmas, La
Palma, eight days at sea; docked in Tampa.
*South Carolina, 26 January 2023. Three night trip to see friends in Margaritaville, SC. We also visited Savanah.
*Celebrity Silhouette, 27 March 2023, 10-night Eastern Caribbean cruise from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Rep; San Juan, St. Croix, St. Johns; Basseterre St Kitts & Nevis; St Maarten, Miami. There were three sea days. Traveled with Candy and Andy and other friends.
*Azamara Journey, 1 August 2023, 16-night Norway Intensive voyage. The cruise started in Leith (Edinburgh Scotland) and we cruised to Stavanger, Haugesund, Olden, Alesund, Svolvaer, Troll Fjord, Tromso, Honningsvag, cruised the North Cape, Alta, Harstad, Bodo, Trondheim, and ended in Amsterdam. This was one of the best cruises/trips ever! First time on Azamara.
*Celebrity Infinity, 9 December 2023, 12-night Canaries, Morocco and Spain. Traveled with four other couples. Barcelona, 2 sea days, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, sea day, Casablanca, Tangier, Seville, sea day, Valencia, Barcelona.
*Celebrity Millennium, 28 March 2024, 12-night Best of Southern Japan. Traveled with three other couples. Yokohama, Shimizu (Mt. Fuji), Osaka, Kyoto, Kochi, Okinawa, Fukuoka, Jeju Island South Korea, Kagoshima, Yokohama. We had 3 sea days.
*Azamara Onward, 30 July 2024, 12-night Iceland. My friend Cathy S. and I spent two nights in Copenhagen before boarding the Onward. I booked a standard cabin, but upgraded to a suite (Club Continent suite) for only $35!!! What a deal! We went to Arendal Norway, Torshavn Faroe Islands, Seydisfjordur, Akureyri, the captain cancelled the port of Isafjordur because the weather was rough to tender; Reykjavik, Heimaey (my favorite), and Skagen Denmark. We had a sea day after Arendal; and two sea days after Heimaey.
Future trips:
Iceland 2024
Italy 2024
Adriatic 2025
Portugal & Spain 2025 land-based trip
Egypt/Nile 2025
