I’ve been keeping a
list of all my travels since 1990.
* Italy (1990): Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Rome,
Florence, Pisa, Venice.
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Caribbean Cruise (1992 on the Norwegian Starward): San Juan, Aruba,
Curacao, Tortola, Virgin Gorda, St. Thomas
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Greece and Turkey (1993): Athens, One-Day 3-island Cruise; Delphi; Istanbul
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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
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Spain (1996): Barcelona, Zaragoza, Madrid, Avila, Salamanca, Seville, Jerez and
Arcos de a Frontera, Ronda (with my Mom).
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Western Caribbean Cruise (RCCL's Majesty of the Seas 1997): Miami,
Cozumel, Ocho Rios, Grand Cayman
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France (1997): Paris, Versailles, Giverny, Chartres, Loire Valley: Tours and
various Chateaux (with my Mom).
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Italy (1998): Rome, Naples, the Amalfi Coast, Venice, Milan
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France (1999): Paris, Fontainbleau, Dijon, Reims, Normandy: Bayeux, D-Day
beaches, Mont St Michel (with my Mom).
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Germany (2000): Rhine and Moselle Rivers/area, Heidelberg, Rothenburg and
the Romantic Road, Hohenfurch, Ludwig's Castles, Fussen, Garmish, Oberammergau,
Mittenwald, Munich, Dachau, Bertchesgaden
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France (2000): Paris, Chateaux Chantilly, and Provins (with my friend Judy)
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Greece (2001): Santorini, Naxos, Paros, Athens
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Italy (2001): Venice, Verona, Assisi, Deruta, Orvieto, Siena, San
Gimignano, Chianti towns
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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.
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Hawaii (October 2002): Oahu and Kauai land-based trip.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Hawaii (October 2005): Oahu and the Big Island land-based trip.
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San Diego, CA (April 2006) – a short visit while working.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Hawaii (May 2011): Oahu and Maui
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Transatlantic Cruise, Celebrity Eclipse (Oct/Nov 2011): Southampton England to
Miami
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Repositioning Cruise on the Celebrity Summit (Apr/May 2012): San Juan to Cape
Liberty NJ
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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, espcially after splitting the cost in half with Cathy! 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.
*Azamara Onward, 7-18 October 2024, 11-night cruise with Tony. We started in Nice (3 nights pre-cruise), then boarded our ship in Monte Carlo; Livorno (overnight), Port Santo Stefano, Cagliari, Le Goulette, Trapani, Amalfi, Sorrento, and Civitavecchia. Booked a Club Continent suite.
*Azamara Onward, 8-22 May 2025, 14-night cruise Aegean & Adriatic Gems. With Tony and our friends Cathy and Tom. Two nights pre-cruise in Athens. Athens, Syros, Santorini, Monemvasia, Argostoli, Sea day, Chioggia (Venice), Chioggia, Koper, Split, Dubrovnik, Kotor, Sea day, Sorrento, Civitavecchia. Club Continent suite.
*Collette Tours, Flavors of Portugal and Spain. This was our first land-based group tour. We loved it! 16 September - 1 October 2025. Three nights in Lisbon followed by Tomar for the day, Porto for two nights, Douro for two nights, Salamanca for two nights, La Rioja for two nights, and San Sebastian for three nights. Our tour manager was Phillip Sassi. He was a fantastic guide. We met a lot of nice people on this tour.
*Viking River cruise on the Nile, Pharaohs & Pyramids, 16 - 29 November 2025. We traveled with friends Regina, Jim, Carolyn and Mark. Cairo, flew to Luxor, Qena, Esna, Aswan, Edfu. We visited the new Grand Egyptian Museum, the Pyramids at Giza, the Karnak Temple and Luxor Library, the Dendera Temple in Qena, Valley of the Kings, Hatshepsut and Queen Nefertari Tomb, Temple of Esna; the Aswan high dam, local market and a great Felucca Sail; Nubian village, Philae Temple, Papyrus INstitute, Kom Obo Temple and Crocodile museum, Edfu Temple, scenic sailing; flew back to Cairo; toured the Coptic Quarter on a private tour. A really wonderful trip.
*Azamara Onward, 20 March - 11 April 2026, Vietnam and Thailand. We spent three nights pre-cruise in Hong Kong (arrived late at night on the 21st); boarded the ship on the 24th. Sea day, HaLong Bay (Overnight) (Hanoi City tour); next day a ship's tour of HaLong Bay; departed 1pm; Hue (Da Nang) for a tour of both locations; Sea day; Ho Chi Minh City (overnight), Mekong Delta tour; Ho Chi Minh City tour the next day; Sea day, two nights in Bangkok (but docked 2.5 hours away in Laem Chabang port). Private tour in Bangkok (long day); morning ship's tour to the Sanctuary of Truth; Sea day Ko Samui, Sea day; Overnight in Singapore on the ship followed by 3 nights post-cruise in Singapore.
*Azamara Quest, 22 July - 9 August 2026, Scotland cruise. I traveled solo but had friends join me. I spent two nights at a friends house (they live north of Perth) who took me around for 2.5 days seeing their area and favorite castle. Then I spent three nights in Edinburgh. I took a private tour to the Rosslyn Chapel with Robbie tours. Boarded our ship on the 28th (overnight); ship's tour to Stirling castle; Aberdeen: morning in town; afternoon ship's tour Crathes Castle & Aberdeen Highlights; private tour in Invergordon and surrounding area; Lerwick/Shetland: private tour Seabird (wonderful birding tour); Kirkwall: morning in town, afternoon ship's tour Orkney Highlights; Ullapool: morning visit to town; afternoon relaxed on the ship; Oban: private tour with TartanTours. Greenock: Took the train to Glasgow and toured around on our own via HOHO; Douglas, Isle of Man: Ship's tour Heritage Trail and Panoramas; Dublin for two night.
*Collette Tours, Italy's Treasures 1-13 October 2026. We flew to Milan and transferred to Stresa. Three nights in Stresa: visited the local market; took a boat tour to two islands the next day; visited Oira Village; drove to Portofino for a visit before going to Chiavari (2 nights). Day trip to Cinque Terre by train. Visited the Carrara marble quarries (fabulous visit) before settling in to our villa in Tuscany (Villa Godenano Agriturismo in Chianti). Went to San Gimignano (8 Oct, our 38th anniversary) and in the afternoon we went to a villa for a hands-on cooking class followed by a Tuscan dinner. The next day, we spent the morning in town (Castellina in Chianti) and the late afternoon on a truffle hunt with dinner. We toured Florence for the day. Off to Venice with a stop at a balsamic vinegar production with lunch. Arrived Venice 5pm. Walking tour and visit to Murano (glass making factory) the next day. Farewell dinner on the 12th.
Future trips:
Collette Tours 2027 Spain and Portugal
Alaska Cruise (Azamara Pursuite) 2027
Viking River Cruise 2028
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