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The Aegean Sea Cruise: Chef’s Table Dining Experience
Part of the cruising experience of course is enjoying life on the ship. Being “foodies” one aspect of ship life is the variety of food and dining options on board. For example, we tend to prefer the dining rooms for our meals instead of the buffe...
The Aegean Sea Cruise: Mykonos, Greece
Ah Mykonos at last! I’d been looking forward to visiting Mykonos for many years. Last year’s trip to the Mediterranean included just one stop in Greece- Corfu which was lovely, but the least typical of the Greek islands. Without a doubt, Mykonos ...
The Aegean Sea Cruise: Kusadasi & Ephesus
Until today, I had never been to Turkey or the Asian continent. Now I can say I have been to both. (Part of Turkey is considered Asia, and part is Europe) The Grand Princess ship arrived at the beautiful port city of Kusadasi, which is on the west co...
The Aegean Sea Cruise: A Day At Sea
One of the things I enjoy most about cruises are the sea days. Longer cruises typically have multiple days at sea, for example the Panama Canal Cruise, which was 21 days had 9 sea days! Sea days are the ultimate luxury for me because they force relax...
Aegean Sea Cruise: Video Blog Post
Hi there- I had some free time on our full day at sea, so I filmed this quick video blog post for you. I hope you are able to view it. Thanks for watching!-Rick Rockhill...
The Aegean Sea Cruise: Beautiful Capri
Welcome back to the Aegean Sea Cruise blog series. Yesterday we sailed due south along the Mediterranean Sea and arrived in beautiful and sunny Naples. Just offshore in view were the islands of Capri and Ischia. We were briefly in Naples last year, o...
The Aegean Sea Cruise: Departure from Rome
Welcome to The Aegean Sea Cruise: Departure from Rome. After several marvelous days in Rome, we reached our sail away day to begin the fabulous Aegean Sea Cruise. We have an exciting itinerary: Naples, Capri, then onto various ports in Greece, Turk...
Rick’s Roadshow: Rome Makes Me Want to Roam
Welcome back to Rick’s Roadshow: Rome Makes Me Want to RoamI started the day with an early morning swim in the hotel’s fabulous pool. I ordered coffee poolside and figured I could do my laps and then relax in my fluffy bathrobe. It was still q...
Rick's Roadshow: Rome The Eternal City
It’s so good to be back in Rome again. It occurred to us that in the past 12 months, we’ve taken three trips to “The Eternal City”. It has quickly become familiar and comfortable to us. Of course my command of the Italian language helps demys...
Rick's Roadshow: Rome Wrap Up
Well my quick jaunt to Italy is over, and it's back to work for me today. It's amazing what taking even just a few personal vacation days can do to rejuvenate oneself. A long weekend in Rome is just the trick! I thought I'd do a Rick's Roadshow: Rome...
Rick's Roadshow: Italy, Day 6- The Vatican in Rome
Here we are at day six of Rick's Roadshow from Rome, Italy. We spent a great deal of time at the Vatican. I've been there before, so during this visit I was able to spend more time seeing things I glossed over at the last visit. I took this photo of ...
Rick's Roadshow: Italy, Day 5- Rome
Happy Monday! It's time to resume another edition of Rick's Roadshow. As you know I have been in Italy the past few days. I'm finished with my work business and have the next few days to relax and enjoy Rome as personal time off work. We spent the da...
Rick's Roadshow: Italy Day 4: Zoomark Pet Trade Show
This edition of Rick's Roadshow from Bologna, Italy is a brief post about "Zoomark", the pet trade show I am attending while here in Italy. I've worked in the pet industry for over twelve years, and know most vendors with the pet industry quite well....
Rick's Roadshow: Italy Day 3: More from Bologna
Welcome to another installment of Rick's Roadshow from Bologna, Italy. The weather has been quite pleasant since our arrival. Warm, sunny days in the 80's and mild evenings in the low 60's. A soft, gentle breeze provides enough air movement to make i...
Rick's Roadshow: Italy- Day 2: Bologna
Welcome to Day 2 of Rick's Roadshow: Bologna, Italy. Today I attended the Zoomark pet trade show (which I'll cover a bit more tomorrow) and also had some time to check out the sights around Bologna. First off, Bologna is a very young city. Approximat...
Rick's Roadshow: Italy Day 1: Bologna
Welcome to another edition of Rick's Roadshow. I'm taking a few days off from work to pop over to Italy for a quick trip. It's a combination of a personal and business trip; I'll start off attending Zoomark, a major pet industry trade show and confe...
