I’d been to Santorini once before, on my 2021 cruise. It’s definitely a place worth seeing once, but once you’ve… READ MORE

On this three-and-a-half week journey, there were portions which were meticulously planned (Belgium Grand Prix, Paris) and locations which were… READ MORE

Greetings from the port city of Kusadasi on Turkey’s west coast!  After visiting the Far East of Asia for the… READ MORE

After the Olympics, one of the destinations I’ve been most looking forward to was Istanbul. My first visit to Türkiye… READ MORE

The cruise portion of the adventure started yesterday with a longer than expected two-mile walk from the Piraeus Metro to… READ MORE

Good morning from steamy Athens! I’d been here in 2021 for a cruise stop, but have always wanted to come… READ MORE

After an action-packed week in Paris at the Olympics, a 4-hour TGV train ride brought me to Lausanne, Switzerland 🇨🇭… READ MORE

Bonjour from a TGV train 🚅 near the Franco-Swiss border! Catching up with an account of my last day and… READ MORE

For my penultimate day of Olympic events, I started with one I’d been looking forward to, Track and Field at… READ MORE

When I booked this Olympic adventure, I looked for combinations of events which made sense geographically. For August 1, I… READ MORE