New Zealand 2026
The next country on our Circle Pacific cruise was New Zealand. We had visited in 2024, and three of our stops were the same. Auckland Our first stop was Auckland,…
2026 Final South Pacific Stops: Samoa and Fiji
We visited two out of the four planned remaining stops on our South Pacific itinerary. The stop to Vanuatu was cancelled due to difficult sea conditions. The ship did visit…
French Polynesia 2026
The second island group on our Circle Pacific cruise was French Polynesia, a new location for us. It is one of the most beautiful places we have ever been to. …
Pre-Cruise Travel and Hawaii 2026
We are currently on a Circle Pacific Cruise, from Los Angeles to Los Angeles. We had not planned to do another long cruise, but we do not like long flights…
2025 Transatlantic Cruise Southampton to Boston
After our 2025 travels in Europe and the UK, we returned to the US by our favorite means, a cruise ship! Since it was my 60th birthday, I chose the…
Highlights of Great Britain 2025
We spent six weeks in Great Britain in 2025, in England and Scotland. The following are the highlights of the trip for us, listed in the order we visited them.…
Farewell to France – St. Malo (the city and the Brittany Ferry)
Our last stop in France was the city of St. Malo, a port city on the English Channel of approximately 50,000 people in the Brittany region of France. It has…
Angers, France
Our next stop in France was Angers (pronounced “ahn-hey”), a city in Western France southwest of Paris, on the Maine River a tributary of the Loire. The city has just…
A Different View of Paris
Our first visit to Paris was in 2010, during our first trip to Europe. We did many of the typical tourist things on that trip – stayed within view of…
Lyon, France
Our next stop in France was Lyon. Lyon is the 3rd largest city in France, with a population of just over 500,000. It is at the confluence of the Saone…