Got up early in the morning to view the sail into Boka Katorska (Bay of Kotor). Arrived at the port of Kotor, Montenegro. Kotor is at least two thousand years old, first mentioned 168BC when it was known as Acruvium. It was also a part of the Venetian Republic for nearly four hundred years. Kotor is a […]
Today is our only full day at sea. Lounged around the ship and enjoyed the unfurling of the sails. The Sea Cloud II looks truly majestic when she sails under wind power. The ship is somewhat different from other sailing ships as her sails must be manually unfurled as opposed to electronically as most of […]
We arrived at the island of Korcula, Croatia, early this morning. Korcula has been inhabited since 400BC and has Roman influences. In more recent times it was part of the Venetian empire. It is a beautiful walled city with many back alleys. We stopped at a restaurant to enjoy some local delicacies. There is also […]
We got up this morning to another hot August day in Venice. It seems like a lot of the residents have gone out of town for the holidays. A couple of cruise ships are in town so there are quite of few tourists here. After breakfast, we took a leisurely walk through the Dorsoduro […]
Here I am catching up in the transit area of Rome’s International Airport. The flight over was excellent. Darlene and I secured Air Canada aeroplan business class seats eleven months ago. As usual, Air Canada was excellent. With full flat beds we were able to catch 5-6 hours of sleep. From Rome we will […]
I recently had the good fortune of being able to take a wonderful sojourn throughout Europe, traveling Around Italy, Switzerland, Monaco, and France, via Rail Europe. We took 12 trains throughout our entire journey, with only one delayed a significant amount of time, which amounted to what I would describe as an overall very positive […]