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Welcome to my travel journal featuring people, places, and food. I write to remember and to share my vacation experiences.

My hope is that my travel opportunities will encourage you to make wonderful travel memories of your own.

There are two ways to find a trip: Links at top of the page or under the Categories menu. Note that there may be more than one trip under certain categories.

Note: All of the posts for each trip are in reverse chronological order.

Cruise Food

Warning: If you are not interested in photos of food, you may want to skip this blog post. We ate a lot of food on both cruise ships. There were some differences in restaurants available. The Eurodam (Feb cruise) did not have the Grand Dutch Cafe, NY Pizza and Deli, or the Sel de Mer.…

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San Francisco, California

So, after a cold, misty, and windy day at sea yesterday (with a scary air evacuation by helicopter last night of one guest), we expected a cold and foggy San Francisco today. We were pleasantly surprised when we woke up to find that the day would be sunny with a high of 67. This is…

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San Diego, California

So today was a disembarkation day for a number of guests. We were sad to have to say good-bye to some of the friends we made this trip. There are still some who, like us, are traveling on to Vancouver. The people who are embarking today are either doing a 5-day quick get-away and will…

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Puerto Vallarta, Mexico

Our HAL tour today was not until 11:00 so we slept late and had a very late breakfast in the Lido. I missed the sail-in to Puerto Vallarta and was greeted by a familiar sign when I did go out on the balcony. I was really looking forward to today’s HAL tour: All-Inclusive Sea Lion…

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