Past Travels and Future Dreams

 

Fall, 1998                      San Francisco

June/July 1999              France (Paris), Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo),   Belgium (Heldergem, Ghent, Bruges, Brussels)                 

December 1999            Maui

July 2000                      Alaska Cruise on Celebrity: Vancouver B.C., Juneau, Skagway, Hanes, Ketchican                                                                                                         

January 2001                 Las Vegas

April 2001                    Kauai (Kapa’a)

July 2001                      Sweden (Stockholm), Norway (Oslo, Bergen Geiranger, Lillehammer)

March 2002                   Southern Caribbean Cruise on Celebrity:  San Juan-Puerto Rico,  Barbados, Antigua, St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. John, St. Lucia                                                                       

July 2002                      Kauai (Princeville)

 Dec 02/Jan 03             Southern Italy (Naples, Pompeii, Herculaneum, Sorrento, Positano,  Amalfi, Capri, Rome)                                                                      

February 2003              Mammoth, California

April 2003                    Sedona, Arizona

June/July 2003             Scotland (Edinburgh, Pitlochry, Inverness, Orkney Islands-Mainland,   Ullapool, Isle of Skye, Oban)                                                                   

December 2003           Lake Tahoe

March 2004                 Paul Gauguin Cruise – Tahiti, Raiataea, Taha’a, Bora Bora, Mo’orea

July 2004                     Kauai (Princeville)

November 2004           Las Vegas

New Year’s Eve           San Francisco

January 2005               Mammoth, California

March 2005                 Washington, D.C.

May, 2005                   Bermuda – Celebrity Cruise

June/July 2005            Ireland (Dublin, Kilkenny, Kinsale, Dingle, Galway, Inishmore, Westport)

December 2005           Hawaii – the Big Island

 April 2006                  Paul Gauguin Cruise – Society Islands, Tuamotus, Marquesas Islands –  Tahiti, Bora Bora, Rangiroa, Fatu Hiva, Hiva Oa, Ua Huka, Nuku, Hiva, Taha’a, Mo’orea                                                           

June 2006                    Tauck Tour – South Dakota (Rapid City, Mt. Rushmore), Wyoming  (Cody, Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons), Utah (Salt Lake City)                                                        

June 2007                    Kauai

April 2007                   New Mexico (Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Taos), Colorado (Durango)

July 2007                    Rick Steves Best of Eastern Europe Tour – Czech Republic (Prague, Trojanavice), Poland (Auschwitz/Birkenau, Krakow), Hungary  (Eger, Budapest), Croatia (Plitvice National Park, Rab Island), Slovakia, Slovenia (Ljubljana, Lake Bled)                                                                                                                    

Dec 07/Jan 08             Holland-America Cruise – Australia (Sydney, Melbourne, Tasmania),  New Zealand (Milford Sound, Dunedin, Christchurch, Wellington, Maunganui, Bay of Islands, Auckland)                                                                                                

March 2008                 San Francisco, Mendocino

June 2008                     Kauai (Princeville)

April 2009                   American Southwest – Arizona (Winslow, Meteor Crater), New Mexico, (Canyon de Chelly), Utah, Monument Valley, Arizona (Grand Canyon)                                                             

July 2009                    Viking Rhine River Cruise and Switzerland – Belgium  (Heldergem, Bruges,  Ghent, Brussels), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Rhine River  (Cologne,                    Koblenz, Rudesheim, Strasbourg), Switzerland (Basel, Luzern, Lauterbrunnen)                                                                                            

Dec 09/Jan10              South America on Celebrity Cruise – Chile (Valparaiso, Puerto Montt,  Chilean Fjords), Argentina (Tierra del Fuego, Patagonia, Buenos Aires), Uruguay (Montevideo)                                                              

July 2010                    Canadian Rockies (Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Jasper)

February 2011             Jamaica Bay Cruise – U.S. Virgin Islands (St. Thomas, St. John), British            Virgin Islands (Jost Van Dyke, Peter Island, Virgin Gorda, Norman Island)

July 2011                     Rick Steves Tour of Paris and the South of France – Paris, Loire Valley                (Chinon), Carcassone, Arles, Nice, Monaco

Dec 11/Jan 12              Tauck Tour of Costa Rica – Playa Hermosa, Monteverde Cloud Forest,           Lake Arenal, Fortuna, Mulle, San Jose

March 2013                  Cancun

July 2012                      Boston, Nantucket Island, Coast of Maine (Freeport, Bar Harbor,  Boothbay, Portland)

Oct-Nov 2013               New York City and New Brunswick, New Jersey (Rutgers University Hall of Fame ceremony)

June 2014                     Italy to Croatia - Jamaica Bay Cruise:  Italy (Varenna, Lake Como, Milano,        Verona, Padua, Venice), Croatia (Porec, Milna on Brac Island, Korcula, Dubrovnik, Cavtat)

September 2014            Maine

February 2015               Maui

March/April 2015          London and Rick Steves Tour of Turkey – Istanbul, Ankara, Cappadocia,     Mustafapas, Konya, Antalya, Kusadasi, Ephesus

June 2015                      Oregon Coast

Nov/Dec 2015               OAT Tour of Thailand:  Bangkok, Kanchanburi, Pitsanulok, Phrae,  Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai                  

April 2016                     Mo’orea, French Polynesia

July 2016                       OAT Tour of Africa:  Kenya (Masai Mara National Reserve), Tanzania     (Arusha, Taragire National Park, Serengeti National Park, Ngorongoro  Crater, Oldupai Gorge, Karatu)

 October 2016                New England Fall Colors:  Maine (Freeport), New Hampshire (White Mountains), Vermont (Stowe), Massachusetts (Cambridge)

April 2017                      Italy – Tuscany (Florence, Siena, Lucca, Montorosso al Mare-Cinque Terra), Umbria (Orvieto, Civita de Bagnoregio)

June/July 2017               England and Wales – Windsor, Bath, Salisbury, Stow-on-the-Wold, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Ironbridge, Conwy (Wales), Keswick, York, London                   

August 2017                   Eastern Canada – Jamaica Bay Cruise - Quebec City, Gaspe, Newfoundland,     Labrador, Prince Edward Island

May 2018                       OAT Tour of Africa:  Zimbabwe (Hwange National Park and Victoria Falls),      Zambia (Kafue National Park), Botswana (Chobe National Park and Okavango Delta)

June 2018                       Greece – Santorini (a very short trip)

September 2018             Maine (Freeport, Upper Range Pond, Bar Harbor)

January 2019                  Uganda (Entebbe, Bwindi National Park), Tanzania (Arusha, Ngorongoro          Crater, Serengeti National Park)

May 2019                       Hawaii – the Big Island

June/July 2019               Viking Cruise to the Midnight Sun:  Oslo, Bergen, Geiranger, Tromso,                Lofoton Islands, North Cape, Shetland Islands, Orkney Islands,  Greenwich, London                                                               

September 2019              Paul Gauguin Cruise from Tahiti to Fiji:  Tahiti, Mo’orea, Taha’a, Bora Bora,  Cook Islands (Aitutaki), Tonga, Fiji (Nadi, Mamaloa Island)

February 2020                 Southeast Asia:  Vietnam (Saigon, DaNang, Hoi An, Huy, Hanoi, Ninh Binh,  Halong Bay), Laos (Luang Prabang), Cambodia (Siem Reap)

June/July 2021                Bermuda

 Aug/Sept 2021               Iceland – Reykjavik, Borgarnes, Stykkisholmur (Snaefellsness Peninsula),   Sauderkrokur, Akureyri, Lake Myvatn, Seydisfjordur, Glacier Lagoon, Vik

April/May 2022             Greece - Athens, Delphi, Corinth, Volos (Meteora), Thessaloniki,   Ephesus, Rhodes, Santorini, Crete, Naplio (Epidavros, Mycenae)                      

July 2022                       San Francisco, Muir Woods, Mendocino

November 2022             Fiji - Tokoriki, Monuriki, Yanuya. Narokorokoyawa Islands

February 2023               Egypt (Cairo, Luxor, Aswan) and Jordan (Petra, the Dead Sea)

May 2023                       Viking River Cruise - Netherlands (Amsterdam, Kinderdijk), Germany (Cologne, Koblenz, Miltenberg, Wertheim, Wurzburg, Bamburg, Nuremburg, Regensburg, Passau), Austria (Melk, Krems, Vienna), Hungary (Budapest)

September 2023             Paris, Amboise

February 2024               India - New Delhi, Varanasi, Agra, Ranthambore, Jaipur, Udaipur, Aurangabad

   

Coming Up Soon

June 2024                      Rural England - Oxford, the Cotswolds, the Lake District, the Yorkshire Dales

August 2024                  Fiji - Tokoriki

October 2024                Oceania Cruise - New York to Montreal          

  

Future Travel Dreams

Galapagos Islands

Portugal

Sicily

Wales

Italy:  the Dolomites, more of the Lake District

Germany – Berlin and Bavaria

South Africa and the Kalahari

Bulgaria

Japan

AND

More of Switzerland

More of Scotland – northwest coast and Hebrides

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