Europe 2010

We rented a small motor boat and cruised the coast-line of the Cinque Terre today. What a blast!!! The first thing Kory wanted to do (of course) was cruise over…

Today we hiked the seven mile trail that connects the five tiny villages of the Cinque Terre. It was a gorgeous day and perfect for hiking. Very warm, but not…

Today we were traveling from Rome, to Vernazza in the Cinque Terre of Italy which means literally "five towns". Vernazza is one of these 5 towns that sit on the…

We woke up at the Pantheon hotel after a well deserved rest and set out for a day of sightseeing. We had a tour of the Vatican and Sistine Chapel…

We departed from Athens in the morning and flew to Rome on Air Italia. Not having traveled on Air Italia before we were nervous that everything would not work out…

After breakfast on the rooftop of the Athens Gate Hotel, we headed over to the Acropolis. We toured around for several hours looking at the Parthenon, the theatre of Dionysus,…

We disembarked the cruise ship at Piraeus in Athens and took a taxi to our hotel, the Athens Gate. We had lunch in a traditional Greek taverna that Kory found…

Today was a somewhat relaxing day -- at least in terms of our not totally exhausting ourselves playing on the Islands as we have done for the past several days.…

Of all the Greek islands, I was most looking forward to visiting Santorini. Around 1400 BC, a volcano erupted and Santorini island was born. The ship literally pulls into the…

Paros Island is small, pleasant and extremely charming. Like Mykonos, all the buildings in Paros Island are white. Also like Mykonos, it is a fishing port and the docks are…