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I can’t  believe it’s been so long since I’ve written.  I know, I say that far to often.  I really do need to write more.  Life has a funny way of getting in the way of my life.  Wait, what?  Just when I think I have it figured out or […]

I arrived in the French Riviera on the largest and most expensive yacht in town.  Too bad I don’t own this ship.  I could stay here all the time- or all of you could come party on it with me. For now I must settle for working on it and […]

Saturday- Parc Guell, Barcelona, Spain There is so much to see and do in Barcelona yet I some how get trapped into doing the same thing week after week- lunch and internet.  I finally decided that I need to start seeing some of the places I’ve been looking forward too- […]

The last thing most people want to do after an All Crew Party is get up early to go out in the sun.  I love my sleep and since I was working at the party until around 2 am, the thought of being on a 9:30 am ferry was not […]

6:59 am?  Didn’t I set an alarm for super early today? I think for like 6:15 am or something like that.  Why?  Where do I have to be?  What is happening today?  Oh yeah, I’m on a tour to Pompeii.  I need to meet my group at 7:00 am.  Oh […]

I am so behind on my writing.  I will try to do better- I promise.  I’ve actually started keeping a journal.  It’s the first I’ve kept one in my five years of travel- better late than never I guess.  But I will continue to refer back to it as I […]

I visited the two smallest countries in the world a couple weeks ago.  I’m always excited when I get to add to my country count which I think lies somewhere in the 30s. I actually find that quite disappointing.   I’ve been traveling full-time for 5 years and I’ve not […]

 Who do you think makes it to the top first? Villefranche is a small town nestled between Nice and Monaco in the French Riviera.  Prior to working on cruise ships I had never heard of this town, but a few years ago a very good friend of mine showed me […]

I wasn’t going to go.  I had slept in.  It was after 11 before I even got off the ship and I still had the tender ride to Cannes ahead of me.  Plus it was our last day in Cannes and I never got my picture on the red carpet- […]

The 65th Annual Cannes Film Festival is wrapping this weekend.  I was privileged to be in Cannes, France on two separate occasions during the Film Fest. Prior to the Festival, I had taken a short tour around Cannes and learned about the famous hotels on the Croisette- who stays where, […]

….constantly fight through crowds and find it all very frustrating.  At least that’s what I did. I was so excited to go to Rome.  In fact this was my third attempt to get there.  I was signed up to go on two tours previously and I always had to cancel […]

“It looks like a movie set here.  Is this real?  Did I stumble onto the set of Carmen Sandiego?”  That’s what was going through my mind as I arrived at Miracle Square in Pisa- home of the Leaning Tower.   What you may not realize (I didn’t) is the Leaning […]